Re: HOWTO paste to dos

[Kenward Vaughan <kay_jay@earthlink.net>]

On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 09:16:59PM -0500, Carl Fink wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 02:49:57PM -0500, Paul Morgan wrote:
> 
> > Generally, you don't have to <CTRL_C> to copy.  As soon as you highlight
> > the text, it is available for pasting.
> 
> This is false for every graphical X application I use.  It's true for
> console, xterm, and so forth.

Huh?

AFAIK/CT the copying happens automatically out of every app. I've had
reason to try (except pdf's, images, and the like, of course).

The pasting? I think it depends on the app. and how it accesses (or
doesn't) the buffer used in that copy.  I just surprised myself by
copying from galeon and pasting into LyX directly with the middle
button.  (I guess the LyX folks went after that one successfully...
yeah! :)


Kenward
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