Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!ukc!icdoc!sot-ecs!mrd From: mrd@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Mark Dobie) Newsgroups: comp.windows.open-look Subject: Re: olwm/OpenWindows 2.0 and xterm Message-ID: <8313@ecs.soton.ac.uk> Date: 27 Jun 91 10:42:37 GMT References: <9106241055.AA17159@cas.org> <1991Jun25.031601.12328@alphalpha.com> Organization: University of Southampton, UK Lines: 29 In <1991Jun25.031601.12328@alphalpha.com> nazgul@alphalpha.com (Kee Hinckley) writes: >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). Well I think it does it because you can select whole windows. If you have several selected (using the middle button to extend the selection) you can move them all around together... not particularly useful. Anyway, what's wrong with pasting into a window that is only partially visible? Usually you have set the destination window up already (editor in the right place, or whatever) to its either at the front or it doesn't matter. Alternatively, there is L5, which is dead useful and something I missed in other window managerws. I think that the other benefits of ol[v]wm (pin up menus, drag and drop) far outweigh any inconvenience caused by this "feature". Mark. -- Mark Dobie M.Dobie@uk.ac.soton.ecs (JANET) University of Southampton M.Dobie@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Bitnet)