Re: [Lazarus] Clipboard problem with Lazarus using VNC

2015-10-26 Thread Mark Morgan Lloyd
Michael Schnell wrote: Any Linux Desktop software uses an X interface as a display. Hence an X server is running. This would probably be a good place to point out (for the benefit of less experienced users) that X's terminology is a bit odd: an "X server" provides graphics services to progra

Re: [Lazarus] Clipboard problem with Lazarus using VNC

2015-10-26 Thread Mark Morgan Lloyd
Bo Berglund wrote: Now we're getting somewhere. Never was able to install and use Xming for example. Do you have a suggestion as to which X-server I could run on Windows7 instead of using VNC? I think you said you're using PuTTY, so start off with whatever documentation that provides: I'm f

Re: [Lazarus] Clipboard problem with Lazarus using VNC

2015-10-26 Thread Michael Schnell
On 10/26/2015 11:51 AM, Bo Berglund wrote: 1) Control relays via the GPIO connector on the RPi2. Done OK Of course this is rather appropriately done on the target. 2) Create a TCPIP communications object.. This is an example of what should be done on a Linux PC. It does not involve any hardw

Re: [Lazarus] Clipboard problem with Lazarus using VNC

2015-10-26 Thread Bo Berglund
On Mon, 26 Oct 2015 10:29:35 +0100, Michael Schnell wrote: This might actually be a bit off topic for this thread, which I created in order to report a Lazarus IDE problem rather than discussing my development issues... But anyway: >As I suggested before, you should first do the porting complete

Re: [Lazarus] Clipboard problem with Lazarus using VNC

2015-10-26 Thread Bo Berglund
On Mon, 26 Oct 2015 09:34:00 +0100, Michael Schnell wrote: >On 10/24/2015 11:25 AM, Bo Berglund wrote: >> except for the clipboard that is supposed to be >> shared between the two systems. >This rather obviously is is not an FPC or Lazarus problem but introduced >by Tight VNC and hence should

Re: [Lazarus] Clipboard problem with Lazarus using VNC

2015-10-26 Thread Mark Morgan Lloyd
Michael Schnell wrote: On 10/26/2015 10:09 AM, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: No, as I've said before... Seemingly this mail is not in the List. 22nd October. -- Mark Morgan Lloyd markMLl .AT. telemetry.co .DOT. uk [Opinions above are the author's, not those of his employers or colleagues] --

Re: [Lazarus] Clipboard problem with Lazarus using VNC

2015-10-26 Thread Michael Schnell
As I suggested before, you should first do the porting completely on a Linux PC, avoiding such cut/paste and hundreds of other problems. As you stated before, that you already have a running PC Linux, Here you have an X-server, the small board can attach to via TCP/IP in the standard UNIX way.

Re: [Lazarus] Clipboard problem with Lazarus using VNC

2015-10-26 Thread Michael Schnell
On 10/26/2015 10:09 AM, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: If you want to do significant amounts of cut-and-paste then run Lazarus over SSH (i.e. so that the Lazarus UI is being presented by the local X server). If that introduces a significant performance hit then report it as a bug, it's something t

Re: [Lazarus] Clipboard problem with Lazarus using VNC

2015-10-26 Thread Michael Schnell
On 10/26/2015 10:09 AM, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: No, as I've said before... Seemingly this mail is not in the List. -Michael -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazar

Re: [Lazarus] Clipboard problem with Lazarus using VNC

2015-10-26 Thread Mark Morgan Lloyd
Michael Schnell wrote: On 10/24/2015 11:25 AM, Bo Berglund wrote: except for the clipboard that is supposed to be shared between the two systems. This rather obviously is is not an FPC or Lazarus problem but introduced by Tight VNC and hence should be discussed elsewhere. Maybe a greater VNC

Re: [Lazarus] Clipboard problem with Lazarus using VNC

2015-10-26 Thread Michael Schnell
On 10/24/2015 11:25 AM, Bo Berglund wrote: except for the clipboard that is supposed to be shared between the two systems. This rather obviously is is not an FPC or Lazarus problem but introduced by Tight VNC and hence should be discussed elsewhere. Maybe a greater VNC Version would work bett

[Lazarus] Clipboard problem with Lazarus using VNC

2015-10-24 Thread Bo Berglund
I am running Lazarus on a Linux system (Raspbian Jessie) but that system is headless so I use TightVNC to get a desktop on my Win7 PC. It works pretty well except for the clipboard that is supposed to be shared between the two systems. The .vnc/xstartup file in the home directory on Raspbian has be