Subject: [ILUG-BOM] Concept of Copy/Paste.
Hello All,
What is the concept of copy paste in linux as compared to windows? In windows I can save highlighted text or links in the clipboard and close the source program or editor. In linux, if the source program/editor is closed, it does not highlight the 'paste' option in the destination program or editor.
Case: As a safety measure links from emails are never clicked directly, instead they are copied and then pasted in the addres bar of the browser. In this process if the email client is closed, the 'paste' option is not highlighted. Same thing happens when saving parts of a web page text from a browser to a text editor.
So in linux is the concept of copy based on the an active link only as compared to windows, where a seperate memory pad is used to store the text?
Regards,
Rony.
I am not sure of the concept. But the incident experienced here is applicable to windows XP specifically. (as far as I have experienced!)
Secondly, I use, KDE 3.1-10 as my desktop environment under Redhat Linux 9.0 and I have a utility called Klipper
This is a good utility which store the previous copied text and enables a number of entries (which can be customized).
Also, hopefully, it even store after closing the source program/editor.
Sir, Can I know which distro are u using?
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Roshan wrote:
Sir, Can I know which distro are u using?
Please, I am not a sir. This list is not that formal. :) The distro currently is Mandrake 10.1.
Regards,
Rony.
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On Friday 01 Jul 2005 11:55 pm, Rony Bill wrote:
Roshan wrote:
Sir, Can I know which distro are u using?
Please, I am not a sir. This list is not that formal. :) The distro currently is Mandrake 10.1.
mandrake10.1 - copy within any gui is Ctrl-C. Paste is CTRL-V. To copy from a console, highlight with a mouse and then choose 'copy' from the menu. To paste stuff on console, or to paste stuff copied from console, click the middle button of the mouse
Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
mandrake10.1 - copy within any gui is Ctrl-C. Paste is CTRL-V. To copy from a console, highlight with a mouse and then choose 'copy' from the menu. To paste stuff on console, or to paste stuff copied from console, click the middle button of the mouse
Ctrl-c does not work either. The point thats missed is, from my test results, I feel that the actual copy of the selected text takes places only on _paste_ operation not on copy. Therefore it becomes essential to keep the source program on.
Try this out. If you are using Thunderbird, select a link or text from my mail and ctrl-c or rightclick > copy and then close Thunderbird. Open Konquerar and try to paste the copied text in the address bar. It won't work. Thats because the paste operation requires Thunderbird to be open in order to extract the text.
Regards,
Rony.
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On Saturday 02 Jul 2005 9:23 pm, Rony Bill wrote:
Try this out. If you are using Thunderbird, select a link or text from my mail and ctrl-c or rightclick > copy and then close Thunderbird. Open Konquerar and try to paste the copied text in the address bar. It won't work.
tried this: opened kate - copied with ctrl-c, closed kate. Opened a new message in kmail - pasted with ctrl-v - pasted. Opened a terminal - copied with menu-edit-copy. closed the terminal, pressed CTRL-V. This is the result: [lawgon@thenilgiris tmp]$ all mandrake10 and kde
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Roshan