[Geany] Geany Newsletter Issue #4

[Lex Trotman]

On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 11:46 AM, Nate Bargmann <n0nb at n0nb.us> wrote:
> * On 2011 04 Dec 18:24 -0600, Lex Trotman wrote:
>> On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 11:07 AM, Nate Bargmann <n0nb at n0nb.us> wrote:
>> > Perhaps this is better put as a formal bug report.
>> >
>> > I noted just a little while ago that when in split view with the same
>> > file in each view that trying to paste into the bottom view would paste
>> > the text from where I copied it in the top view even though the cursor
>> > was clearly active in the bottom view.  I had enabled the split view
>> > plugin without restarting Geany, if that makes a difference.
>>
>>
>> IIRC this is a known limitation of the split view, but make a bug
>> report anyway so it doesn't get lost.
>
> I'll check into doing so.
>
>> In the meantime a workaround (at least on Linux) is to paste from one
>> window to the other using the middle mouse button to paste the
>> highlighted text.
>
> For some reason, I have had difficulty using the middle-button paste
> with Geany where nothing will paste.  I am Using Debian Sid with XFCE
> and its Clipman clipboard manager.  I also use Geany in a GNOME3
> environment with gnome-shell on a laptop.  I will have to see if the
> problem exists there.

Works for me on LMDE xfce4, note middle mouse pastes the currently
highlighted text, not the clipboard (its old school Unix).  Its only a
workaround.

Cheers
Lex


>
> - Nate >>
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