Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ncar!hsdndev!spdcc!tauxersvilli!alphalpha!nazgul From: nazgul@alphalpha.com (Kee Hinckley) Newsgroups: comp.windows.open-look Subject: Re: olwm/OpenWindows 2.0 and xterm Message-ID: <1991Jun25.031601.12328@alphalpha.com> Date: 25 Jun 91 03:16:01 GMT References: <9106241055.AA17159@cas.org> Organization: asi Lines: 29 In article jc@raven.bu.edu (James Cameron) writes: >|> I move the most pointer to another window and click left on the window >|> decorations to get it to move to the top. >Think of exactly what you did: > > 1. You grabbed the selection by using first-click-hold-drag > 2. You then did a first-click > 3. Finally you did a middle-click > >Now, step 2 cleared the old buffer and since you selected nothing, >nothing was put into the buffer. This has nothing do with the >window manager....it is simply logical. Now, if you want to do It has a lot to do with the window manager. I'm unaware of any other window manager other than olwm that considers a M1 click on the window decorations to be a reason to clear the clipboard. Given that the window you are moving to is highly unlike to be visible I find this to be an incredible annoyance (and one of the reasons I don't use olwm anymore). -- Alfalfa Software, Inc. | Poste: The EMail for Unix nazgul@alfalfa.com | Send Anything... Anywhere 617/646-7703 (voice/fax) | info@alfalfa.com I'm not sure which upsets me more: that people are so unwilling to accept responsibility for their own actions, or that they are so eager to regulate everyone else's.