Re: Xwinclip doesn't work with Konsole

["Chris Twiner" <c_twiner at hotmail dot com>]

> Hmm...
Indeed, the clipboard thing has been irritating me for a while, can't 
believe i didn't spot it. Either way I can't get the thing to work yet.  
When I call XConvertSelection on CLIPBOARD it says there is a message (from 
select) but then XNextEvent doesn't process any message, very wierd.  
Primary still works fine.

> xwinclip-Test06 actually works the exact same way with Emacs... I am 
> >pretty sure this is just because Emacs 21 finally fixed the way that >the 
> selections were handled. So, I think we can now safely say that if >someone 
> has an application that unhighlights the selection when >xwinclip is 
> running: fix the *?$%ing application!!! :)
I'd have to disagree in a big way.  xterm, dtterm, nedit, netscape , and 
countless other X applictions that behave in the right way won't because 
xwinclip breaks the standard by reclaiming ownership.  I've tested your 
release with at least the above and it causes functionality issues with 
anything that uses the selection.

The next qt format will follow motif i.e. select is primary, ctrl+c (or 
alt+c etc) copies the highlighted text into the clipboard.  This is a very 
standard way of doing things, and more importantly it works properly.  
"Fixing" them to leave the selection up breaks the normal visual feedback 
you get with all standard X apps, not good at all.

>    Arrgh... I am just confused now. Is the unhighlighting of >selections 
> our problem anymore? I am starting to think that it is not.
It is our problem (well anyone who wants to use xwinclip) and it should be 
fixed.  The hook dll doesn't need to be used as XWin can notify the app 
itself (if you have it inbuilt into xwin then multiple instances of xwin 
won't work properly together (although I'm not sure they do anyway), i'm 
talking about running xwin more than once not a screen option).

I can remove the hook by patching xwin to send out WM_ACTIVATE message's to 
a single xwinclip instance (this of course can be run from within XWin 
anyway).  But I think that's not what you want either.

Chris

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