Re: Odd copying/pasting question
On Wednesday 17 October 2001 02:53, Sunny Dubey wrote: > I want to some how disable the ability to copy text just by > highlighting it. IMNSHO this is an old and out dated, and I am > hoping (more like wishing) that KDE has some sort of mechanism to > simply prevent or prohibit the copying of text by highlighting it. > Any ideas, insights, or clues?? thanks much for your time There is a copy & paste history (klipper). You can configure kwrite not to autocopy on mouse selection. My kword (1.1pre-beta2) does not autocopy on mouse selection by default and I found no way of configuring that. So it behaves like a Windows program in this respect. I don't whether you are using a different version or if that has changed in a newer version. Furthermore I find that autoselection thing pretty handy. Everytime I have to copy&paste something in Windows, I forget C-c. Then I'm quite stunned because nothing gets inserted on C-v. :-) Jan.
Re: Odd copying/pasting question
On Tuesday 16 October 2001 17:53, Sunny Dubey wrote: > hey > > I want to some how disable the ability to copy text just by highlighting > it. IMNSHO this is an old and out dated, and I am hoping (more like > wishing) that KDE has some sort of mechanism to simply prevent or prohibit > the copying of text by highlighting it. > > An example below is what I would LIKE to be able to do ... > > Highlight PARAGRAPH_A > Cut PARAGRAPH_A > Highlight PARAGRAPH_B > Right Click on PARAGRAPH_B > Format (or do something ) with PARAGRAPH_B > Paste PARAGRAPH_A right under PARAGRAPH_B > > the problem is ... the following is what happens ... > > Highlight PARAGRAPH_A > Cut PARAGRAPH_A > Highlight PARAGRAPH_B > Right Click on PARAGRAPH_B > Format (or do something ) with PARAGRAPH_B > Attempt to paste PARAGRAPH_A right under PARAGRAPH_B (problem is that > because I had highlighted PARAGRAPH_B to format it before, PARAGRAPH_A is > no longer in the clip board buffer, and instead PARAGRAPH_B is, and so > PARAGRAPH_B gets pasted as opposed to PARAGRAPH_A) > > sorry if this made no sense to you ... > > I am going to pull my teeth out very very soon or something. I like doing > lots of text editing, and thanks to Kword, I like to do it under linux even > more (and thanks to samba, I can now share my families printer). The > problem ism, it gets very fustrating having to deal with a clip board that > changes just by highlighting something (Some one on debian-user said that > this happens because of a 15 year old spec or something) > > Any ideas, insights, or clues?? thanks much for your time > > > Sunny Dubey > Teeth Pulling Debian User Greetz Sunny, I'm a reforming windoz user too. To your topic. I have noticed that staroffice does what you want. it however, isn't gpl'd if that is a concern (and IMO should be) to you. Kword/kedit etc all behave more unixy. I've grown used to and expect it. I find that now, on windoz, it's a real pain to highlight, then do a copy/cut function to get stuff into the clipboard. Guess I used to be yin and now I'm yan. :) tatah -- Jaye Inabnit\ARS ke6sls\/A GNU-Debian linux user\/ http://www.qsl.net/ke6sls If it's stupid, but works, it ain't stupid. I SHOUT JUST FOR FUN. Free software, in a free world, for a free spirit. Please Support freedom!
Odd copying/pasting question
hey I want to some how disable the ability to copy text just by highlighting it. IMNSHO this is an old and out dated, and I am hoping (more like wishing) that KDE has some sort of mechanism to simply prevent or prohibit the copying of text by highlighting it. An example below is what I would LIKE to be able to do ... Highlight PARAGRAPH_A Cut PARAGRAPH_A Highlight PARAGRAPH_B Right Click on PARAGRAPH_B Format (or do something ) with PARAGRAPH_B Paste PARAGRAPH_A right under PARAGRAPH_B the problem is ... the following is what happens ... Highlight PARAGRAPH_A Cut PARAGRAPH_A Highlight PARAGRAPH_B Right Click on PARAGRAPH_B Format (or do something ) with PARAGRAPH_B Attempt to paste PARAGRAPH_A right under PARAGRAPH_B (problem is that because I had highlighted PARAGRAPH_B to format it before, PARAGRAPH_A is no longer in the clip board buffer, and instead PARAGRAPH_B is, and so PARAGRAPH_B gets pasted as opposed to PARAGRAPH_A) sorry if this made no sense to you ... I am going to pull my teeth out very very soon or something. I like doing lots of text editing, and thanks to Kword, I like to do it under linux even more (and thanks to samba, I can now share my families printer). The problem ism, it gets very fustrating having to deal with a clip board that changes just by highlighting something (Some one on debian-user said that this happens because of a 15 year old spec or something) Any ideas, insights, or clues?? thanks much for your time Sunny Dubey Teeth Pulling Debian User
