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Re: xwinclip patch


Howdy Harold, you took the words right out of my mouth (well, maybe they
were a bit kinder than I'd have been!):

>Subject: Re: xwinclip patch
>...
>Not all applications used the CLIPBOARD atom... a lot of them still only 
>use XA_PRIMARY.  Dropping support for XA_PRIMARY is a HUGE reduction in 
>the feature set of xwinclip and it will not be accepted by users.

XA_PRIMARY is what's used by the two largest apps used under X (according
to the Unix Hater's Guide): emacs and xterm.  I think you'd have a line of
people knocking on your door to yell at you if you were even to think about
removing the select => paste flow from these apps, or the even worse option
of having to select then move the mouse to the taskbar and select some option
from a popup menu to paste things.
-- 
-Earle F. Philhower, III
 earle@ziplabel.com
 http://www.ziplabel.com


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