On Tue, Oct 25, 2005 at 05:20:04AM +0200, Sergey Kogan wrote: > Package: xsel > Version: 0.9.6-1 > Followup-For: Bug #231413 > > Xsel doesn't support XA_UTF8_STRING selection target when retrieving or > setting selections. Attached is a quick patch to make xsel > UTF8_STRING-enabled. Please note that this patch is not 100% correct. > With this patch applied, xsel will always ask other applications for > XA_UTF8_STRING instead of XA_STRING. Thus it could fail to communicate > selection with applications not aware of UTF8_STRING selection target. > Hovever, most of today programs (e.g. xterm, mozilla) handle > UTF8_STRING just fine, so this patch will probably work for you.
On the other hand, UTF8_STRING is an extension that won't work with other platforms. I'd rather have a utility that works more than "most" of the time. -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net
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