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[Luca <address@hidden>]

Javier Arantegui wrote:

> Hello,
>
> El Martes, 17 de Enero de 2006 12:04, Magnus Rohde escribió:
>  
>
> > Actually, with the current behaviour the possibility for data-loss is
> > quite big, I think.
> >    
>
> I agree with you in this point. I solved (partly) it in my Linux box using 
> Klipper (1), part of KDE. I want to try iClip lite (2) in my Mac. Both are 
> multiple clipboard and they can be quite useful.
>
> (1) http://docs.kde.org/stable/en/kdebase/klipper/index.html
> (2) http://inventive.us/iCliplite/
>
>
> But, are you sure that the responsible of that behaviour is TeXmacs? Maybe it 
> is X11. Look this question of 
> http://developer.apple.com/qa/qa2001/qa1232.html:
>
> " Q: How do I copy and paste using X11 for Mac OS X? 
> A: X11 for Mac OS X allows cut and paste between X11 and native applications 
> using PRIMARY and PASTEBOARD selections. 
> You can cut text from X11 applications by selecting the text, performing a 
> cmd-c or copy operation. You can paste in native Mac OS X applications as 
> usual using Cmd-V.
> Because there is no standard for pasting in X11 applications (some use middle 
> mouse button, some use control-v, etc.), cmd-v doesn't work for pasting in 
> X11 applications by design. As a result, the "Paste" menu item will be grayed 
> out when X11 applications are in focus. You should use the control-v or the 
> middle mouse button instead for pasting (See X11 Preferences for emulating a 
> middle mouse button). 
> The "Paste" menu option will be active when non-X windows are active within 
> X11.app (e.g., when entering text in the "Customize Applications" menu item).
> A common request has been to make cmd-v work across all X11 applications. 
> This isn't possible without re-writing all X11 applications to standardize on 
> a single approach, which is outside the domain of X11 for Mac OS X."
>
> The ugly truth is that copy'n'paste is a mess in unix.
>
>
>  
>
> > 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.
> >    
>
> One question, how do you type \ in TeXmacs on the Mac? I cannot :-(
>
> Javier
>
>  
By the way , If I use C-w as the help balloons on the cut icon still 
suggest on my TexMacs I close the buffer...
What am I missing?
Luca