On Wed, 2005-07-20 at 22:11 +0800, Gavin Chester wrote: > On Wed, 2005-07-20 at 20:32 +0800, Not Zed wrote: > > On Wed, 2005-07-20 at 18:35 +0800, Ow Mun Heng wrote: > > > On Wed, 2005-07-20 at 10:16 +0800, Gavin Chester wrote: > > > > Evo doesn't seem to integrate itself with the clipboard like all other > > > > apps I use. That is, I need to leave mail open in a window to copy > > > > parts of it to somewhere else. Say, I select a link/address from within > > > > > > I've done this loads of times under gnome and it works. Perhaps it's a > > > XFCE issue? > > > > > > Do you have a 3rd mouse button? try selecting the text and using the 3rd > > > mouse button to paste > > > > He's probably using the popup window mail viewer, which does need the > > original window to be around at past time, since it is implemented using > > selections. > > _He_ is :-) And, if this an explanation of why it's not working then I > consider that a serious flaw/bug in Evo in that it is not integrating > with the clipboard in a way consistent with every other GUI app I have > ever used. The premise is that all data copied to the clipboard is not > purged from there by simply closing the window from which that data came > - it needs to stay there until purged by replacing it with another > selection or shutting down X.
*yawn* > Should I file a bug on it, then? Sure, if you want. _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [email protected] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
