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ejsmith2   08-31-2002 at 07:14:33 PM

Ok, I'm using mandrake 8.2, with everything in the office apps loaded except languages I'm not using/know.

When I use the builtin "Konquerer", the clipboard works fine. I can copy text off a web page, create a text file, and just ctl-v it right into the text document.
Mozilla does't play nicely. I can cut/paste within Mozilla, but into a text file or anywhere else does't work.
I have the app "clipboard viewer" running down in the taskbar/tray, and it will not show anything I have copied inside Mozilla.


Who's @$$ can I beat to get Mozilla to play nicely with all the other kids? Toolz like bull whips, cattle prods, and bb-gunz are not a problem...

C@lling it like I c it...

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Stick_e_Mouse   08-31-2002 at 07:27:44 PM
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With mozilla, just highlight the text...then when you want to paste to another file, just click the middle button (or press your scroll wheel).

If you only have a two button mouse and "3-button emulated", press both left and right buttons together.

That's the fasest and easiest way to copy and paste, no need to ctl+c/ctl+v.....just highlight and middle click.

Disregard my previous post.

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ejsmith2   08-31-2002 at 09:19:03 PM
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The actual method is just semantics.

Mozilla == no-worky with other programs.

It will not copy text anywhere outside of Mozilla. I can copy a url, open another Mozilla tab or window, and paste it there just fine. But if I try to paste that same url into a text document or Konquerer bar, it doesn't work. Nothing pastes. I'm thinking I have a config file that has a variable "Frikkin work with other programs" set to "0" instead of "1".

Remember when that drill instructor went off on Pvt. Pyle for having a jelly doughnut? Dude, it's the same thing here with Mozilla...

"WTF is *THIS*?"

"*WTF* IS >THIS<?"

"WTFISTHIS!?!?!?"

C@lling it like I c it...

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Stick_e_Mouse   09-01-2002 at 04:35:41 AM
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hmmm...thats wierd.
the method i method works flawlessly with me, even copying a url from mozilla to a knoqueror browser.

oh well....you know how it is, it'll for some but not others.

Disregard my previous post.

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poorboy   09-01-2002 at 06:33:11 AM
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Maybe you need to update Mozilla to the current version. I just tried C+c C+v, and also middle click, on my box, and it works fine.

<i>Do I look like I care?</i>

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