There just happens to be discussion on this topic today at Slashdot: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/02/18/2212250
Andrew Dunbar. --- Paul Fredrickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I seem to have read somewhere that KDE and GNOME use > different dnd protocols > right now, (KDE uses XDND, GNOME uses Xde?) I also > seem to remember Miguel > accusing KDE of implementing it wrong, but I don't > know. I also read that > both camps had agreed to use version 2.0 of the XDND > protocol (in Qt and > GTK+) for their next major releases, so it probably > hasn't happened yet. I > don't really know how any of the many protocols > work, but there was a good > paper at > > www.freedesktop.org/standards/ > > but the site seems to be down at the moment. > > Hope this helps someone. > > --Paul > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Andrew Dunbar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 3:51 AM > Subject: Re: Cut and Paste from KDE apps to AbiWord? > > > > --- Chris Winne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On > > Sun, Feb 17, 2002 at 11:24:47PM +0100, Michiel > > > Toneman wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi Martin, > > > > > > > > I can't paste from abiword to vim or gvim. > Other > > > way around works fine > > > > though (and no, I didn't forget to go into > insert > > > mode in vi ;-) ). > > > > > > > > Strange, huh? Is this an issue with the 'true' > > > X-clipboard (the ^C ^V) > > > > behaviour in for instance Mozilla and the > > > 'selection gets stored for > > > > middle mouse paste' function. B.t.w. even if I > > > select and then ^C in > > > > abiword, I can't paste to vim/gvim. > > > > > > > > Greetings, > > > > > > > > Michiel Toneman > > > > > > > > On Sun, 2002-02-17 at 11:39, Martin Sevior > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Hi Folks, > > > > > I would really like to get to the bottom of > > > this. See bug 2348 in > > > > > bugzilla. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.abisource.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2348 > > > > > > > > > > To summerize my investigations: > > > > > > > > > > copy and paste works fine with the following > > > apps into abiword. > > > > > > > > > > emacs > > > > > gnome-terminal > > > > > netscape > > > > > galeon > > > > > xterm > > > > > konquerer > > > > > gnumeric > > > > > > > > > > I cannot copy and paste from kword into > abiword. > > > > > > > > > > Copy and paste works works fine from abiword > to: > > > > > > > > > > emacs > > > > > gnome-terminal > > > > > netscape > > > > > galeon > > > > > xterm > > > > > konquerer > > > > > gnumeric > > > > > kword > > > > > > <truncated> > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > [OK, I can send this now to nyorp.abisource.com. > > > Although nyorp.abisource.com > > > and abisource.com are both 137.48.69.6, > > > abisource.com has MX mail.abisource.com, > > > while nyorp.abisource.com does not. > Interesting... > > > I suppose the local DNS > > > could be out of sync?] > > > > > > Anyways... > > > > > > I have found some strange behaviour myself, > which > > > is does seem related > > > to some extent ^C/highlight buffers.. > > > > > > In vi (vim), if I highlight text in abiword with > > > nothing in the ^C buffer, and > > > insert w/middle mouse to a blank vim file, the > first > > > time I get message: > > > > > > No inserted text yet > > > Hit ENTER or type command to continue > > > > > > Hitting enter inserts the text, but also ends > insert > > > mode. > > > > > > This message occurs only the first time text is > > > inserted. > > > > > > > > > By highlighting a different word, I can get the > > > middle mouse to combine the > > > two buffers. > > > > > > In abiword: highlight "First" > > > > > > middle mouse in vim gives "First" > > > > > > In abiword: highlight "Second" > > > > > > middle mouse in vim gives "SecondFirst" > > > > > > In xterm: highlight "AAAAA" > > > > > > middle mouse in vim gives AAAAA > > > > > > Back to Abiword, highlight "Third" > > > > > > middle mouse gives ThirdSecondFirst > > > > > > NOTE: sometimes the behaviour is a bit eratic > and > > > not entirely exactly > > > reproducable, though I can produce eratic > behaviour. > > > I've had it prepend > > > the abiword highlight buffer to that already in > the > > > buffer from an xterm > > > window, for example. > > > > > > ALSO: I don't also have to enter "insert" mode > in > > > vim to insert text. > > > > > > ALSO(2): I believe the ^C convention has > affected > > > the output of the > > > middle mouse buffer, but I could be mistaken. It > > > could have just been > > > my imagination. > > > > > > On Kword: > > > > > > > > > If I highlight or ^C text from abiword, it can > go > > > into kword with the > > > middle mouse. > > > > > > If I highlight text in kword, it will not insert > > > into abiword, nor an xterm, > > > nor asedit. > > > > > > If I ^C text in kword, I can middle mouse it > into an > > > xterm, or an asedit > > > window, not abiword. The ^C text from abiword > is > > > retained to be inserted with > > > ^V both in abiword and asedit. Looks to me like > > > kword maps a highlight > > > somewhere else (nowhere?), and maps the ^C to > both > > > of what I consider to > > > be the standard buffers. > > > > > > > === message truncated === ===== http://linguaphile.sourceforge.net http://www.abisource.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com
