Re: X clipboard

[George <jirka 5z com>]

On Thu, Dec 20, 2001 at 12:25:16PM -0500, Havoc Pennington wrote:
> > OTOH Diego's suggestion of a separate clipboard server _is_ what
> > would make kde/gnome applications incompatible with everything else
> > (older kde/gnome apps, motif / Xt / etc. apps).
> 
> I agree with that 100%. An incompatible clipboard solution is a
> terrible, terrible idea.

Unless I am smoking crack, which is highly possible.  I think a separate
clipboard server would be good

1) the server could also use provide the standard X CLIPBOARD selection
   to provide compatibility.

2) The problem is (here is where my crack smoking could have affected
   my memory) that in X if you say cut something from document A in say
   AbiWord, then save the file, close abiword, open say KWord, and
   say 'paste', you will be unpleasantly supprised that there is NOTHING
   to paste.  And you've lost the data.

Another solution (maybe even more on crack) presents self:

The app knows when it holds the clipboard.  If the user closes the app, the
app would not close until something else got the clipboard.  It would
just close all it's windows and just work as a something to provide the
clipboard data if someone asks for it.

George

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