copy/paste problem

[rikona]

On Wed, 13 Nov 2019 12:25:41 +0100
Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
> >I have 15-20 'files' windows running  
> 
> /What?!/
> 
> What on earth are you doing with them all?

I'm usually doing a number of things more or less in parallel, and each
usually involves saving something for later reference. Some topics,
such as medical/biochemical research get very complex very quickly.
Some Medical Journal article may mention yet another interaction that
needs investigation. To keep everything organized, I like to have each
one in a separate folder in my directory tree. I may have 10 windows
open as I'm tracking just these biochemical interactions. Currently I
may also be checking out detailed legal topics, possible snowmobile
trails for the forthcoming winter, neurological effects of anesthesia,
several restaurant menus to present to a group of friends getting
together this weekend, some notes on potential computer and electronic
upgrades, some high-intensity exercise activities that I can do within
my current limitations, and several other topics. Overall, it is easier
to just leave these open than try to redo rummaging through a very
complex directory tree each time.

> In which case, I would compare this to the people who use hundreds of
> browser tabs as a bookmarks system and then complain when a browser
> update loses them all. 

I have and use hundreds of bookmarks. I don't use tabs as bookmarks.
However, I usually end up with many open tabs, used regularly, that
correspond to the topics I mentioned above.

> This is a fancy way of saying "don't use Chrome, use Firefox", which
> is a fancy way of saying "don't use a Chrome-family browser (e.g.
> Chromium, Opera, Vivaldi, Safari), use a Mozilla-family browser (e.g.
> Waterfox, SeaMonkey, PaleMoon, etc.)"

I'm currently running Firefox, PaleMoon, Brave, Vivaldi, and I use them
in that order. I'm also experimenting with Falcon, but copy/paste does
not work at all, in any way, so that makes it very non-useful.

> I use Cinnamon's Nemo file manager on Ubuntu, myself. I also use tabs
> in it if I find I need >2 windows.

I tried Nemo some time ago, had problems, and dropped it. Might be good
to try it again. I also use Konqueror and like it. I do use tabs in
both Konqueror and Nautilus for closely related topics - does help to
reduce the number of open windows. Side question - are multiple tabs in
one file manager more efficient than using multiple file managers?

> You may find a pane-oriented or dual-pane type file manager is more
> suitable for you; there are many and I don't have any particular
> recommendations. This is very dated but for example read this:
> 
> https://168hours.wordpress.com/2008/08/18/10-total-commander-alternatives-for-linux/

I've used these in the past but not currently. I actually still have
Midnight Commander installed on the current system, but don't use it.

When I tried to check out the CPU usage with HTOP, I got a strange
sounding result. When sorted by CPU, the top line listed CPU usage at
500-550%. Not sure how to interpret that, but it doesn't sound like an
ordinary percentage. Below that are about 15 entries, each with 30-50%.
All of these are for WebKitwebprocess. The top entry shows about 15,000
hours and sounds like it corresponds to uptime. This enormous total CPU
percent usage sounds a bit strange. What does it really mean?

Anyway, thank you very much for your (always useful) suggestions and
info.