Re: clipboard & klipper in X11 terminal

[Ethan M. <merritt@u.washington.edu>]

On Friday 03 February 2006 11:03 am, Timoth=C3=A9e Lecomte wrote:
> if=20
> you don't have klipper launched, I'm pretty sure you lose everything,=20
> unless you use some tricks that may be implemented in toolkits.

Simple test:

1) open new xterm
2) do something in it
3) select text using   MB1down+drag+MD1up
4) kill xterm window
5) move focus to another xterm or standard x app
6) MB2
    hey presto!  the selected text appears

So it appears to me that the standard X clipboard is persistent,
and the selections remain even after the originating app
has exited.

> I would say -apart from kde or whatever window manager- we should
> comply with ICCCM conventions, explained in the previous links.

Seems like a good idea to comply with standards -
so long as they don't break anything in real life.

=2D-=20
Ethan A Merritt
Biomolecular Structure Center
University of Washington, Seattle WA