Re: [Evolution] copy/paste

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Sat, 2003-12-13 at 11:58, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote:
> On Sat, 2003-12-13 at 07:19, Gary & Mic McFall wrote:
> > Are there any plans to provide edit button functionalities (cut, paste,
> > etc) available while creating new & forwarded messages to messages
> > you're reading?
> >
> > For example, I found via Google that if I'm reading a new email & want
> > to forward parts of the text, I can currently highlight that text, open
> > a new email, & press the middle button on my mouse to paste the text. 
> > That works, but I think it would be easier for new users of Evolution to
> > have standard copy/paste, etc., functionality, regardless of whether
> > they're creating, forwarding, or reading a message.
>
> technically, that *is* standard cut/copy/paste functionality :-)
>
> this is X11, not Windows.
>
> however, we are working on edit menu functionality...

One nice feature would be to auto-quote the selection when replying.
Some other mailers do this (e.e. MacOS Mail) and I find it very useful.
To explain: if part of a message is selected when you hit Reply, only
that part is quoted. Saves a lot of time.

poc