Re: [Evolution] Paste not working in replies?

[Ron Johnson <ron l johnson cox net>]

On Mon, 2006-02-20 at 02:43 +0100, guenther wrote:
> > > For some reason it appears that Paste does not work in Evolution, but
> > > only when I am trying to copy something from a Reply. The scenario would
> > > be that I am replying to a message, realize that I need to start over,
> > > but if I try to copy and paste from one reply to another it won't work
> > > at all.
> >
> > does this refer to the body, to the subject, or a recipients field?
> > when pasting, do you use the keyboard shortcut (ctrl+v), the main menu
> > item, the context menu item or the central mouse button?
> >
> > i won't test all those just trying to reproduce your bug, that's why i
> > asked. :-)
>
> AFAIK all above should work, in any mentioned location. With the
> exception of highlighting recipients and middle-click-paste for To, Cc
> and Bcc. Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V works here.
>
> Works for me as it always did. Note though, taht I did not explicitly
> test most of the above. But I am using all possible combinations
> frequently... ;)
>
>
> If it does not work for you, the only culprit I currently could think of
> may be a combination of an old GNOME, X and KDE version, or something,
> with a broken clipboard behavior. Just stabbing in the dark, though.

I've experienced this recently.  Can't think of a way to repeat
it now, though.

Evo 2.4.2.1
GNOME 2.12.2
X.org 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4

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