2 tips on keyboard troubles: On the X11/Xvnc side, start xclipboard to see what's actually in (which) clipboard. Use the java viewer, it has a dedicated (viewable!) clipboard
Then you can see what's going on. X11 clipboard detail: there is more than 1 clipboard! (yes, I was surprised too) CBee -- C. Beerse mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] talkto:+31(71)5256660 > -----Original Message----- > From: Roger Clark Williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 2:27 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Pasting text from Viewer to Server > > > I have a Linux server, XP client. I just tried about what > Steve said, with > a slight difference: ran ls-al on the Linux box, blocked some > of that text, > used Cntl-C, then Cntl-V into Notepad on XP. Nothing > happened. Am I missing > something here? > > Roger > > At 04:42 PM 4/15/2002, you wrote: > >I just want to be sure here. > >You say that you can't paste text either from the winvnc > server to vncviewer > >or back? > >Are you relying on the paste to server option? > >If you are at all familiar with windows, then you know that > copy is CTRL+c > >and paste is CTRL+v. > > > >I have just tried this, from viewer to server, and from > server to viewer. > >Works no problem for me. > >Hey, I also tried this with a Solaris vnc server. No Prob. > But do note that > >this will only copy and paste text, nothing binary. > > > >(What I did, Open the viewer and connected to the server. > >Opened notepad on both server and client. Entered some text > on the client > >notepad copied the text with CTRL+c (highlight then press > CTRL+c), switched > >to the server notepad and pasted the text with CTRL+v. I > then typed more > >text into the server notepad and copied with CTRL+c, > switched to the client > >notepad and used CTRL+v to paste the new text. Note that I > have the viewer > >opened to the server during this process.) > > > >Steve > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Tobias Gogolin > >Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 2:29 PM > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: Pasting text from Viewer to Server > > > > > >Well if it doesn't exist and nobody knows a better > suggestion it should be > >implemented... > >Are there any programmers on the list that know where to > find documentation > >about windows clipboard programming ? > >Its I kind of have to find a little project to realize > before the end of the > >semester > >(its to gain the credit thereby instead having to sit > through this 70's > >style first semester programming class(c[++?])) > >And I do have some people here that probably would know > right away what > >library to use for cu and paste in windows (is it something > like windows > >foundation classes ?) > >The remains the question to implement it in the menue of the Win VNC > >Viewer - what Programming tool is most compatible with the > sources ? Did I > >hear right Visual Studio ? > > > >Anyhow highly appreciated ! As you can imagine - Just like I > need another > >project - but I have to pass the class ! > >Please Help me on this ! > > > >cheers > > > >Tobias > > > >P.S.: > >Goal is to get a paste (text at least) function into the VNC > Viewer menue... > >The viewer would simply send the Pasted Text as Keystroke > equivalents ... > >Bonus could be to someday implement a Drag and Drop that > would result in > >click and paste. (for filling forms easily...) > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "dssyenon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 18:54 > >Subject: Re: Pasting text from Viewer to Server > > > > > > > On Wed, 10 Apr 2002, Tobias Gogolin wrote: > > > > Hi everybody I am new Here - Tobias is my name... > > > > > > > > and I did some research (found > > > > http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/faq.html#q25) > > > > > > > > cause I am missing a 'Paste to Server" option in the > VNC Menue of my > >Windows > > > > VNC Client... > > > > > > I don't recall that option in any of the Windows > vncviewers I've tried > > > (att, tight, tridia). I've also noticed this problem > when attempting to > > > copy from some Xvnc. Like the FAQ said, copying from > xterms and emacs > > > works just fine. I also noticed one can copy and paste > from one X window > > > to another. The workaround I use is to paste into an > xterm running vim or > > > cat > /dev/null then paste to whatever Win app I want. > > > > > > > And for whatever could be in a clipboard which is not > necessarily > >compatible > > > > between host and client it may be desirable to check > for the format and > >if its > > > > just simple text just go ahead and send it over _as if > it was typed > > > > manually_... If not - I don't know that exceeds my > knowledge of these > >intimate > > > > system specifics of the various combinations thinkable... > > > > > > The FAQ #25 also mentions autocutsel that automatically > syncs changes > > > between the two clipboards. I'll give that a try > sometime soon. Perhaps > > > this will save me from having to paste to an xterm before > pasting to a Win > > > app. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: > > > 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY > > > See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: > >'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY > >See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: > >'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY > >See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: > 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY > See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html > --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------
