Re: patch for bug 134420

[Glenn Pierce <glennpierce connectfree co uk>]

On Sat, 2004-09-25 at 14:51 +0200, Jaap Haitsma wrote:
> Glenn Pierce wrote:
> > I wouldn't be surprised if I have made mistakes as it is my first time
> > looking at nautilus code.
> > I was inspired to do some bug fixing from Alex's mail.
> > 
> > I have attached a patch for bug 134420
> > http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=134420
> > 
> > The patch simply empties the clipboard so the paste menu item will
> > become inactive. The patch is also attached in bugzilla.
> > 
> > 
> I think nautilus should not behave like you are proposing. If cut a 
> file, it should stay on the clipboard. So I can paste it in multiple 
> directories. This is the way cut and paste work in all other applications.
> 

I thought that is what copy was for ?
What would be the point of cut ?

I quick check on IE confirms that after a cutting and pasting operation
the paste is then disabled.


> The only thing I'm noticing is that though the Paste remains active 
> after the first paste doing a second paste does not do anything
> 
> Jaap