On Aug 11, 2007, at 6:32 PM, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
On 2007-08-11 13:48:31 -0700, Adam D. I. Kramer wrote:
When attempting to replicate this, I find that hwen command-
tabbing (or
clicking) back into X11, anything selected in X11 is also deselected.
This behavior is probably constructed to ensure that X11 always has
the aqua clipboard.
Yes, it seems that when switching to X11, quartz-wm asserts the
PRIMARY
selection. Something like that. As a consequence, the previous
selection
in X11 is discarded.
The logic seems to be that when you switch from an Aqua app to an
X11 app,
X11's clipboard is filled with the Aqua clipboard, in order to
ensure that
it has the Aqua clipboard...even if the Aqua clipboard was filled
prior to
the last switching into X11.
A good solution would be for X11 to check when the clipboard was
filled...and if X11 has been the front app since then, to not fill
the X11
clipboard with the Aqua clipboard when switching from an Aqua app
to X11.
I agree, except that it should be the PRIMARY selection, not CLIPBOARD
(or make this configurable).
I don't really understand X11 clipboards, but why not use both? I
would just make any PRIMARY selection go to the Aqua clipboard at the
moment it is done being selected. When the CLIPBOARD is copied to,
it should replace the Aqua clipboard with its contents. That way,
the last thing copied from in X11 is in the Aqua clipboard. And as
you say, ideally, the ultimate behavior should be according to the
user's preference.
When switching into X11 from Aqua, I'd say that the Aqua clipboard
should replace both CLIPBOARD and PRIMARY.
The combination of these copy and paste behaviors will lead to the
most overall consistency. It would do the right thing under most
circumstances, whether you use CLIPBOARD or PRIMARY or are choosing
to copy or paste. The only downside is that you won't have visual
confirmation of what the PRIMARY selection is, after switching into
X11 from Aqua. But it's worth it to me. If you select something in
X11, then paste into Mail, then middle click in xterm, it will work
as you would want it to. Same with any other combination I can think
of.
Another solution would be to tie the X11 clipboard to the Aqua
clipboard...so the Aqua clipboard would be filled with X11 goodness
on a select in X11, instead of requiring the user to press
command-C.
Yes, I'd like that. Of course, this could be optional.
BTW, I've configured both iTerm and Firefox to behave like under X11:
selecting something automatically copies the data to the Aqua
clipboard
and I can paste with the middle mouse button. So, merging the Aqua
clipboard and the X11 PRIMARY selection would make things even more
consistent.
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