Re: Copy/paste in Linux/wxWidgets

I just want to belatedly second this excellent point
from Cay.  Copy and Paste has been a sticking point
for desktop Linux for too long, really.

thank you for Amaya,

George Herson
Amaya 8.5 on Ubuntu Linux

--- Cay Horstmann <cay@horstmann.com> wrote:

> 
> Unfortunately, copy/paste is very inconsistent in
> the Linux/wxWidgets
> version. Example: Copying a URL from Mozilla to
> Amaya.
> 
> I get wildly inconsistent behavior between
> - copying with the middle mouse button
>    = into the editor
>    = into a GTK dialog (e.g. when specifying an <a
> href="...">)
> - copying with the keyboard
>    = into the editor with whatever key is bound to
> PasteBuffer()
>    = into a GTK dialog with Ctrl-V
> 
> It looks as if there are four clipboards: the X
> selection, Amaya, GTK, 
> and Mozilla.
> 
> I realize that this is not the fault of Amaya, but
> it nevertheless is a
> major cause of frustration for the Linux user. I
> wonder whether Amaya
> can do this more smoothly in the future. Somehow
> Mozilla and OpenOffice 
> seem to have figured out how to do a better job.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Cay Horstmann
> -- 
> 
> Cay S. Horstmann | http://horstmann.com |
> mailto:cay@horstmann.com
> 
> 
>

Received on Thursday, 20 October 2005 18:47:40 UTC