Can't copy paste with Kate

**vous** · 05-20-2003

For some reason, I can't copy paste with the Kate editor...It appears to me that the clipboard buffer can only hold a very small amount of data.

Would anybody know how to get around this or could somebody recommend another light editor?

**yowwww** · 05-20-2003

kwrite, you can also adjust your klipper properties

**vous** · 05-20-2003

Is Kate and KWrite, the same thing??? I get basically the same result!

How do I adjust the klipper settings?

**yowwww** · 05-20-2003

right click on the klipper and see the menu (should be in your taskbar - bottom right)
maybe it is disabled and that is why you can't copy and paste.

**bpark** · 05-21-2003

What version of KDE are you running? KDE 2.2 uses QT2 and this seems to be the cause of some problems. This problem has been resolved in KDE >=3 since it uses QT3.

**vous** · 05-21-2003

Probably I should have explained a bit more eloquently.

What my problem was......I can copy small amounts of data, but when it is more than 3 - 4k it truncates....

That is my problem.

Any thoughts?

**yowwww** · 05-21-2003

sooooooooo.....

did you look at the properties for klipper or not?
I am pretty sure there are options like that there if you look.

**vous** · 05-22-2003

Originally Posted by yowwww

right click on the klipper and see the menu (should be in your taskbar - bottom right)
maybe it is disabled and that is why you can't copy and paste.

I haven't found the klipper yet.....it is not in the bottom right hand; I have gone to the Kwrite settings, but nothing there either about the clipboard....

If it is a setting, were is it? If I'm looking for an icon, which one?

**yowwww** · 05-22-2003

If I offer a suggestion and you can't find what I am talking about, just let me know, I have no problem adding more info. I just thought you were ignoring what I said. Anyway, you need to look in your kicker (i'm using red hat 7.3 so it might be slightly different) and go to 'utilities' and open 'klipper' then look on your screen or in your taskbar for the klipper icon (looks like a clipboard with a 'k' on it)
you could also try 'whereis klipper' in your terminal and run it from there - usually /usr/bin/klipper
you should be able to right click on it and enable it and or adjust the properties.
btw, what distro are you using, in case I missed it?

**vous** · 05-23-2003

OK, I found the klipper.....thanks! But, I went through all the properties but none of them actually have the possibilty to tweak the buffer...

Any other thoughts?

I'm running KDE SuSE 8.1 KDE 3.0

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