Re: State of the X clipboard, and perhaps a solution

[Jan Morén <jan moren lucs lu se>]

lör 2004-04-24 klockan 04.23 skrev Jeffrey Stedfast:
> On Fri, 2004-04-23 at 20:42 +0200, Murray Cumming wrote: 
> > On Fri, 2004-04-23 at 20:13, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote:
> > > 
> > > I think it's a problem of presenting Cut/Copy/Paste items in an Edit
> > > menu when that really doesn't do what it does on the other platforms
> > > (namely copying the buffer to some application-independant location).
> > > 
> > > If we got rid of those menu items and just forced users to use the X
> > > clipboard the way it was meant to be used, I think there'd be less
> > > confusion about how it works.
> > > 
> > > users getting upset at the loss of cut/copy/paste menus is a whole
> > > separate issue.
> > 
> > OK, then I don't know what you mean. I guess I came to X much later than
> > you. Personally, I like those menus, and I like the functionality. What
> > menus would you have instead?
> 
> I wouldn't have menus at all.

* Thud *

Umm, then what would you have? No menus - ok, so you would present the
standard actions of opening, printing, searching and so on how, exactly?
I just don't get your argument - especially within the context of the
clipboard. Are you advocating a return to using terminal-type interfaces
only? Or do you have a radical, great new paradigm to unleash upon us
(don't get me wrong, I'd love that!)?


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