On Friday 17 May 2002 11:17 pm, you wrote: > On Fri, 17 May 2002, Derek Jennings wrote: > > 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. > > > > derek > > not to mention that it doesn't always work. :(
Thank you gentlemen - that appears to be the answer. -- Alan Dunford, Derby, England [EMAIL PROTECTED] Coming to you from a Microsoft-free zone
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
