On 11/8/06, Stahlman Family <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ujjal,
Although it fixed the problem (or perhaps only masked it, as the underlying
problem is with Cygwin X), the patch I submitted to
Vim was rejected. Bram maintained that since the bug pertained to Cygwin
XWindows, so should the fix. I actually did not disagree
with him on this point. The reason I had started with Vim rather than XWindows
was that I was more familiar with Vim's source code.
However, since Bram refused to incorporate the patch, I proceeded to post to
the XWindows list. It was suggested that I write a
patch and submit it. I wrote a patch, and Colin Harrison (who was more familiar
with the patch submission process) tested the patch
and submitted it to the Bugzilla bug tracking database. I also tested on my own
PC running Cygwin X and gVim compiled from unix
sources. Months after patch submission, the patch was accepted and the issue
changed to FIXED / RESOLVED. I have not yet checked to
see whether the patch has actually been rolled into the most recently released
version of XWin. You can see a full description of
the bug and how I fixed it by reading the thread below. Also, I've included the
link to the Bugzilla submission page, so you can
obtain and apply the Xwin patch if you like. Alternatively, you could obtain
and apply the Vim patch, but since it's not likely ever
to find its way into Vim (and really is kind of a kludge anyways), I'd
recommend the former approach...
Hope this helps,
Brett Stahlman
Thread subject: "Serious flaw in Cygwin X clipboard integration prevents paste from
X to Windows app"
http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2006-01/msg00030.html
Bugzilla entry 5375:
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5735
----- Original Message -----
From: Ujjal Bose
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 3:16 AM
Subject: Fwd: gvim cut paste selection
Hi,
I saw ur patch that you have posted to the URL mentioned below. So will the
same patch work for a unix vim or is it only for Win32 ?
As you can see from the thread below that I am also facing similar problems , but
from Unix Gvim <----> Windows Apps.
Thanks,
Ujjal
Hi Brett,
I tested your vim patch on my machine and its working for me in Unix,
after removing the "ifdef WIN32" macros from the patch. Now cut/paste
across gvim (unix) <--> Windows apps is perfect !
As noted earlier by Brett, this may not be the best approach, but it
pretty much solves my problem :)
Thanks to Brett and Yakov !
-Ujjal
