Hoary: Copy/Paste Not Working in Evolution
Justin Speers
justin at sketchymail.com
Wed Jun 29 09:35:41 UTC 2005
I've had a similar issue start popping up today. In my case, ctrl-c or
right click / copy weren't working. They weren't putting data in the
clipboard.
When I went through the menu (edit / copy) viola! It appeared. I'm not
sure what's up either...???
On Wed, 2005-06-29 at 11:19 +0200, Arjan Geven wrote:
> > Well, for some reason, it's working again. I can copy with ctrl-c,
> > ctrl-insert, or right clicking and choosing copy. I've not made any
> > administrative changes to my system since the time that I reported
> > this incident, to include making changes to system files,
> > removing/installing programs, or even doing system updates.
> >
> > Weird.
>
> Hrm, I still have this problem. Tried to copy something out of an
> Evolution e-mail and paste it in a new e-mail. Instead, my 'old'
> clipboard item appeared in the message. Me: "huh?".
>
> Anyway, selecting something and using 'Copy' from the right-click menu
> didn't work, and then From the Edit-menu, the Copy command was greyed
> out for no apparent reason. I haven't tried Ctrl+Insert, I guess I'm
> too new to the linux-world to know that command. (And now that I KNOW
> of the command, I still don't understand how someone came up with such
> an illogical keycombination for "Copy", it sounds more like "Paste" to
> me).
>
> Anyway, suggestions? Or should I file a bug report (@ Gnome or @ Ubuntu?)
>
> Arjan
>
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