Klaus Ethgen <Klaus+geekie@...> writes: GTK> The currently-selected object or text should be provided on the GTK> clipboard identified by GDK_SELECTION_PRIMARY. Cut/copy/paste menu GTK> items conceptually copy the contents of the GDK_SELECTION_PRIMARY GTK> clipboard to the default clipboard, i.e. they copy the selection to GTK> what the user sees as the clipboard.
Klaus> So? Klaus> In your pasted text it is always called about Klaus> GDK_SELECTION_PRIMARY. and never about Klaus> GDK_SELECTION_CLIPBOARD. But it might be possible that I miss Klaus> something there as my English might be not the best. For my Klaus> understanding GDK_SELECTION_PRIMARY is the right one. I just snipped too much from the quote. The sentence preceding this one is: GTK> Cut/copy/paste menu items and keyboard shortcuts should use the GTK> default clipboard, returned by passing GDK_SELECTION_CLIPBOARD for GTK> selection. (GDK_NONE is supported as a synonym for GTK> GDK_SELECTION_CLIPBOARD for backwards compatibility reasons.) IMO, the two sentences together make it clear that (if needed) GDK_SELECTION_PRIMARY should be activated _as soon as the selection is set or changed_ in the source program. In geeqie, that would mean making the current code execute when user moves through the file list (for example) with Up and Down keys. OTOH when user activates the menu item GDK_SELECTION_CLIPBOARD is the right one. Klaus> The problem is that with the current solution, the most used way Klaus> to copy around text under unix works, using the middle mouse Klaus> button. Changing that might (I did not test it but that might be Klaus> worth to test) end up in being unable to paste. Not all consoles Klaus> knows Strg-V (what comes from the windows world, I think). Well, all the Gtk conventions come from the Windows world :-) And yes, sometimes that is a problem. But I still use lots of Gtk programs. Klaus> I personally like to be able to copy the path to selection Klaus> clipboard and paste it in the terminal where I mostly work. That Klaus> does not work if I use Strg-C in some GUIs but it works with Klaus> Geeqie. You're right that simply changing the current code from GDK_SELECTION_PRIMARY to GDK_SELECTION_CLIPBOARD would break your usage while fixing mine. It would still be the right thing to do IMO because of the convention. But we can keep the cake and eat it if we add new hooks on selection change events, calling back the current code with GDK_SELECTION_PRIMARY. How's that? Klaus> Well, it can, if it really fixes some and don't break others. It Klaus> is even open source. Just make an patch for suggestion. I can make a patch. It probably won't be trivially short; where do you want it posted? Best regards, Ian. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open source business process management suite built on Java and Eclipse Turn processes into business applications with Bonita BPM Community Edition Quickly connect people, data, and systems into organized workflows Winner of BOSSIE, CODIE, OW2 and Gartner awards http://p.sf.net/sfu/Bonitasoft _______________________________________________ Geeqie-devel mailing list Geeqie-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geeqie-devel
