Re: [Evolution] Copy from mail message

[David C Sterratt <david c sterratt ed ac uk>]

> > > > > Dan Hensley writes:

> On Mon, 2002-11-04 at 10:23, David Sterratt wrote:
> > I don't seem to be able to copy text from mail messages in
> > evolution
> > 1.0.8 (as packaged by redhat in their RH 8.0 distribution).  This
> >       is
> > true if the mail message is either in the main evolution window
> > under the list of messages, or in its own window, after having
> > double clicked on the subject.  There is no "Copy" item in the
> > edit menu.

> There was a really long thread on this less than a week ago, so you
> might want to check the mail archives for more details.  Start
> here:

> http://lists.ximian.com/archives/public/evolution/2002-October/022548.html

Thanks for this information -- it was a useful thread.  

> > I can copy text by selecting it and then using the X middle mouse
> > button method, but this doesn't seem like the way things ought to
> > be, especially for users migrating from MS windows.

> This is Linux, not Windows, so things should work the way Unix
> users are used to.  That being said, I'll refer you back to the
> previous thread for more details.

I suppose it depends whether one wants Window users to switch to
Linux.  It strikes me that evolution does bear more than a passing
resemblance to a certain program from the dark side, in which case,
why not go the whole hog?  My wife (an experienced windows user,
finding her way on a linux box) was surprised (and not a little
irritated) not to be able to copy and paste as she expected, though
she was happy with the X-mouse solution when I explained it.  Oddly
enough, I only thought of the X-solution when I was using evolution
as me (an experienced *nix user).  I think the fact that evolution
does look so similar to **tl**k does set up expectations that it works
the same way.  Anyway, it looks as though this issue is going to be
dealt with sometime, which is good.

David.