In article <20ed3b7953.harr...@blueyonder.co.uk>,
Harriet Bazley wrote:
> ... it *is* possible already to select a section, cut it to the
> clipboard, and paste it elsewhere. It would be nice (and safer) if
> overtyping had the same effect. The main argument I can see against it
> is that p
In article <5379794045j...@jaharrison.me.uk>, John Harrison
wrote:
> In article <20ed3b7953.harr...@blueyonder.co.uk>, Harriet Bazley
> wrote:
> > ... it *is* possible already to select a section, cut it to the
> > clipboard, and paste it elsewhere. It would be nice (and safer) if
> > overty
On 11 Aug, John Harrison wrote in message
<5379794045j...@jaharrison.me.uk>:
> In article <20ed3b7953.harr...@blueyonder.co.uk>,
>Harriet Bazley wrote:
>
> > ... it *is* possible already to select a section, cut it to the
> > clipboard, and paste it elsewhere. It would be nice (and safe
In article <20ed3b7953.harr...@blueyonder.co.uk>,
Harriet Bazley wrote:
> would it be possible to have areas deleted by overtyping automatically
> cut to the clipboard, a la Impression? Or at least have a "do you
> really want to do this?" warning, a la Impression II?
No, the clipboard shoul
In article ,
Steve Fryatt wrote:
> "If the user types when there is a selection, the selected text is
> deleted" says the RISC OS Style Guide, so the current behaviour seems to
> be correct.
One feature that used to cause me considerable annoyance and anguish.
I used to do a lot of work in I
> I used to do a lot of work in Impression and accidentally catching CTRL-A
> when intending SHIFT-A and seeing all my work disappear as I typed the
> next letter, with no "undo".
> Not really a desirable behaviour.
But the answer to having no undo against accidental deletion is to add
undo, or
In article <537988a101j...@jaharrison.me.uk>,
John Harrison wrote:
> But the answer to having no undo against accidental deletion is to add
> undo, or have a warning on big deletions (like Pluto does when you
> delete more than 3 messages at once), not to mix up deletion with the
> clipboard me
The following bytes were arranged on 11 Aug 2013 by Richard Porter :
> On 10 Aug 2013 Harriet Bazley wrote:
>
> > Currently it seems all too easy to jog the mouse and accidentally select
> > a block above the cursor, which results in everything you have just
> > written being wiped out unintentio
> > F8 undoes the last action, but I guess there's a limit to the number
> > of times you can go back.
> Er, F8 has always meant 'View source' in all versions of NetSurf I can
> remember...
So it does, but I have never tried to Undo in NetSurf, since it isn't an
editor. (Somehow typing in a box
