From owner-freebsd-questions Sun May 20 18:37:11 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from pioneernet.net (mail.pioneernet.net [207.115.64.224]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C51F737B422 for ; Sun, 20 May 2001 18:37:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chip@wiegand.org) Received: from chip.wiegand.org [66.114.152.128] by pioneernet.net (SMTPD32-6.05) id A3899D10112; Sun, 20 May 2001 18:46:49 -0700 Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 18:46:21 -0700 From: Chip Wiegand To: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: copy & paste behavior - this really bugs me Message-Id: <20010520184621.5c13f33d.chip@wiegand.org> In-Reply-To: <3B084322.CC35F83@iowna.com> References: <20010520121341.1f7b9876.chip@wiegand.org> <3B084322.CC35F83@iowna.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.4.63 (GTK+ 1.2.8; i386--freebsd4.2) Organization: wiegand.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I restarted X and now it's working, copy from sylpheed and paste into netscape. I don't know what's up with the need to restart X, but guess that's the thing to once in a while, at least when copy/paste quit working? I tried the suggestions that came in, but none of them worked. -- Chip It appears Bill Moran , on Sun, 20 May 2001 18:20:18 -0400 wrote something like: > Chip Wiegand wrote: > > > > I use fbsd for my typical home use, on 3 machines, and if there is one > item > > that I find difficult it is in copy & paste behavior. I use a mail client > > called sylpheed (based on gtk+), and netscape 4.76 (most of the time). > Why > > can't I copy a url link from an email message and paste it into the > location > > bar of netscape? This is such a pain to have to type in those often very > > long urls in some messages. > > Anyway, that's just my gripe, becuase I just came up against it again. > > Copy/paste in Netscrap is ALT+C/ALT+V instead of CTRL. > That being said, it still doesn't work all the time with other apps. > > -Bill > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- Regards, -- Chip Wiegand CRW Computer Services www.wiegand.org chip@wiegand.org <------------------> Web page design Consulting PC Repair <------------------> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message