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> and don't want that messing with my clipboard Then I guess it's a good thing that CLIPBOARD and PRIMARY selection are separate and not synchronized by defaul

by jolmg 7y ago

> and don't want that messing with my clipboard Then I guess it's a good thing that CLIPBOARD and PRIMARY selection are separate and not synchronized by default. If you only use Ctrl-C/Ctrl-V, there's no need to realize PRIMARY selection even exists. Selecting does not mess with the Ctrl-C clipboard. > And I don't want an errant click, or a click intending to menu/scroll, to cause me to paste whatever happens to be on my clipboard. Yes, I guess that's a valid concern. Personally, I prefer the feature than having the system do nothing when I middleclick a text field.

Dylan16807 7y ago
> Then I guess it's a good thing that CLIPBOARD and PRIMARY selection are separate and not synchronized by default. Wasn't this a theoretical about if I did switch to using PRIMARY, why I would be upset? Wherever I wrote "clipboard", I mean all copy and paste mechanisms. I don't want it messing with anything. And I really don't need two or three of them. Let me have one, which is bound to both sets of key combos and no naked mouse actions. > Personally, I prefer the feature than having the system do nothing when I middleclick a text field. Middle click scrolls for me.
- jolmg 7y ago
  > Wasn't this a theoretical about if I did switch to using PRIMARY, why I would be upset? Kind of? I like PRIMARY more and was wondering why you didn't. You gave some good points, so I reasoned that it was nice that X gives a choice. I didn't mean for you to imagine getting upset. I just wondered why you preferred CLIPBOARD over PRIMARY. > Middle click scrolls for me. Wow, I totally forgot Windows did that! I never really found that useful back when I used Windows, though. Maybe it would have been useful with a mouse that didn't have a scroll-wheel. Wait... never mind, if there's no scroll-wheel then how can one click it... I see there were some 3-button mouses without scroll-wheels. Maybe if I had to use one of those it'd useful. I missed this part: > And I almost never copy and paste text without using the keyboard to do other things too, so I don't really see why you think it's a benefit that the copy/paste itself only needs one device. It's probably just me, but I don't tend to use both devices at the same time. When I'm mostly typing, I evade the mouse to the point that I'll even browse the web using just the keyboard. I don't like to be constantly moving my hand from keyboard to mouse. It's slower and breaks the flow. When I'm mostly browsing, I'll have my head resting on my left hand or I'll be laying down with just one arm controlling the laptop on my side and it's not fluid to have to either bring my hand down to hit a couple of keys or be moving my hand from the touchpad to the keyboard which I can barely see when laying down. PRIMARY makes it very convenient to copy-paste in these situations.
  - Dylan16807 7y ago
    But what are you copy pasting if you're not editing something, which implies keyboard use? I never find myself doing that.
    - jolmg 7y ago
      URLs, commands, and stuff to search? I suppose I still need to hit Enter, but it's easier to hit because it's right next to the mouse.
      - Dylan16807 7y ago
        For URLs and searches I can highlight, right click, go. Even faster than pasting into an address bar. Copying commands is quite rare for me. But okay!

by jolmg 7y ago

Dylan16807 7y ago

> Then I guess it's a good thing that CLIPBOARD and PRIMARY selection are separate and not synchronized by default. Wasn't this a theoretical about if I did switch to using PRIMARY, why I would be upset? Wherever I wrote "clipboard", I mean all copy and paste mechanisms. I don't want it messing with anything. And I really don't need two or three of them. Let me have one, which is bound to both sets of key combos and no naked mouse actions. > Personally, I prefer the feature than having the system do nothing when I middleclick a text field. Middle click scrolls for me.

jolmg 7y ago
> Wasn't this a theoretical about if I did switch to using PRIMARY, why I would be upset? Kind of? I like PRIMARY more and was wondering why you didn't. You gave some good points, so I reasoned that it was nice that X gives a choice. I didn't mean for you to imagine getting upset. I just wondered why you preferred CLIPBOARD over PRIMARY. > Middle click scrolls for me. Wow, I totally forgot Windows did that! I never really found that useful back when I used Windows, though. Maybe it would have been useful with a mouse that didn't have a scroll-wheel. Wait... never mind, if there's no scroll-wheel then how can one click it... I see there were some 3-button mouses without scroll-wheels. Maybe if I had to use one of those it'd useful. I missed this part: > And I almost never copy and paste text without using the keyboard to do other things too, so I don't really see why you think it's a benefit that the copy/paste itself only needs one device. It's probably just me, but I don't tend to use both devices at the same time. When I'm mostly typing, I evade the mouse to the point that I'll even browse the web using just the keyboard. I don't like to be constantly moving my hand from keyboard to mouse. It's slower and breaks the flow. When I'm mostly browsing, I'll have my head resting on my left hand or I'll be laying down with just one arm controlling the laptop on my side and it's not fluid to have to either bring my hand down to hit a couple of keys or be moving my hand from the touchpad to the keyboard which I can barely see when laying down. PRIMARY makes it very convenient to copy-paste in these situations.
- Dylan16807 7y ago
  But what are you copy pasting if you're not editing something, which implies keyboard use? I never find myself doing that.
  - jolmg 7y ago
    URLs, commands, and stuff to search? I suppose I still need to hit Enter, but it's easier to hit because it's right next to the mouse.
    - Dylan16807 7y ago
      For URLs and searches I can highlight, right click, go. Even faster than pasting into an address bar. Copying commands is quite rare for me. But okay!