Re: [libreoffice-users] copy function not working

On Fri, 8 Jun 2018 08:10:33 -0700
Robert M McClure <rmm@unidot.com> wrote:

> The Control-C copy failure is beginning to bother me. After I
> downloaded the latest version of Firefox I say no failures for a full
> day. This morning the failure began again. So I decided to run some
> tests. Here are the results:

Please remind us again exactly what operating system and program
versions you are using, and which desktop, if the question makes sense.

> Here is my test plan
>
> Launch: Firefox, Opera, Gvim, Notepad, Writer
>
> Bring up a page in Firefox and Opera.
>
> Insert some text in Gvim and Notepad
>
> Select an item in Firefox, Opera, Gvim or Notepad
>
> Control-C click on selected item in source
>
> Go to target (Gvim, Notepad, or Writer) and click Control-V
>
> Record whether the selected item is pasted (OK) or some previous item
> (Fail)
>
> For browsers, the selected item will be either from the URL line or
> the body text.
>
> In the following list:  source   target   success or failure
>
>
> Firefox page writer OK
>
> Firefox URL writer OK
>
> Firefox page writer OK
>
> Opera page writer Fail
>
> Opera URL writer OK
>
> Opera page writer Fail
>
> Gvim writer OK
>
> Notepad writer OK
>
> Opera page Gvim Fail
>
> Opera URL Gvim OK
>
> Opera URL notepad OK
>
> Opera page notepad Fail
>
>
> relaunch Firefox and Opera
>
>
> Firefox page notepad OK
>
> Firefox URL notepad OK
>
> Firefox page writer OK
>
> Firefox URL writer OK
>
> Firefox page writer OK
>
> Firefox URL notepad OK
>
> Firefox page notepad OK
>
>
> no Fails after about 30 additional random trials
>
>
>
> I don't know what to make of this.
>
> Bob McClure


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