> > looked at?
> > Regards
> > Santosh Siddheshwar
> >
> > > -Original Message-
> > > From: Ulrich Czekalla [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 7:13 PM
> > > To: Santosh Siddheshwar
> > > Cc:
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> > Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 7:13 PM
> > To: Santosh Siddheshwar
> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject:Re: Clipboard functionality across processes
> >
> > The short answer is no. We did have this functionality before and much
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> Subject: Re: Clipboard functionality across processes
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> The short answer is no. We did have this functionality before and much of
> the code is still in cvs but it was broken for some time and I've disabled
> it. With a little bit of work it could be added ba
The short answer is no. We did have this functionality before and much of
the code is still in cvs but it was broken for some time and I've disabled
it. With a little bit of work it could be added back.
There are other ways to do this such as using klipper.
/Ulrich
On Wed, May 12, 2004 at 06:00:
This would be a deficiency (or so some say) of the X clipboard design.
There is no "storage buffer" for clipboard data.
A process, when it hits Copy (SetClipboardData) registers that it owns
the clipboard. When another program hits paste, only then is the data
transfered between the processes. It
