On Wednesday, 15 May 2024 15:37:22 BST Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2024-05-15, Michael <confabul...@kintzios.com> wrote:
> > The Clipboard may be stored in RAM or cache of any applications > > which use this method. > > AFAICT, the clipboard contents is stored in the X server. When you > cut/copy something, the application sends that something to the X > server where it's stored. When that application exits, the clipboard > contents are still there in the X server, and can still be requested > by other applications who want to do a "paste". What you write makes sense. I am not sure what happens in Wayland, where application windows are supposed to be isolated. I recall in earlier days the Primary selection would not work between windows, which was rather frustrating. I think at present the Plasma desktop clipboard application acts as a mediator, probably engaging Xwayland - but I am not sure. There are quite a few settings in Plasma's clipboard application to configure interoperability between Primary & Clipboard selection and can be set to save the Primary selection in the Clipboard section and its history if so desired. With my current settings I can middle click to paste a Primary selection into Konsole, but Shift+Insert which works with Xterm & friends does not work with Konsole.
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