Copy-paste problem.
in [UK Mac]
|
Prev: FREE MAC!
Next: Mac Update bundle is up.
From: Jim on 17 Mar 2010 02:11 Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > I simply don't see what you are reporting here- and I frequently copy > > text or urls. > > Of course, Peter, of course. > > I knew it always worked perfectly for *YOU*, things always do. > > You never meet the problems that afflict everyone else. Well _I've_ never met this problem either. Peter's qustion about how you activate the copy was a good one. It's a shame you couldn't see that. FWIW I've found the File->Edit->Copy method always works. Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/
From: Steve Firth on 17 Mar 2010 02:46 Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > Does anyone know why it is that sometimes, activating the copy command > results in `Nothing happening'? - so that the paste command gives > whatever was *last* in the paste buffer? Problem between user and keyboard. I've had no such problem, but I have known people to have the problem you describe if (a) they think they have pressed Command-C and they have not done so or (b) they are forgetful. Tirade of abuse expected.
From: D.M. Procida on 17 Mar 2010 04:22 Steve Firth <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote: > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > > Does anyone know why it is that sometimes, activating the copy command > > results in `Nothing happening'? - so that the paste command gives > > whatever was *last* in the paste buffer? > > Problem between user and keyboard. Ah yes. Perhaps, a freak atmospheric disturbance that created a microzone of intensely high pressure above the keyboard, preventing its being pressed. Or possibly an incorrectly-polarised-tooth situation got out of control, forcing the user and keyboard away from each other. > I've had no such problem They are indeed very rare. I too have sometimes had the problem Rowland describes, when using the keyboard: the copy buffer occasionally doesn't have what I'd expect to find in it. It's hard to say why. I assume that it's because of a miss-press, but there have been times when I was certain that I performed the copy operation without error. Daniele
From: J. J. Lodder on 17 Mar 2010 05:34 Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > Ever since I started using MacOS X, I've found that copy-paste does not > work reliably. > > Does anyone know why it is that sometimes, activating the copy command > results in `Nothing happening'? - so that the paste command gives > whatever was *last* in the paste buffer? I know the phenmenon. It is the selection which is still hanging. > Repeating the copy command often results in `it works now' - although > not always the first time. You can watch for the Edit menu flashing to see whether the copy has occurred. > Doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to it and it's been afflicting me > from 10.1 to 10.6 and all versions between. > > ... and what can be done to solve the problem? A tap on the touchpad? Jan
From: Woody on 17 Mar 2010 05:50
Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > Ever since I started using MacOS X, I've found that copy-paste does not > work reliably. > > Does anyone know why it is that sometimes, activating the copy command > results in `Nothing happening'? - so that the paste command gives > whatever was *last* in the paste buffer? > > Repeating the copy command often results in `it works now' - although > not always the first time. > > Doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to it and it's been afflicting me > from 10.1 to 10.6 and all versions between. I have had it, but it happens so infrequently it gets put down as 'one of those things' > ... and what can be done to solve the problem? I have never heard of a user fix, but then I haven't gone looking either. -- Woody |