On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 6:38 PM, Adam Williamson <awilliam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. This only works for the Ctrl+C / Ctrl+V way. If you select a text and try to paste using the middle mouse button it only works when the source app is open. -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
