Hi All,
Fedora 32, x64 Xfce 4.14 gnucash-4.1-1.fc32.x86_64
I have a situation where I have the Date, Number, Description, Transfer, Payment, Charge loaded into the secondary clipboard (<ctrl><C>). (Linux has four clipboards.)
When I paste (ctrl<V>) into GnuCash, I can't get it to paste across boundaries. In other words everything goes into "date".
I have tried tabs and returns as delimiters. (I can insert anything I want if it is on the ascii table.)
When typing directly into GnuCash, a tabs moves you to the next category.
Anyone know a workaround? Any way to make GnuCash think I am typing and not pasting?
Many thanks, -T
On Mon, 2020-09-28 at 01:45 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
Anyone know a workaround? Any way to make GnuCash think I am typing and not pasting?
At least on X11 (not sure about Wayland) there are two independent ways of doing copy-paste.
One way is the familiar Ctrl-C/Ctrl-V combo (as in Windows).
The other way is simply to select the text, move the cursor to the point of insertion, and click the middle mouse button.
I've often found that the select+click method will work where the Ctrl- C/Ctrl-V way won't. I think this is because it's handled directly by the window manager rather than by the application.
poc
On 2020-09-28 03:20, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
On Mon, 2020-09-28 at 01:45 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
Anyone know a workaround? Any way to make GnuCash think I am typing and not pasting?
At least on X11 (not sure about Wayland) there are two independent ways of doing copy-paste.
One way is the familiar Ctrl-C/Ctrl-V combo (as in Windows).
The other way is simply to select the text, move the cursor to the point of insertion, and click the middle mouse button.
I've often found that the select+click method will work where the Ctrl- C/Ctrl-V way won't. I think this is because it's handled directly by the window manager rather than by the application.
poc
The primary clipboard (select and middle click) did not work either. RATS!
I have not tried the other two clipboards because I can never remember how to use them
On 2020-09-28 12:10, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 9/28/20 4:24 AM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
The primary clipboard (select and middle click) did not work either. RATS!
I have not tried the other two clipboards because I can never remember how to use them
I've never heard of more than two.
Here is a nice article on them. The article is on the "The Secondary Selection" clipboard, but he video goes into all four.
http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~lindsec/secondary-selection.html
I do not know if they are all active in Weyland as I am using Xfce
On 9/28/20 3:07 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
On 2020-09-28 12:10, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 9/28/20 4:24 AM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
The primary clipboard (select and middle click) did not work either. RATS!
I have not tried the other two clipboards because I can never remember how to use them
I've never heard of more than two.
Here is a nice article on them. The article is on the "The Secondary Selection" clipboard, but he video goes into all four.
http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~lindsec/secondary-selection.html
I do not know if they are all active in Weyland as I am using Xfce
As far as I can tell, he is somewhat confused. By default, Copy/Paste uses the primary selection and highlighting goes to the secondary selection. Some applications do work differently and there are tools to put content into each of those buffers. The only 4 I could find in the video was the list of ways to copy and paste text.
On 2020-09-28 15:33, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 9/28/20 3:07 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
On 2020-09-28 12:10, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 9/28/20 4:24 AM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
The primary clipboard (select and middle click) did not work either. RATS!
I have not tried the other two clipboards because I can never remember how to use them
I've never heard of more than two.
Here is a nice article on them. The article is on the "The Secondary Selection" clipboard, but he video goes into all four.
http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~lindsec/secondary-selection.html
I do not know if they are all active in Weyland as I am using Xfce
As far as I can tell, he is somewhat confused. By default, Copy/Paste uses the primary selection and highlighting goes to the secondary selection. Some applications do work differently and there are tools to put content into each of those buffers. The only 4 I could find in the video was the list of ways to copy and paste text.
Oh they are all there. I have figured it out several times but keep forgetting. But it is a bunch to take in at once and I had to listen several times
On 9/28/20 4:47 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
On 2020-09-28 15:33, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 9/28/20 3:07 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
On 2020-09-28 12:10, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 9/28/20 4:24 AM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
The primary clipboard (select and middle click) did not work either. RATS!
I have not tried the other two clipboards because I can never remember how to use them
I've never heard of more than two.
