Re: Next release.

[Matthew Guenther <mguenthe engr UVic CA>]

On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, Timothy Alan Chandler wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 15 Sep 2000 06:50:41 Pawel Salek wrote:
> 
> > > 10. Copying message body text in composition window is Windowish and
> > >     not UNIXish (i.e. you must select the text in the message body
> > >     and then 'Edit->Copy' before you can 'Edit->Paste' *ick*).
> 
> Actually it kind of works here.  I guess I just don't like how it pastes
> the selected text at the position of the pointer rather than at the
> position of the cursor.  If you attempt to move the cursor while text is
> highlighted, the said text is un-highlighted and it can no longer be
> pasted.  If that makes any sense.
> 

Dunno about anyone else, but this is how I expect it to work, it happens
this way in all my other X applications.  If I want it to behave the way you
describe I use cut and paste (or kill and yank in emacs, etc.).

MBG

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