Re: State of the X clipboard, and perhaps a solution

[Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj ximian com>]

On Fri, 2004-04-23 at 20:42 +0200, Murray Cumming wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-04-23 at 20:13, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote:
> > > > it's a gross workaround for a problem that I don't even agree is a
> > > > problem.
> > > 
> > > That's maybe because you are used to it. It's a problem for people
> > > familiar with Windows and MacOS platforms.
> > > 
> > > And it's a problem for all users who have no concept of a "running"
> > > application. Most people are not developers and there is no explanation
> > > (in terms of their concepts) that justifies the clipboard not working
> > > anymore just because the original window is no longer on the screen. To
> > > them it seems perfectly normal to copy, close, paste.
> > 
> > I think it's a problem of presenting Cut/Copy/Paste items in an Edit
> > menu when that really doesn't do what it does on the other platforms
> > (namely copying the buffer to some application-independant location).
> > 
> > If we got rid of those menu items and just forced users to use the X
> > clipboard the way it was meant to be used, I think there'd be less
> > confusion about how it works.
> > 
> > users getting upset at the loss of cut/copy/paste menus is a whole
> > separate issue.
>
> OK, then I don't know what you mean. I guess I came to X much later than
> you. Personally, I like those menus, and I like the functionality. What
> menus would you have instead?

I wouldn't have menus at all.

Jeff

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