Heiko Baums wrote: > > Sorry, but I still don't know why I should need autocutsel. The old, X > standard way just works. I never had any problems and I never felt the > need for something different. > > And I really don't want to read tons of documentations about a tool I > don't need. And because I don't need it I don't want to be forced to > using it, and I don't want to be forced to using it the way an admin > thinks I should use it. > > Like I said before, the clipboards of at least KDE and Xfce, and I bet > Gnome's clipboard, too, allow me to synchronize both buffers or to keep > them separated. And I can move the clipboard content from one buffer to > the other with those DE's clipboards. > > Why do I need autocutsel? People who need or want it, can install it > separately. But, if it's installed, the user must have the possibility > to configure it the way he wants and he must have the choice of running > or not running it. > > And as far as I know there's a way to start and configure it in > ~/.xinitrc. So this is the way to go within the autocutsel package. > Well, if there's a system wide config then it must be possible to have > this changed/overwritten by the user to his needs. > You seem to be under the impression that this is going to be the default for all users. I never said that. I specifically said that this affects only the people using the autocutsel package from [community]. Autocutsel is useful for people not using a DE and want to adjust the behaviour of the X clipboard. If you are already provided with such a tool, or the way X deals with clipboard contents by default suits you then you don't need it. ---- Greg
