Re:Gnome Developers Re-Implement Middle-Click Paste
by bgruber on Wednesday September 04, 2013 @09:24AM
(#6327365)
> The bug in my humble opinion is having separate "selection" and "clipboard" buffers, but I just use a small util in the background to always keep both synchronized.
i actually appreciate this, because somteimes I really do want to copy something, do some other things, and then paste. Can't have the selection buffer overwriting the clipboard buffer.
> By the way, do people really use drag-n-drop on a daily basis? ... while maintaining the mouse button pressed all the while.
Agreed, especially in the age of the trackpad, on which drag and drop is far more difficult.
Re:Gnome Developers Re-Implement Middle-Click Paste
by samatman on Wednesday September 04, 2013 @09:53AM
(#6327531)
Your mileage may vary. I've never been a drag and drop sort of fellow, but I did start using three-finger swiping to move tabs around in my browser when that feature was introduced.
i actually appreciate this, because somteimes I really do want to copy something, do some other things, and then paste. Can't have the selection buffer overwriting the clipboard buffer.
> By the way, do people really use drag-n-drop on a daily basis? ... while maintaining the mouse button pressed all the while.
Agreed, especially in the age of the trackpad, on which drag and drop is far more difficult.