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StillTrying:

--- Quote from: orbanp on February 11, 2020, 11:54:21 pm ---If the schematics windows are are full size and you switch between them by clicking on their tabs, the copying does not work.
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Do you mean the maximized copying doesn't work in Linux, copying between maximized schems seems to work in Windoze.
But you do only get 1 chance at clicking the new tab, if you click on a second tab the copy stuck to the mouse just vanishes. :scared:
Ed.Kloonk:
I run, very occasionally, LT spice in a very locked-down VM. That means a version of LT spice setup and running under wine in a linux VM, on a Linux host.

Only use it for very basic stuff and basic theory if I'm not near my actual bench or the bench has too much going on already, if you know what I mean.

I learned a long time ago, whilst Wine is very good, you need to contain it in a VM once you get it how you want it for every win software package. *buntu and variants will mess with your system, and your head if you're not careful, if you fall for the stupid rolling (read: unnecessary updates).

So yeah, sandbox the shit out of it. Set it up in a VM and snapshot it. Buy the extra computer memory if you have to. But don't run win exe's on wine on ubuntu on bare metal because their policy regarding wine is all over the place. Build yourself your own walled garden.

HTH.
Ed.Kloonk:
As an aside, I should convey some gratitude to our Dear Leader, Dave who some years back did a EEVblog episode on LT spice. Up until that point I was using a old version of the real McCoy spice from the '90s that cost thousands and had a parallel port dongle which I had to nurse into the 2000's. When Dave dropped that video on LT Spice, it was like a huge weight was lifted.

Zero999:

--- Quote from: orbanp on February 11, 2020, 11:54:21 pm ---Hi Zero,

Thanks for the help!
I have been using Ltspice under Windows for more than 15 years or so... Copying between schematics has been working ever since they have fixed that feature up.
Now as you suggest, if the schematics windows are tiled next to each-other (I tried it vertically), the copying works. If the schematics windows are are full size and you switch between them by clicking on their tabs, the copying does not work.
Most interesting (or frustrating)!
Regards, Peter

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I've never tried to copy between maximised windows before. Ctr-tab works, to copy between schematics, but is only useful if the destination schematic is on the next tab. It won't work if you flick between more than two schematics.

Another problem people have with LTSpice under WINE is Ctrl+M to start a new line on the edit text/SPICE directive doesn't work. The solution is to use Ctrl-Enter instead.
orbanp:
Hello Everyone,
Thanks for the help, LTspice under Linux is getting better with the above tricks.
 On area that is really awkward, is the file selection, the opening of files.LTspice seems to remember the last directory, however it does not display it.Going up or going back in the directory tree does not seem to be working either, I have to start from the root again to find the right directory.Is there a trick to this?Under Wine the other Windows programs seem to have the same problems with file selection...
Thanks, Peter
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