On 2.06.08, nicolas roy wrote: > I have Lyx 1.5.3, ubuntu Hardy. I encouter a problem when i want to > copy/paste a selection of text from another program. Neither the > keyboard shortcut Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V nor "Selection with mouse + 3rd button > to paste" work...
There might be a number of causes: * not all other programs implement the X-selection protocoll in a failproof and modern way. -> Try with a selection of other programs (best some Qt, some GTK and some "pure" x programs and maybe also the xclip command line program). * running a "clipboard" application can interfere. * running several LyX instances in parallel mith pose a problem. * In my experience, it sometimes works after I have copied some test from within LyX... (mark text + Ctrl-C) > I guess this issue has already been discussed ... It has: http://search.gmane.org/search.php?group=gmane.editors.lyx.general&query=selection BTW: it would be nice to have a link to search the lists on http://www.lyx.org/MailingLists Günter
