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Re: /dev/clipboard update
On Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 04:54:22PM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>On Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 09:57:14PM +1100, Robert Collins wrote:
>>here's a patch for /dev/clipboard that
>>* allows sequential reads (the existing code only allowed a single
>>read() ).
>>* allows writes (sequential only.. I haven't thought thru the logic for
>>the boundary cases of random writes).
>>* allows binary data (ie it's 8 bit clean). A text version is exported
>>for windows, to the first \0.
>
>Sorry but the ChangeLog is not right. It doesn't list all of the functions
>that you modified in fhandler_clipboard.cc.
>
>Also, please don't add user32 to the link line in Makefile.in. Take a look
>at autoload.cc and add whatever functions you need there.
FYI, I've made the appropriate changes to autoload.cc and have the patch
ready to check in once I get an updated ChangeLog.
cgf