On Wed, Jan 03, 2007 at 11:18:58AM +0100, Georg Baum wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 3. Januar 2007 01:47 schrieb Enrico Forestieri: > > I haven't seen any rationale, only opinions. Currently, when I copy > > something to the clipboard I cannot paste it by C-v, which is what > > the typical Windows user expects. He doesn't expect to have to choose > > either > > Edit->Paste External Clipboard/Selection->Clipboard as Lines > > or > > Edit->Paste External Clipboard/Selection->Clipboard as Paragraphs > > or > > Edit->Paste External Clipboard/Selection->Selection as Lines > > or > > Edit->Paste External Clipboard/Selection->Selection as Paragraphs > > > > But which one? And what does it mean "as Lines" or "as Paragraphs"? > > > > Not to say that the typical Windows user would expect to be able to > > paste images... but... oops, he can't. Tsk, tsk, this is not what the > > OS guidelines suggest, isn't it? > > Now you become polemic by pointing at totally different issues (and > besides: LyX does not store images in the document itself, so image > pasting cannot be implemented in a sensible way as long as that is the > case).
LyX could ask whether one wants to store a copy of the image besides the .lyx file... Just a thought. Andre'