On Friday 17 May 2002 3:43 pm, Alan Dunford wrote: > May I please request a little help. > > When editing my own text in Kmail (2.2.2, Mandrake 8.2) , or attempting to > cut and paste comments from other received mails, I can create a terrible > mess as the pasted text can appear at several points in the document or as > fragmented pieces of text. It seems that text is probably left in the cut > and paste buffer and then introduces or reintroduces itself almost > randomly. > > Is this a known problem, please, and what is the cure? > > All help gratefully received > > Alan Dunford
How are you cutting and pasting? In linux highlighting text will put it into the clipboard, and pressing your centre button or mouse wheel will paste it. If you are inadvertantly pressing your mouse wheel that could explain why you get pastes all over your document. Middle button cut/paste works in almost all applications. Unfortunately one of the exceptions is OpenOffice/StarOffice which uses Windows type Ctl-C/Ctl-V which seems so clumsy by comparison. HTH derek BTW:If you use KDE you can select between different texts you have previously highligted by clicking on the little clip board (Klipper) in your bottom right corner.
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