https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=489103
Bug ID: 489103
Summary: Wayland: X11 apps can't access primary selection
Classification: Plasma
Product: kwin
Version: 6.1.0
Platform: Arch Linux
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: core
Assignee: kwin-bugs-n...@kde.org
Reporter: hi-an...@yandex.ru
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
I'm in the process of migrating to KDE Wayland, and one thing I heavily rely
upon is primary selection. I use it as part of my work in order to be able to
quickly select part of the text in logs and then execute a Emacs function that
parses and finds various locations based on it.
However, on KDE Wayland primary selection in Emacs has inconsistent content.
Further research showed that it isn't specific in any way to Emacs, but rather
that in general there's some miscommunication about primary selection between
X11 and Wayland apps.
Below it is shown by using `xlip` as the simplest X11 utility for accessing
"selection".
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. On KDE Wayland, open Konsole, and select any text
2. Execute `xclip -selection clipboard -o`
OBSERVED RESULT
It prints anything but the text you just selected
EXPECTED RESULT
It should print the text you selected
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: 6.1.0
KDE Plasma Version: 6.1.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.3.0
Qt Version: 6.7.1
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