Here is a nice article on them. The article is on the "The Secondary Selection" clipboard, but he video goes into all four.
http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~lindsec/secondary-selection.html
I do not know if they are all active in Weyland as I am using Xfce
As far as I can tell, he is somewhat confused. By default, Copy/Paste uses the primary selection and highlighting goes to the secondary selection. Some applications do work differently and there are tools to put content into each of those buffers. The only 4 I could find in the video was the list of ways to copy and paste text.
Oh they are all there. I have figured it out several times but keep forgetting. But it is a bunch to take in at once and I had to listen several times
If you figure it out again, then reply. But until then, there are only 2 selection buffers. :-)
On 2020-09-28 17:23, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 9/28/20 4:47 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
On 2020-09-28 15:33, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 9/28/20 3:07 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
On 2020-09-28 12:10, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 9/28/20 4:24 AM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
The primary clipboard (select and middle click) did not work either. RATS!
I have not tried the other two clipboards because I can never remember how to use them
I've never heard of more than two.
Here is a nice article on them. The article is on the "The Secondary Selection" clipboard, but he video goes into all four.
http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~lindsec/secondary-selection.html
I do not know if they are all active in Weyland as I am using Xfce
As far as I can tell, he is somewhat confused. By default, Copy/Paste uses the primary selection and highlighting goes to the secondary selection. Some applications do work differently and there are tools to put content into each of those buffers. The only 4 I could find in the video was the list of ways to copy and paste text.
Oh they are all there. I have figured it out several times but keep forgetting. But it is a bunch to take in at once and I had to listen several times
If you figure it out again, then reply. But until then, there are only 2 selection buffers. :-)
There are four.
:-) :-)
On 9/28/20 5:59 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
On 2020-09-28 17:23, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 9/28/20 4:47 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
On 2020-09-28 15:33, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 9/28/20 3:07 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
On 2020-09-28 12:10, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 9/28/20 4:24 AM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > The primary clipboard (select and middle click) did not > work either. RATS! > > I have not tried the other two clipboards because I can > never remember how to use them
I've never heard of more than two.
Here is a nice article on them. The article is on the "The Secondary Selection" clipboard, but he video goes into all four.
http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~lindsec/secondary-selection.html
I do not know if they are all active in Weyland as I am using Xfce
As far as I can tell, he is somewhat confused. By default, Copy/Paste uses the primary selection and highlighting goes to the secondary selection. Some applications do work differently and there are tools to put content into each of those buffers. The only 4 I could find in the video was the list of ways to copy and paste text.
Oh they are all there. I have figured it out several times but keep forgetting. But it is a bunch to take in at once and I had to listen several times
If you figure it out again, then reply. But until then, there are only 2 selection buffers. :-)
There are four.
:-) :-)
Fine, you made me look it up. I was partially wrong. The used buffers are CLIPBOARD and PRIMARY instead of PRIMARY and SECONDARY as I stated. No one uses SECONDARY. So still only two used, but there is a third that no one uses. https://specifications.freedesktop.org/clipboards-spec/clipboards-latest.txt
On Monday, September 28, 2020 9:07:32 PM EDT Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 9/28/20 5:59 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
only 2 selection buffers. :-)
There are four.
:-) :-)
Fine, you made me look it up. I was partially wrong. The used buffers are CLIPBOARD and PRIMARY instead of PRIMARY and SECONDARY as I stated. No one uses SECONDARY. So still only two used, but there is a third that no one uses.
Perhaps he was making a reference to a Star Trek TNG episode?
(The smileys gave it away.)
On 9/28/20 6:43 PM, Garry T. Williams wrote:
On Monday, September 28, 2020 9:07:32 PM EDT Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 9/28/20 5:59 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
only 2 selection buffers. :-)
There are four.
:-) :-)
Fine, you made me look it up. I was partially wrong. The used buffers are CLIPBOARD and PRIMARY instead of PRIMARY and SECONDARY as I stated. No one uses SECONDARY. So still only two used, but there is a third that no one uses.
Perhaps he was making a reference to a Star Trek TNG episode?
(The smileys gave it away.)
Ah, yes, that is certainly possible. Well, it gave me enough motivation to look it up anyway.
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