bug#16382: Cut/Copy tool-bar icons issue

[Angelo Graziosi]

Il 14/01/2014 18.47, Jan Djärv ha scritto:
> Hello.
>
> 14 jan 2014 kl. 18:25 skrev Angelo Graziosi <angelo.graziosi@alice.it>:
>
> > Il 14/01/2014 17.07, Jan Djärv ha scritto:
> > > Hello.
> > >
> > > 14 jan 2014 kl. 10:03 skrev Angelo Graziosi <angelo.graziosi@alice.it>:
> > >
> > > > Should we open a new bug report for this?
> > >
> > > This report is fine.  The omission to copy to PRIMARY looks intended, because 
> > > when text is read-only and cut acts like copy, text is copied to PRIMARY.
> >
> > "intended" ? If it is intended, which is its usefulness?
> >
> > If one wants to move text from a place to another, this doesn't work using the mouse and 
> > the "cut" icon on the tool-bar...
> >
> > 1. select the text with mouse-1 (dragging over the text)
>
> This should already put the text in PRIMARY.
>
> > 2. click the "cut" icon on the tool-bar: the text is removed
> > 3. now move the mouse pointer where you want the text to reappear
> > 4. click mouse-2 to paste: nothing happens
> >
> > So, newly, which the usefulness of the above "intended" omission?
> >
> >
> > > I wonder if there is some thought behind this we don't see.
> >
> > ah..
>
> Does it work if you use C-w instead of cut?

C-w and C-y work as expected. C-y works also if used at step 4 above. It 
is with the mouse and tool-bar "cut" icon that it doesn't work..

Ciao,
   Angelo.