[PD] copy-paste vs. duplicate behavior

[Jaime Oliver]

well, the current behavior is helpful when pasting into a different window
if it has similar dimensions, but if we are copying a piece of a patch which
was way down in a window into a new window, then the pasted code ends up in
the same place too and one has to go look for it. This also happens because
the window doesn't focus in the pasted section, but keeps the 0,0
coordinates.
I think in general, (or when pasting to the same window) it would be nice to
paste into the last clicked coordinate.

In any case I am so used to it by now that I can survive in these
conditions.

J

On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 4:03 PM, Miller Puckette
<mpuckett at imusic1.ucsd.edu>wrote:

> I think if pasting to the same window this would be reasonable - but I've
> always had in mind, instead, to paste the objects to a new place determined
> by current cursor position, which would be far better.  Just haven't been
> able to think it through and do it.
>
> M
> On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 06:53:22PM -0500, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
> >
> > Hey all,
> >
> > I was thinking that it would be nice if copy-paste had the same
> > response and duplicate, i.e. shifting the position over by 10 pixels
> > in x and y, then pasting.  I can't see a good reason why paste doesn't
> > do that.  Anyone know of any?  Newbies get very frustrated by the
> > current behavior.  Regular users get used to the Duplicate command,
> > but I don't know of any other programs where you can't just copy-paste
> > and you need a special function.
> >
> > .hc
> >
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