[Bug 11334] Re: MASTER Copy-Paste doesn't work if the source is closed before the paste
The most complicated part of the issue described here is following: Only application knows how to handle its buffer properly, hence when it's closed - nobody can paste it. The example can be quite simple: you enter formatted text, pictures and tables in OOo' Writer and then select-all and paste it to: * notepad app (like gedit/kate/gvim/...) - only text is pasted * bitmap editor (like gpaint/kpaint/...) - the whole buffer is represented as picture and pasted on the canvas * another OOo' Writer window - the original formatting is kept (tables are tables, text is text, pictures are pictures...) Everything is handled by OOo' itself. No clipboard manager will ever be able to the same work after OOo is closed. ... And it's not needed! Why reinvent the wheel?! This is my idea on how to implement it properly: Take the code that handles the buffer off the application (like OOo and others), and place it into the X-server. As a plugin. When OOo is closed, it's plugin is still present and works with X-server to process 'paste'-requests. PS. OOo is just an example, take any other complex app, like dia/gimp/firefox/... instead if you wish. pros/cons: + such a plugin is developed by developers of the original app and not by bystanders: less time to deliver the working plugin than adding support of strange source-buffer-type to clipboard manager + the plugin is no more than just a replacement of paste-handler from within the app to the X-server + no need to maintain clipboard managers for each DE + it's not a band-aid solution: it works on all permutations of source/target type pairs + some plugins may support more than one source applications (no need to write different plugins for simple notepad-applications, the same - for all simple raster graphic editors) - need to create a clear spec and ask developers to follow it Isn't it a good idea? :) -- MASTER Copy-Paste doesn't work if the source is closed before the paste https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/11334 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a subscriber of a duplicate bug. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 392043] Re: Drop a selection on a hidden window (Nautilus, gedit, Firefox, Thunderbird, anything) is not possible
Sorry, I've been away for a while from Linux systems. Seems that we've misunderstood each other about the patch. I only proposed the way to solve the problem, with out doing actual patch - I simply don't know how to do the one :) If you point me on the doc page describing the process of doing the patch, patching, and testing the patched system, I'd be glad to try to follow it. Thanks! -- Drop a selection on a hidden window (Nautilus, gedit, Firefox, Thunderbird, anything) is not possible https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/392043 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 106644] Re: Clipboard contents are lost when window is closed
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 11334 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/11334 Everybody dies @ 2012, so why bother fixing this. Let only geeks use Linux. -- Clipboard contents are lost when window is closed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/106644 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a subscriber of a duplicate bug (via bug 11334). -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
Re: [Bug 11334] Re: MASTER Copy-Paste doesn't work if the source is closed before the paste
Olaf wrote 2 hours ago: It's not of the highest priority because there really are much higher priorities. That's the point of discussion. You think some new weird feature is a high prio. I think (as most of distributors do) usability is the highest prio ever. 2009/11/20, FMaz fmaz...@gmail.com: Olaf wrote 2 hours ago: It's not of the highest priority because there really are much higher priorities. This problem have been reported more than 5 years ago. I think that this improvement should have been priorised over many other new features that are less important. Yes it's not a major security problem, but it's so old that it start to cause frustration. Endolith wrote 2 hours ago: Is there some good reason why Parcellite (or some other tool) isn't just included by default to work around this? It has been asked in the previous --and old-- comments. It seem to be cause that there software are not as versatile ( can't copy/paste some type of content ) -- MASTER Copy-Paste doesn't work if the source is closed before the paste https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/11334 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. -- Serge Vinogradov work.se...@gmail.com svinogra...@nvidia.com ICQ: 269813255 -- MASTER Copy-Paste doesn't work if the source is closed before the paste https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/11334 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a subscriber of a duplicate bug. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61237] Re: Drag 'n Drop in list view doesn't work
I confirm that too - it always annoys me. Waiting obsessively for a fix! -- Drag 'n Drop in list view doesn't work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61237 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 11334] Re: Copy-Paste doesn't work if the source is closed before the paste
Remember The clipboard contains a huge object, do you want to leave it? message box when MS Office is closed? Why not to do the same?! If clipping text is not that big, then copy to system buffer w/o confirmation. If it's quite big (10/100/1000 Mb) - then ask. The other workaround is to insert a special program (glipper or anything else) into a basic distribution. This issue really affects me too, and I bump in it not only when source window is closed, but also when it's suspended (by kill -SIGSTOP or Ctrl-Z) -- Copy-Paste doesn't work if the source is closed before the paste https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/11334 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a subscriber of a duplicate bug. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
