Re: commit -- more clipboard functionality
Jeff Hostetler (jeff@sourcegear.com)
Sat, 24 Jul 1999 16:03:52 -0500
Justin Bradford wrote:
>
> > yes, this is the next step for the unix version. i have left space
> > in the xap/unix code to interact with the XSelection mechanism
> > (instead of and/or in addition to) the internal mechanism. the reason
> > for the internal approach is that ideally one would like to copy a
> > region of formatted text and then paste it and get the formatting in
> > addition to the text. by using an internal format, i can get a loss-less
> > round trip. from what i've seen of the XSelection mechanism, it's good
> > for clipping command lines and other plain text, but doesn't do formatted
> > text (but i could be wrong here).
>
> I know you can pass more than that just plain text, but why not just the
> GTK code for this? Then you get copy/paste and drag&drop for basically all
> apps, including Motif-based apps and those using a direct interface to
> XSelections. The code really shouldn't be too bad. I'll dig around
> xap/unix and take a look.
cool. i was hoping that someone who knew what they were talking about
would volunteer a suggestion.... :-)
jeff
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