On Tue, 29 Mar 2005, Michael Schaap wrote: > Hi, > > I recently started using Cygwin/X a bit more, and it works amazingly well! > > I did, however, stumble upon a small bug using the built-in "-clipboard" > handling: when using a GTK2 gvim, consecutive selections are not copied > to the Windows clipboard. > > Here's how to recreate this: > > Build a GTK2 version of gvim. (Alternatively, just use a GTK2 gvim on a > Linux box, for instance.) > Start Cygwin/X, using > run XWin -multiwindow -clipboard -silent-dup-error > (e.g. using the standard batch file). > Start an xterm. > Start Notepad (or some other native Win app). > Start gvim. Type > Hello, World! > Select the string "Hello" in gvim. > Middle-click in xterm. Result: "Hello". > Paste in Notepad. Result: "Hello". > Select the string "World" in gvim. > Middle-click in xterm. Result: "World". > Paste in Notepad. Result: "Hello". Oops... > Select something in Notepad and copy it to the clipboard. > Re-select the string "World" in gvim. > Paste in Notepad. Result: "World". Now it does work...
This is most likely because gvim always holds the selection. There is no clipboard in X11, just an information which application holds the selection. If an application wants to insert the selection it sends an event to the selection owner and the owner sends back the selected data. This may change between calls. The clipboard manager does not receive information that the clipboard changed, so it will insert the old string regardless of changes in the client. bye ago -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gotti.org ICQ: 126018723