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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Selection-to-Clipboard Inconsistencies
From:       "Jamethiel Knorth" <jamethknorth () hotmail ! com>
Date:       2004-06-05 17:33:33
Message-ID: BAY7-F650MBHKzlFlN7000121df () hotmail ! com
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>From: Art Carney <greencarrots@nospammail.net>
>Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2004 12:48:39 -0400
>
>I hope that your proposal isn't adopted. Automatic middle copy from a 
>keyboard
>selection is very annoying when I have something in the X clipboard.

Would you please explain why the keyboard selection should be treated 
differently than the mouse selection? The reason I posted this here, rather 
than there, is so I could get feedback from people who care about usability 
issues.

As best I can tell, there is no reason for the difference. The primary 
selection buffer is supposed to represent what is selected or was last 
selected. Since selecting something by keyboard removes the mouse selection 
(assuming they are in the same program) it makes sense that it would also 
change what the primary selection buffer is.

The largest problem I have is that it is very inconsistent at the moment. If 
you have good reason why I should be proposing a different change, please do 
explain it fully.

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