On Wednesday, 30 October 2002 00:25, Chris Carlen wrote:
I rarely use Konqueror, let alone two windows simultaneously, but the above made me try it. I had never had the need to copy and paste. Guess what! I'm using 7.3 and can't do it either!
Huh? Now that's really weird, because I became familiar with doing it this way with Konqueror in Suse 7.3!
I can't imagine why you can't do it. Are you sure?
Of course, I was not sure, so I took time out to check things out scientifically. With Advanced Editor, I created an "ATest" file with one word (AAAAA) and then a "1Test" file with one word (11111). I went to Konq and opened "1Test", highlighted that word and copied it with Ctrl-C. The 'Copy' icon went dimmed *and so did the 'Paste' icon*! I clicked on 'Edit' icon to double check; both 'Copy' and 'Paste' commands were grayed out. With Ctrl-N, I opened "ATest" on another window. Both 'Paste' icon and command were dimmed; Ctrl-V didn't work either. I tried closing the "1Test" and opening the "ATest", then pasting the "11111" there. No dice. Undaunted, I clicked on the Konq icon in the task bar to open an entirely new window. I tried to paste from the clipboard to either file (ATest and 1Test), but neither Ctrl-V or clicking the icon worked. Without doing anything else, I opened Advanced Editor and pressed Ctrl-V, and the "11111" word was pasted there! From all these tests, I learned one thing: Konq does *not* allow pasting from *any* source (I had tried pasting the "11111" next to the original one). The *only* pasting allowed is in the 'Location" area (I clicked there and then Ctrl-V, and got the "11111" there!) Confession: all the "11111" above (and this one at the left) were pasted here with Ctrl-V from the copy from Konqueror. This (mis)behavior by Konq doesn't surprise me at all, as it becomes only one more reason I dislike it. That said, and to be honest, I don't blame Konq entirely, as my patience *has* run out with this computer. The computer *is* quite good with the original Win98, but has *never* worked 100% with Mandrake 6.2, 7.2, 8.1, 8.2, Corel-Linux, Red Hat 6.1, 7.1, SuSE 6.4, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3. Of all the above, S-7.3 is the one I've used the longest. One (and a *major*!) issue is that of fonts, but that's another story... -- Regards, gr (in /usually/ balmy, sunny Florida's Suncoast) [powered by SuSE-7.3 Linux 2.4.10]