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From: Ric on 17 Mar 2010 06:42 On 16 Mar, 22:12, real-address-in-...(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid (Rowland McDonnell) 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. > > ... and what can be done to solve the problem? > > Rowland. > > -- > Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonn...(a)dog.physics.org > Sorry - the spam got to mehttp://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk > UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking I have had times when the paste buffer didn't have what I thought it should do in it, but it's rare, it's not repeastable, and I've always assumed I've just not quite pressed apple-C.
From: Sara on 17 Mar 2010 08:50 In article <1jfhjuw.4moavu4s1a3kN%%steve%@malloc.co.uk>, %steve%@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) 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. 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. It's happened to me once or twice, at those times I just assumed I'd probably not hit the keys that I thought I had. -- Sara Hurrah - the weather has cheered up
From: Pd on 17 Mar 2010 10:00 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. I get that occasionally. More often around Excel and Word, which seem to need an extra kick to transfer the Mac clipboard to or from the Office clipboard. Sometimes copying text from web pages. Choosing Edit-Copy usually gets it but not always. -- Pd
From: Richard Tobin on 17 Mar 2010 10:13 In article <1jfhnyk.ts0dq81j5crzoN%real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk>, D.M. Procida <real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk> wrote: >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. Emacs has a command "view-lossage" which shows you the last few dozen keystrokes pressed, so that when something odd happens you can see what you did wrong. Of course, nowadays that would be seen as a dangerous security loophole. -- Richard -- Please remember to mention me / in tapes you leave behind.
From: The Older Gentleman on 17 Mar 2010 17:38
Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > You never meet the problems that afflict everyone else. *Snort* -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com |