Re: Clipboard issues
On 2012-01-24 11:47 +0100, Sylvain wrote:
> 2012/1/24 <bhasker@unixindia.com>:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I am seeing this issue on my debian wheezy/sid. The clipboard contents are
>> disappearing when the window is closed. Can someone help me please if they
>> have to faced this issue ?
>>
>> Steps:
>> open any window application (even xterm )
>> Mark the contents of the window (which is copying )
>>
>> a) Close this window and open another window and try to paste the copied
>> text. The copied text has disappeared and last text is remembered and
>> pasted!
>> b) before closing the window if you try to paste the paste works fine.
>>
>> thanks all
>
> I think that's the normal behaviour of X (as strange as it seems).
For some technical background on this, see Jamie Zawinski's essay on
http://www.jwz.org/doc/x-cut-and-paste.html. Very informative.
Sven
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