Re: [Gtk-osx-users] Fwd: Bluefish crash

[Richard Procter <richard n procter gmail com>]

Hi John, 

On 3/03/2011, at 1:56 PM, John Ralls wrote:

> No, it's a bug in the gtk-quartz drag'n drop code. What's happened is that the user has
> done a drag and then closed the window that was the source. At this point, Gtk *should* recognize
> that the source is no longer available and either load the OSX clipboard with the data types that haven't
> already been provided or tell OSX to clear the clipboard entirely. It does neither (I've made a couple of passes at getting it to clear the clipboard, but haven't figured out the right magic). Later, when the App shuts down, OSX sends an event to retrieve the rest of the data types, but the owner object has been deleted, causing an access violation and the crash.

Do you know if this is this limited to drag+drop or does it apply to clipboard operations more generally? 

regards, 
Richard.