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On Tuesday, September 15, 2015 06:57:36 PM Grant Edwards wrote: |
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> On 2015-09-15, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > In most X11 apps I can select some text and then paste it somewhere |
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> > else with a middle-click, or dump it to stdout with the command 'xclip |
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> > -o'. That doesn't work for highligted text in gtk-3 apps (meld, |
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> > evince, audacious, etc.). After selecting text in a gtk-3 app, if I |
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> > middle-click in a terminal window it does nothing and 'xclip -o' just |
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> > hangs. Selecting text elsewhere will deselect the text in the gtk-3 |
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> > app, so gtk-3 isn't _completely_ ignoring X11 clipboards/buffers. |
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> > |
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> > Any ideas why gtk-3 copy/paste is broken and how to fix it? |
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> Ah, it turns out it's only a problem if you have multiple screens: you |
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> can only paste a gtk-3 selection if the destination is on the same X11 |
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> screen as the source. I'm pretty sure this is a known problem, but |
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> I'm having trouble finding it again in the Gnome bugtracker... |
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Must be related to gtk-3 then. |
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I use 2 screens extensively and never experienced any issues like you |
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describe. |
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Am surprised it would respond differently between GTK-3 and non-GTK-3 apps. |
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I don't configure anything special for multiple screens in the past few years. |
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