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[Magnus Rohde <address@hidden>]

Den 17/1-2006, kl. 11:14, skrev Javier Arantegui:

> Hello,
>
> El Martes, 17 de Enero de 2006 11:04, Magnus Rohde escribió:
> > In the newest version (1.0.6), I noticed that when text is selected by
> > dragging the mouse it is automatically copied. Is this the way it is
> > supposed to be?
>
> Well, it's the common behaviour in Unix/Linux. After that you can 
> paste the
> text using the middle button of the mouse.

I was kinda expecting this answer, but just because it is common on 
Unix does not mean that it is the way it should be.
Actually, with the current behaviour the possibility for data-loss is 
quite big, I think. Consider this situation: say I want to move a 
section of my thesis/paper/letter to mom, so I select the area with the 
mouse (as many people would do, esp. with large sections of text) and 
select "cut". I then move the insertion point again with the mouse, but 
instead of a single click I accidentally dragged the mouse and selected 
a single letter, and since it copied automatically I have now lost the 
text I was trying to move.
I think that this example is typical of how many people use computers 
to edit text (maybe Unix users excluded).

> > I find it really annoying, as it is contrary to the
> > normal behaviour on Windows/Macintosh and it gets done without any
> > notice to the user, or is mentioned in the manual.
>
> In the beginning it's quite strange, but when you are used to it is 
> great. I
> cannot count how many times I try to paste some text clicking the 
> middle
> button of the mouse in Windows/Mac... and nothing happens. I simply 
> forget
> press Cmd+C and the Cmd+V.

Since I am using TeXmacs on a Mac, I don't think I will "get used to 
it" as it is the only program on my computer with this behaviour. All 
other programs use Cmd-x/Cmd-c/Cmd-v, including text fields in 
open/save dialogs, url-lines in browsers etc.

regards
Magnus