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| Date | 2015-03-30 09:35 +1100 |
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| From | Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> |
| Subject | Re: Supply condition in function call |
| References | <55167b09$0$13013$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.318.1427668529.10327.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
On 28Mar2015 20:57, Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote: >On Sat, 28 Mar 2015 08:19 pm, Ian Kelly wrote: >> I've never been a fan of the primary selection style anyway. Copying >> text is conceptually an action. Selecting text is how one indicates >> the target of an action; conceptually it is not an action itself and >> shouldn't cause an action to be performed. It leads to muddled >> processes like "highlight this text, paste it there, highlight that >> text, delete it, paste in the replacement text from before -- oops, I >> accidentally pasted back in the text that I just deleted instead." > >Everything you say is absolutely correct. And yet middle-click paste is so >convenient when it works that I all but cry from frustration when I find an >application that doesn't support it. In xterm and I think several other X11 terminals, Shift-Insert pastes. I found that _way_ more convenient than middle click. The mouse is not your friend. Cheers, Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> Unix is user-friendly. It's just picky about who its friends are.
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Supply condition in function call Manuel Graune <manuel.graune@koeln.de> - 2015-03-25 18:29 +0100
Re: Supply condition in function call Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2015-03-25 13:41 -0400
Re: Supply condition in function call Manuel Graune <manuel.graune@koeln.de> - 2015-03-25 18:51 +0100
Re: Supply condition in function call Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2015-03-25 14:17 -0400
Re: Supply condition in function call Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-03-25 12:22 -0600
Re: Supply condition in function call Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2015-03-25 14:42 -0400
Re: Supply condition in function call Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-03-25 11:44 -0600
Re: Supply condition in function call Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-03-25 19:53 +0000
Re: Supply condition in function call Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-03-25 14:49 -0600
Re: Supply condition in function call Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-03-26 15:41 +0000
Re: Supply condition in function call Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2015-03-25 14:50 -0400
Re: Supply condition in function call Gary Herron <gherron@digipen.edu> - 2015-03-25 12:13 -0700
Re: Supply condition in function call Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-03-25 21:02 -0700
Re: Supply condition in function call Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-03-26 17:00 +1100
Re: Supply condition in function call Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-03-26 18:41 -0700
Re: Supply condition in function call Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-03-27 12:56 +1100
Re: Supply condition in function call Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-03-26 19:21 -0700
Re: Supply condition in function call Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-03-27 15:34 +1100
Re: Supply condition in function call Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-03-27 06:48 -0700
Re: Supply condition in function call Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-03-28 01:17 +1100
Re: Supply condition in function call Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-03-27 16:00 +0000
Re: Supply condition in function call Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-03-28 18:32 +1100
Re: Supply condition in function call Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-03-28 18:45 +1100
Re: Supply condition in function call Larry Hudson <orgnut@yahoo.com> - 2015-03-27 17:26 -0700
Re: Supply condition in function call Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-03-27 18:27 -0700
Re: Supply condition in function call Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-03-28 09:50 +0200
Re: Supply condition in function call Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-03-28 20:17 +1100
Re: Supply condition in function call Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-03-28 03:19 -0600
Re: Supply condition in function call Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-03-28 20:57 +1100
Re: Supply condition in function call Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> - 2015-03-30 09:35 +1100
Re: Supply condition in function call Manuel Graune <manuel.graune@koeln.de> - 2015-03-30 00:46 +0200
Re: Supply condition in function call Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-03-26 20:25 -0600
Re: Supply condition in function call Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-03-26 19:46 -0700
Re: Supply condition in function call Manuel Graune <manuel.graune@koeln.de> - 2015-03-26 07:27 +0100
Re: Supply condition in function call Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> - 2015-03-26 18:06 +1100
Re: Supply condition in function call Manuel Graune <manuel.graune@koeln.de> - 2015-03-27 21:02 +0100
Re: Supply condition in function call Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> - 2015-03-28 09:55 +1100
Re: Supply condition in function call Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2015-03-26 10:03 +0100
Re: Supply condition in function call Manuel Graune <manuel.graune@koeln.de> - 2015-03-27 20:46 +0100
Re: Supply condition in function call Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2015-03-27 21:38 +0100
Re: Supply condition in function call smap <askme.first@thankyouverymuch.invalid> - 2015-03-28 08:58 +0000
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