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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: copy past problems
From:       David Faure <david () mandrakesoft ! com>
Date:       2001-05-16 8:13:05
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On Wednesday 16 May 2001 06:30, Waldo Bastian wrote:
> On Tuesday 15 May 2001 17:47, Malte Starostik wrote:
> > Broken? Sorry, I don't see how copy-on-select is broken.
> 
> Yes broken. Copy-on-select is not broken by itself, but the way that Qt it 
> implements together with copy/paste (ctrl-c/ctrl-v) is broken.
> 
> > It might be "traditional X behaviour", but IMHO very superiour behaviour 
> > compared to explicit copy-on-ctrl-v as Windows does.
> 
> I think ctrl-c/ctrl-v is more broadly usable. Try copying files in konqeuror 
> by selecting and MMB. Can you move images around with it in KWord? 

Hmm, that's no reason... I simply disabled autocopy in KWord while it's broken.
Whooops, what am I saying.... How can I want it enabled in KDE and
disabled in KWord.... How inconsistent of me ! Sorry... :}

Damn, can't we backport Qt3's selection-mode-clipboard and do the right thing
instead of all those hacks / difficult decisions ? :)

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