On 18-11-2020 01:07, Steve Litt wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Nov 2020 08:16:11 -0500
> Hendrik Boom <hendrik@???> wrote:
>
>
>> A wild guess. Linux has over the ages acquired (at least) two cut
>> and paste mechanisms -- one from the underlying X system, and another
>> from the desktop systems put on top. They don't always agree as to
>> what has to be cut and pasted; I suspect each has its own paste
>> buffer. They oftern communicate but not always. There have been
>> occasions where I have had to cut in one pieve of software, paste
>> into emacs, and then cut from emacs with the other mechanism and
>> paste where I intended originally.
> Other than deliberate exclusion of Linux users by Microsoft and their
> henchmen, the only area I've seen where Windows is better than Linux is
> cut and paste. On Windows, it's Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V, and IIRC that works
> seamlessly on both CLI and GUI. On Linux, it can be Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V,
> or highlight and middle mouse button (be sure to press and not turn at
> all), or menu edit and paste, or who knows what else. I hate, hate,
> HATE it: It deeply cuts into my daily workflow.
>
> I've tried pastebin managers in the past, but they seemed to make
> things worse.
>
> If anybody knows of a pastebin manager (but not associated with KDE)
> that makes cut and paste on any Linux X (not associated with a specific
> wm/de (Window Manager/Desktop Environment)), please let me know.
>
>
>> Also: a lot of mouses have a middle scroll button that doubles as a
>> middle clickable button. There can be a mechanical problem here;
>> when I click on my middle button, I sometimes get a click, sometimes
>> one step of a scroll (usually upwards), and sometimes both.
>> Annoying. It takes come carefulness to get the signal I want.
> Yes. You need to press straight down, with absolutely no hint of
> pressure up or down, left or right. Cutting and pasting shouldn't be
> this hard.
>
> SteveT
>
> Steve Litt
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In my XFCE environment I use Ctrl+Ins to copy and Shift+Ins to paste
most of the time instead of Ctrl+C and Ctlr+V.

Grtz

Nick