On 04/12/2012 11:16 AM, stan wrote:
On Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:21:36 -0700
Rick Stevens<rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 04/12/2012 07:30 AM, stan wrote:
On Thu, 12 Apr 2012 08:52:16 +0200
Joachim Backes<joachim.backes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
a little question: I copy some text on a tty console by gpm, and I
want to paste this text into some gnome/kde session. How to do this
without using some file?
If I understand your question, I've never been able to get this to
work. I think the context for gpm is erased or reset when switching
from consoles to X and vice versa. I haven't actually researched
what actually happens, so there could be an answer to your
question, and I look forward to hearing it if there is.
The cut/paste buffer for gpm is maintained by gpm and is a separate
space from the cut/paste buffer provided by your desktop manager. They
aren't designed to share data. I suppose they could by using some
shared memory segment with a well-known handle or something, but
currently they're entirely separate.
But that would imply that it should work, because gpm works just fine
in X. I can select text by double clicking with the mouse, and paste
it with the middle button, just like in a console. It even shares
across workspaces, just like it shares across consoles, and within
screen instances in the console. From the behavior, it seem that gpm
has a separate buffer for the consoles and X. Or X is just emulating
gpm behavior.
When you're using the cut and paste in xterms (or gnome-terminals or
whatever), you're using the window (or desktop) manager's buffer. Yes,
it sort of looks like what goes on with gpm, but it's a totally
different beast. xterms and the like use /dev/pts/* to emulate terminals
gpm is used on virtual terminals (which use /dev/tty*") and uses a
completely separate cut and paste buffer than the one used by your X
window manager. They're not the same.
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