Linux xclipboard3/20/2023 'copy' operation, from the X11 viewpoint, is merely some programĪnnouncing "I have data available for transfer". The X11 server for data transfer from the source to the destination. Copy/paste between applications isīuilt by having the source and destination communicate directly over Under X11 there is no "clipboard" to clear. > triggered by some channel still open when the process exits. > doing the clearing, say, during some resource cleanup, perhaps > operation at some point in the run) or 2) the system itself is > the clipboard on exit (conditional on there having been a copy If that's the case, then it might just be a simple fix after all, assumingĮveryone agrees it shouldn't be clearing the clipboard at wrote: Should be easy to spot in the code if indeed that is what's happening here. My linux knowledge is lacking here however.īut the simpler case, that wish is just deliberately clearing the clipboard Xkill from another bash window) might amount to the same thing,Īnd all allow for a “last chance” exit handler, run off of some signalĬatch. I suspect all the ways I tried (control-c, kill from system monitor, That I could get the process to end w/o having had a chance toĬlear the clipboard. To test case 1, I tried to kill the wish process, in hopes Triggered by some channel still open when the process exits. Operation at some point in the run) or 2) the system itself isĭoing the clearing, say, during some resource cleanup, perhaps The clipboard on exit (conditional on there having been a copy The very moment that the wish program exited, but not before that. Menu shows the paste option as disabled at (what would seem to be) The bash window can no longer paste, and it's right-click Multiple times – up until the wish program exits. I can copy from wish and then paste into a bash terminal window > Most of these tickets look either outdated however, or do not containĪre you saying this is not reproducible by others? I have noĪ data point in my tests might be relevant: On Friday, Decemat 5:31:34 AM UTC-8, Francois Vogel wrote: Tell if the problem is believed to be resolved. I see that both the tickets mentioned are now closed. The only time the clipboard is getting cleared is when a wish scriptĭoes a copy and then exits. Gedit, terminal, and even a windows wine program.exe and I've tested this with several other programs, such as I wonder why it's only tcl/tk (wish) that clears the clipboard Sure then why it's still not preserving the clipboard. This would appear to indicate that I've got a manager present. % selection get -selection CLIPBOARD_MANAGER -type TARGETS I'm running gnome and the command as described in the link reports: > Basically, I believe on linux you need a clipboard manager to handle this. On Thursday, Decemat 4:02:42 PM UTC-8, Francois Vogel wrote:
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