On Sun, Feb 23, 2003 at 10:36:00PM -0500, Frank Robers _ SOTL wrote:
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> There are four actions associated with "cut & past"
> 1. Highlight and copy to a buffer. (Copy)
> 2. Highlight and copy to buffer and delet the highlighted data. (Cut)
> 3. Insert - put the cursor where desired and insert the desired data.
> 4. Replace the highlighted data.
>
> It works this way in MS, Mac, and certain Unix systems.
> It works this way in Star office under Linux and Open Office under Linux.
>
> The replace function is broken in any other program in linux except Open
> Office or Star Office.
>
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> Why does "cut & past" work in Star Office and Open Office and not the rest of
> Linux? Simple "cut and past" in Star Office and Open Office ore program level
> function not system level functions.
>
> If fact because of the fact that Star Office and Open Office use program
> level
> functions and not system level functions it is at times very difficult to cut
> from another linux program such Konqueror and past directly into Star or Open
> office.
Do you even know what you're saying here? All programs on a Linux system
use "system level functions"; otherwise they wouldn't function at all.
The same is true of Windows or Mac systems. Anything any program does
relies ultimately on its communication with the OS via system level
functions. All functionality builds on that.
<snip>
> Point is "cut and past" is severely broken, has been for a number of years,
> with the probability of it being fixed anytime in the near term future
> extremely remote but without cut and past working correctly CAD will not work
> correctly making a Linux box useless to a CAD users which makes Linus intern
> useless to an engineering office.
Cut and paste aren't broken, as indicated by various people on this
thread. Your "replace" function may be. I never heard of trying to do
that before. Just because it works in Windows and Mac doesn't mean it
should work on Linux. Personally, I consider "cut and paste" a separate
operation from "replace".
Multiple monitors also work, as indicated by others on this thread.
Likewise multiple NICs. Etc. It sounds like you're claiming that since
you can't get this stuff to work, and you're an "average" user, then....
I don't know that I'd agree that you're an average user. And even if
true, just because you can't get it to work, doesn't mean it doesn't
work.
Ranting about how bad Linux sucks on a Linux list is kinda dumb, don't
you think? As far as I know, few or no one on this list is directly
working on kernel or other software issues relating to your beefs, so I
don't know what you expect them to do about it. Even if they agree with
you that this stuff is broken.
My gosh, Frank, if Linux sucks this bad for you, use Windows.
Paul
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