> I can't reproduce this at all. > > The behavior I get is that in step 5 if you press Ctrl+V nothing happens > (no delay, no pasting) and if you right click the context menu entry for > "Paste" is greyed out (since X released ownership of the selection). > > So, what version of Windows are you running and are you doing anything > with multiple languages or locales?
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Version 5.1 (Build 2600.xpsp2.030422-1633: Service Pack 1) As for languages & locales, not aware that I'm doing anything strange. How can I tell for sure? I have got the "Standards and Formats", under the "regional options" tab of the "regional and language options" control panel applet set to english(UK) forcurrency, date,... formatting, but that's all that I know of. Any other info you'd like? Lev