Re: [Evolution] Why does not copy & paste work in separate monitor setup?

[Bjørn T Johansen <btj havleik no>]

On Thu, 16 Jul 2015 17:02:24 +0100
Pete Biggs <pete biggs org uk> wrote:

> > Yes, I know it's not the "normal" way but it's the way I have always 
> > done it... :) I am a developer and I run my IDE on one desktop on 
> > display 2 and my web browser on a different desktop on the same display, 
> > databaseadmin app on yet a different desktop, etc...
> > At the same time, I have terminal window open that tail logfiles on 
> > display 1.. And when I change desktop on display 2, I do not want to 
> > change desktop at the same time on display 1, if you see.... :)
>
> As others have said you can achieve this (in Gnome at least) by making
> a window "Always visible on workspace" or with Gnome3 you can keep
> adisplay static while the other one has multiple workspaces on.  In
> fact I have three displays with the desktop spanned across them,
> however only the middle one has multiple workspaces - the two outer
> displays are static.
>
> > > Clearly then Evolution is accessing a different clipboard buffer on
> > > each screen - I wonder if it's something to do with GTK rather than X
> > > itself.  Do other pure Gnome applications show the same issues?
> >
> > Can you mention some pure Gnome applications I can try?
>
> Probably something like Rhythmbox?
>
> Ultimately though, if you consider the cut and paste issues to be a
> problem, then you need to file a bug report in Bugzilla.  At least then
> it will be sure to be seen by those who can analyse it better than
> here.  If you do file a bug report, please let this list know the
> number so anyone searching the archives can follow it up.

Thx for all your suggestions, I have decided to give spanning desktop a try and see how it goes... :)

BTJ