Re: [Evolution] Copy/Paste

[Thomas Mittelstaedt <tmstaedt t-mittelstaedt de>]

Am Dienstag, den 15.11.2011, 11:40 +0000 schrieb Bob Henson:
> On Tue, 2011-11-15 at 12:31 +0100, Andre Klapper wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Tue, 2011-11-15 at 11:10 +0000, Bob Henson wrote:
> > > When I tried to paste the mailing list name into the To: box to send
> > > this message, the normal right-click and "paste" did not work. Ctrl-V
> > > did, and it will now work in the body of the message as I am composing
> > > it - it only failed in the To: box. I just tried again and it will now
> > > paste into the box as a second address. Is this a known bug?
> >
> > You can query existing bug reports via
> > https://bugzilla.gnome.org/query.cgi?product=Evolution&product=gtkhtml
>
> Thanks, I'll have a look.
>
> > (2.32 is such an old version that I don't feel investigating myself,
> > sorry.)
>
> No problem. I'm a newcomer to Evolution and to Linux, so if I do it
> myself I'll remember the answer better. There is always the possibility
> that someone knows the answer without having to research it, hence my
> post.
>
> Regards,
>
> Bob

On Linux systems, i.e. on an X11 display, you can also use the Middle
mouse button to paste data. Just select some text with the mouse and/or
keyboard, move the mouse pointer to the targeted area and press that
middle mouse button.
Evolution has had some glitches regarding copy/paste.
 
-- 
thomas