Dear David,
It is entirely possible that nedit also incorrectly uses X functions.
How about that! As I described earlier, the source would not compile on
my box until I added a final -lXm to the LIBS list presented in the
source/Makefile.linux@ file. This function-missing is a very nasty
problem that was common with early C compilers that could not keep track;
of functions, library parts, and such other `little' program parts. Those
errors might be creeping back in again.
You don't suppose that the guys at Opera, who must code for profit
as well as fun, are doing it correctly and some old errors have finally
come up and bitten xc-mail? Another BIG problem is the relation between
C and C++ parts in a coding system. UGH!
The cut/copy/paste method that has worked continually for me between
xterm, term, programs, button windows, etc., is: select with left click
highlighting sweep, drop with center click at the position I want, or
right click and choose from the menu presented. The right click also
works for menu selection after a left click selection and before moving
the pointer to the new position.
The sudden presentation of text from somewhere I have not highlighted
has never occurred, ever, in my experience on this box. I'll have to
follow your directions and see if I can activate that feature also.
Shalom,
John B. Brown.
[[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
On Fri, 17 Jan 2003 19:56:27 +0000 (GMT) David Pilgram said:
> Hi J�rgen and John,
>
> I have xcmail 2.3 devel. Nedit 5.2 Linux 2.2.6 Slackware. I can test on
> 2.4.19 Slackware at some point. 2 button pointer on ps/2 port. Afterstep
> 1.0 "Classic" is used as window manager.
>
> Test 1.
>
> Using pointer, highlight text in xcmail.
> In Nedit press left button, and, while pressed, press right button, text
> is copied into Nedit.
>
> I've not checked to see how large a buffer, but certainly at least one
> multi-line paragraph.
>
> Test 2.
>
> Using pointer, highlight different text in xcmail.
> Right click on pointer, highlight "Copy" (or, in independent test, ctrl-c)
> Move to Nedit
> Try Nedit's paste
> Found some text that I had copied across from a Wordperfect document
> (nothing to do with the email or the text).
> Do repeat of left button, hold down, right button, get the different (but
> correct) text pasted into nedit.
>
>
> (It does not matter that xcmail was on one user account running on Xwindows
> 0:0, the nedit was on a different user account)
>
> Test 3.
> Using technique in 1, but to paste in web address into Netscape location
> bar
>
> This worked as 1
>
> Test 4
>
> Using technique in 1, Links -g (graphical mode)
> This did *not* work, i.e. could not paste in url into Links location.
>
>
>
> Don't know how much help this is in identifying why text does not copy
> across. However, since I've always used this pointer method, I've never
> seen the problem as descirbed before. I was surprised about the nedit
> case given in case 2. I only tried test 4 today because of report and
> current email correspondance.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> David Pilgram.
> Not an XCmail developer.
> Just helping out, after giving
> J�rgen so much grief in the past.
>
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