Comment 229 for bug 11334

Its would be a great solution but i think that its a solution that requires
a lot of work, and would be incompatible with other distributions.
Somebody knows the internal structure of XServer to say if i am in a error?

2010/5/24 J Bruni <email address hidden>

> Wondering aloud....
>
> If the application that owns the clipboard provides its contents
> (unavailable once it is closed)...
>
> What if we always make Xserver itself be this application (the owner of
> the contents), and thus always serve its contents (always available!)
>
> i.e., when the user copies (CTRL+C) or cuts (CTRL+V) instead of stopping
> at the point where the current application is "flagged as owner"... just
> go ahead and transfer contents + ownership to Xserver.... so, when the
> user pastes (CTRL+V) elsewhere, it will retrieve contents from
> Xserver... it doesn't matter if source application is opened or
> closed...
>
> Makes sense?
>
> Do we need a more complicated "design" for the solution? Or can we move
> forward by finding out how to implement the idea above?
>
> --
> MASTER Copy-Paste doesn't work if the source is closed before the paste
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/11334
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> Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts: Invalid
> Status in X.Org X server: Confirmed
> Status in Ubuntu: Confirmed
>
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> *** WORKAROUND ***
> ---------------------------
> Install klipper, glipper, parcellite or xfce4-clipman
>
> --------------------------------------------
>
> When I copy (Ctrl + C, or right click and "Copy") text from somewhere and
> after that close the program where it is, the clipboard gets empty.
>
> Steps to reproduce in gedit :
> 1. Pick any text field that supports copying, copy some text.
> 2. Paste into any other text field.
> 3. It works.
> 4. Close the source window or program.
> 5. Paste now does nothing.
>
> This bug will happen in any application that doesn't comply with the
> clipboard specification from FreeDesktop.
> http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/ClipboardManager
>
> There was also previous considerations about improving xserver-xorg
> clipboard, which would reduce adaptation work from upstream projects to
> comply with the specification.
> Xorg : https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25220
> http://www.x.org/wiki/CutAndPaste
>
> ******** Actual Status : ********
> ----- Not fixed : ------
> OpenOffice : http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=63092
> GIMP | GTK+ : http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=510230
> Chromium : http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=32291
> Gnucash : http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=510205
> Inkscape : ???
>
> ++++ Fixed : +++++
> Firefox, Thunderbird, Sunbird (Xulrunner) : Fixed in 1.9.3 trunk
> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=311340
> Evolution : Fixed in 2.29 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=258374
> Pidgin : Fixed
> Gedit : Fixed
> Most Gnome apps, Fixed
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