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Re: Basic question 2 - Copy from Windows and paste to cygwin or X
On Wed, 28 Sep 2005, Herbert Eppel wrote:
> On 28.09.2005 15:52 UK Time, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
>
> > > I start my X environment with the following command:
> > >
> > > startx -- -screen 0 1200 900
> > >
> > > where would -clipoard fit in, and what does it actually do?
> >
> > "man startx" explains that the options after '--' are passed directly to
> > the server. -clipboard is one such option.
> >
> > "man XWin" explains what that option actually does (i.e., synchronizes the
> > X keyboard with the Windows one).
> > HTH,
>
> Thanks. However, I seems something is wrong somewhere.
>
> With my usual command (i.e. "startx -- -screen 0 1200 900") X runs OK,
> although I just noticed that I get some feedback relating to clipboard
> in the main cygwin window (see
> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/herb.eppel_new/temp/Cygwin1.jpg)
Right -- this says that clipboard support isn't enabled.
> When I first tried "startx -- -screen 0 1200 900 -clipboard" some
> clipboard error messages appeared - see
> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/herb.eppel_new/temp/Cygwin2.jpg
Those are just warnings -- the clipboard thread is started.
> I just tried the same command again. This time there are no clipboard
> error messages (see
> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/herb.eppel_new/temp/Cygwin3.jpg), but the
> clipboard still doesn't work.
>
> What am I doing wrong?
Please provide the exact steps you use to test the clipboard operation,
and any messages or results that make you believe it doesn't work.
Hint: X has multiple selection buffers; the clipboard support synchronizes
what's called "primary selection"; some applications (e.g., Mozilla) use a
different buffer for their selection storage. It would also help if you
posted /tmp/XWin.log (instead of those screenshots).
Igor
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