RE: curious observation re Cut command

2009-08-25 Thread Donna Goodin
aries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: curious observation re Cut command Hey DG, Can you bit a bit more specific about what you are doing when you try to Cut information and does Copy work? For instance, what application and portion thereof causes this behavior? Happy Hacking, cdh On Aug 24, 2009, at 2:

Re: curious observation re Cut command

2009-08-25 Thread Chris Hofstader
Hey DG, Can you bit a bit more specific about what you are doing when you try to Cut information and does Copy work? For instance, what application and portion thereof causes this behavior? Happy Hacking, cdh On Aug 24, 2009, at 2:58 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: > > Hello all, > > I have notice

Re: curious observation re Cut command

2009-08-24 Thread Donna Goodin
The one common thread I can find is that I was working with files, rather than selecting text. So, I was selecting them by moving through the file table. Whenever I went into the menu, I was always able to copy the file, and the file I wanted always showed up as being selected. For any

Re: curious observation re Cut command

2009-08-24 Thread Donna Goodin
Ah, that explains it. thanks, Jonathan. Donna On Aug 24, 2009, at 4:50 PM, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote: > > The cut command is not available in read-only boxes and lists. The > copy command should be available in this case. Also, I don't think > cut is available in file browser, because generally a

Re: curious observation re Cut command

2009-08-24 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
The cut command is not available in read-only boxes and lists. The copy command should be available in this case. Also, I don't think cut is available in file browser, because generally a cut item is only in the paste-board once cut, and if you cut something else that file would be lost.

Re: curious observation re Cut command

2009-08-24 Thread Chris Blouch
Can you give some more details? What application were you in, what did you select and how did you select it? CB Donna Goodin wrote: > Hello all, > > I have noticed something that seems odd about the Cut command. It > seems never to function. It doesn't matter whether I use Command-X or >