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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Copy and paste in KDE
From:       Erik Sigra <sigra () home ! se>
Date:       2002-02-27 17:50:37
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onsdagen den 27 februari 2002 18.37 skrev John Golubenko:
> Hello folks,
> Let me see...
> If you say editing some text, and then you go google and you find
> some better version on the web, you do quick selection (3rd button ||
> ctrl-c), and after you want to overwrite what you already have, so you
> select it and press 3rd mb || ctrl-c, and you end up with same text.
>
> So basically you need:
>
> a:
> 	1. Open browser window and find wanted text
> 	2. Go back to old window and delete unwanted text
> 	3. Go back to browser window and select wanted text
> 	4. Go back to old window and paste it

Only do that if you really want to make it complicated. If you want it 
simpler:

1. Delete unwanted text
2. Open browser window and select wanted text
3. Go back to old window and paste it


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> ***yet the testers don't like the copy&paste method used by KDE and
> recommend Windows for the desktops***.

I can understand that they have problems with KDE copy&paste if they have < 3 
mouse buttons. This in unfortunately common. We should first find out if this 
is the case.
 
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