On Wed, 2002-10-30 at 13:54, Dan O'Reilly wrote: > On Wed, 2002-10-30 at 11:44, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote: > > On Wed, 2002-10-30 at 11:16, Dan O'Reilly wrote: > > > On Wed, 2002-10-30 at 09:08, Rodrigo Moya wrote: > > > > On Wed, 2002-10-30 at 16:47, Dan O'Reilly wrote: > > > > > > > > > > 2. When reading messages, I find that I can't select and cut/copy text. > > > > > REALLY limiting, when you're trying to cut-and-paste from an email > > > > > message into something else. > > > > > > > > > are you sure you can't? Maybe that's because you're using the windows > > > > way of doing it. If you use the X way (select with the mouse to copy and > > > > press the middle mouse button to paste) it should work. It does for me. > > > > > > Likely that's the problem. Forgot about implict cut/paste. THe only > > > issue I had with it is really, I guess, that there are times (for > > > example, when composing the messages) that you DO have a drop-down menu > > > for that. Consistency (or lack thereof) I guess is what I'm getting at. > > > > I can understand that... so my proposition is to remove all > > cut/copy/paste menus because we simply CANNOT implement cut/copy/paste > > in menus for everything that people want it for. It's just an impossible > > task with the way X/Bonobo/etc work. > > That would be a HUGE mistake. An email application is something that is > going to be used by your converts from Windows, and they represent the > biggest single group that will impact the success of Linux. Take away > something that's a) very useful and b) very familiar to them, and you > cut your own throat. They will go to where they can get something > familiar. > > You use the term "impossible", and I must disagree with that. It's very > possible, it just has to be done.
No, when I said impossible, I meant impossible. You obviously have never worked with Unix, X, and Bonobo before, have you? ;-) impossible == programmatically impossible Jeff -- Jeffrey Stedfast Evolution Hacker - Ximian, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - www.ximian.com _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
