On Sun, 2009-05-03 at 01:51 +0200, Kevin Kofler wrote: > Adrin Jalali wrote: > > I remember a copy paste problem which was (I think at least) solved, but I > > can see it again using rawhide. When you copy something in an application, > > by the time you close that application it's being erased from the > > clipboard. So you should keep the source application open till you paste > > that somewhere else. > > > > Is it supposed to be normal behavior? > > This is just how the X11 clipboard works. The X11 clipboard contents are > stored within the application "owning" the clipboard, if you close it, poof, > there goes the clipboard. You need to run a clipboard manager such as > Klipper, Glipper etc., which fixes this by taking ownership of the > clipboard automatically. Adrin is right, though - GNOME's had a built-in clipboard manager for several releases now, so this works with most applications transparently. However, it still seems to be working for me, with today's Rawhide. I just tested by copying something from gedit, closing gedit, and then pasting it into a gnome-terminal. Worked OK. I can't find any references for this, though (I learned about it via Planet GNOME eons ago), so I wouldn't know how to tell what's gone wrong for Adrin. -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Fedora Talk: adamwill AT fedoraproject DOT org http://www.happyassassin.net -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
