On 09/06/2013 19:59, David Stacey wrote: > I am trying to package keepassx for 64-bit Cygwin, and have noticed a > difference between the way the clipboard functions under 32-bit and 64-bit > Cygwin/X. Essentially, keepassx is an encrypted password database that > copies your username and password to the clipboard. Then, you can paste > these into a web site (say) to log in. > > When I run keepassx (both 32-bit and 64-bit builds) using the 32-bit > version of XWin, keepassx copies the username and password to the > clipboard, and these can be pasted into a native Windows web browser (e.g. > Firefox). However, when I run keepassx (again, both 32-bit and 64-bit > builds) using the 64-bit version of XWin, the procedure breaks: I instruct > keepassx to copy to the clipboard, but when I paste in the web browser, no > text is pasted.
Sorry, integration between the native and X clipboards is broken in 64-bit XWin. Unfortunately, this is rather complex to fix and I haven't found the time to do so yet. > I mentioned that my testcase programme doesn't quite work as I intended: > writing to the clipboard using Qt4 and reading it back by reading > /dev/clipboard fails when using both 32-bit and 64-bit XWin. I don't > understand why, but this is probably down to my own limited understanding > of the clipboard in X. Thanks for writing this useful testcase. >From a brief glance, the test looks well formed, so I'll also try to take a look at why test 2 always fails, I guess this indicates some bug in the clipboard integration. -- Jon TURNEY Volunteer Cygwin/X X Server maintainer -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/