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On June 26, 2017 3:19:49 AM GMT+02:00, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>On 25/06/2017 09:12 μμ, tuxic@××××××.de wrote: |
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>> On my Gentoo Linux box I am running Virtualbox and |
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>> on that virtual box Linux again. |
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>> When trying to cut text from a terminal or another |
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>> text-based apolication and past that into a firefox |
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>> running on the virtualized Linux it fails. |
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>> But when I start a firefox on the host system, |
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>> cut text from a terminal or another text-based |
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>> application and paste that into the URL-field |
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>> of the firefox on the host sustem, then cut |
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>> it from there and paste it into the firefox |
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>> on the viryalized Linux...it works. |
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>> Looks a little weird to me... |
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>> Is that an error, which fails to fail completly |
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>> or is a half working feature (or do I fail |
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>> in both cases ... ;) ? |
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>Similar things happen with VMware. It seems that many applications do |
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>not set the clipboard contents in a way that VB or VMw can recognize. |
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>Never found a solution to this myself. |
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How do you try to copy/paste? |
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I find it only works when I explicitly use 'edit->copy' and 'edit->paste'. Or CTRL-C and CTRL-V. |
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In other words, just like in MS Windows. |
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Selecting text and then pasting using the middle mouse button doesn't work. |
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It seems these are two different clipboards. |
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Joost |
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Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. |
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