copy & paste troubles

[Lowell Gilbert]

Jerry McAllister <jerrymc at clunix.cl.msu.edu> writes:

> I have noticed that numerous applications, including HTLM forms tend
> to insert where-ever the mouse pointer is rather than where the
> cursor is.   Or, maybe, as soon as you click the mouse to do the 
> insert, it first changes the cursor position to wherever the pointer
> is and then does the insert.     
> 
> So, I just have to make sure I move my mouse pointer to exactly where I 
> want things to insert.   I get caught on this frequently.
> 

Shift-insert is often useful for this case...