[Geany] Problem in Windows version of Geany

[Frank Lanitz]

Hi, 


On Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:09:17 -0800
Bob Snyder <bob.snyder at cox.net> wrote:

> Enrico Tröger wrote:
> > On Wed, 18 Feb 2009 19:46:23 -0800, Bob Snyder <bob.snyder at cox.net>
> > wrote:
> >> According to the manual, dragging selected text is move by default,
> >> but copy with the shift key. Indeed that is how it works under
> >> Linux. But in Windows, it still has the pre-0.11 behavior: copy by
> >> default, move with the shift key.
> >>     
> >
> > it's not a bug, it's a feature.
> >
> > On Linux, the default D'n'D action is to move text. On Windows the
> > default action is to copy text.
> > Don't ask me why these are the defaults but they affect all GTK
> > applications. I.e. dragging in text areas in GTK apps on Windows,
> > will/should always copy the text instead of moving it.
> 
> I use Windows at work, Linux at home, and Geany on both. And finding 
> that Geany on Windows defaulted to copy rather than move was a
> surprise. Even more of a surprise was that this is normal! Certainly,
> 'native' apps on Windows (like Word etc.) do move rather than copy.
> That GTK apps in Windows do it backwards seems to me bizarre. It
> makes using Geany in both Windows and Linux a bit frustrating.

I did a short test on apps installed on my Windows XP SP3 at office and
I'm afraid I can second this

Cheers, 
Frank
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http://frank.uvena.de/en/
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