Re: [Evolution] Small "quirklets" in Evolution 1.0.8

["Dan O'Reilly" <dano process com>]

On Wed, 2002-10-30 at 12:00, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote:
> On Wed, 2002-10-30 at 13:54, Dan O'Reilly wrote:
> > On Wed, 2002-10-30 at 11:44, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2002-10-30 at 11:16, Dan O'Reilly wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 2002-10-30 at 09:08, Rodrigo Moya wrote:
> > > > > On Wed, 2002-10-30 at 16:47, Dan O'Reilly wrote:
> > > > > > 2. When reading messages, I find that I can't select and cut/copy text. 
> > > > > > REALLY limiting, when you're trying to cut-and-paste from an email
> > > > > > message into something else.
> > > > > are you sure you can't? Maybe that's because you're using the windows
> > > > > way of doing it. If you use the X way (select with the mouse to copy and
> > > > > press the middle mouse button to paste) it should work. It does for me.
> > > >
> > > > Likely that's the problem.  Forgot about implict cut/paste.  THe only
> > > > issue I had with it is really, I guess, that there are times (for
> > > > example, when composing the messages) that you DO have a drop-down menu
> > > > for that.  Consistency (or lack thereof) I guess is what I'm getting at.
> > >
> > > I can understand that... so my proposition is to remove all
> > > cut/copy/paste menus because we simply CANNOT implement cut/copy/paste
> > > in menus for everything that people want it for. It's just an impossible
> > > task with the way X/Bonobo/etc work.
> >
> > That would be a HUGE mistake.  An email application is something that is
> > going to be used by your converts from Windows, and they represent the
> > biggest single group that will impact the success of Linux.  Take away
> > something that's a) very useful and b) very familiar to them, and you
> > cut your own throat.  They will go to where they can get something
> > familiar.
> >
> > You use the term "impossible", and I must disagree with that.  It's very
> > possible, it just has to be done.
>
> No, when I said impossible, I meant impossible. You obviously have never
> worked with Unix, X, and Bonobo before, have you? ;-)

Yes, I have.  For many years, as a matter of fact, having been in this
business for over 25 years as an engineer.  I've worked with several
flavors of UNIX and with X as a programmer/engineer, doing some quite
complex things.

> impossible == programmatically impossible

Why?


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