On 2007-08-09 19:19:23 -0700, Ben Byer wrote:
> One thing that's kept this (seemingly simple) problem from being resolved
> is that it's not entirely clear how it should work.
>
> Obviously, you want it to paste when you hit Cmd-V -- and we could probably
> assume you want it to paste into the frontmost window. However (AFAIK --
> could be mistaken), there is no standard X11 event that can be sent to
> "paste".
Doesn't X11 have drag-and-drop which could be similar to a paste?
> A few potential solutions come to mind:
>
> A) just send that app a middle-click -- this would work for many this, but
> what if you already have text selected somewhere?
X11.app should assert PRIMARY selection ownership before sending the
middle-click. I think that should be OK. But this should be optional.
> B) Translate Cmd-V to Control-V, since many modern X apps support that to
> paste -- but what about those that don't?
IMHO, this would be a bad idea for two reasons. First, Ctrl-V pastes
the contents of the X CLIPBOARD, not the PRIMARY selection; so, this
would be inconsistent. Second, Ctrl-V doesn't mean paste for all
applications, in particular Ctrl-V has its own meaning in terminals.
This is an inconsistency in X11: cut/copy/paste should have been done
with Meta-X/C/V (a bit like Cmd-X/C/V in Mac OS X).
> C) Convert each character into a keystroke ... :(
with unpredictable side effects...
D) Simulate a drag-and-drop (if possible). But this would not work
in all applications, and this would be a bit inconsistent with the
PRIMARY selection.
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