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Re: xwinclip shouldn't monitor the primary selection


uribarri_u@tsm.es wrote:

I think that xwinclip shouldn't monitor the primary selection because:
a) The primary selection has user feedback. When an X application loses the
primary selection, usually clears the selection, so you can't delete, cut,
copy or whatever you want to do.
b) The primary selection doesn't behave like the windows clipboard, so
windows users get confused.

On the other hand, the clipboard selection doesn't usually have user
feedback and behaves like the windows clipboard: you must request the cut
or copy operation explicitly.

What do you think?


I think that somebody mentions this about once every other week without searching the mailing list archives first. I have written at least 15 detailed descriptions of why making xwinclip/-clipboard work "properly" is HARD.


Harold


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