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patroclo7

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From: Bassano del Grappa, ITALY

Registered: 2006-01-11

Posts: 915

Re: Linux clipboard HELL

If we should write it, then it does not yet exist...

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JohannesSM64

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From: Norway

Registered: 2009-10-11

Posts: 623

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Re: Linux clipboard HELL

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Last edited by JohannesSM64 (2010-04-29 14:22:42)

anonymous_user

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Registered: 2009-08-28

Posts: 3,059

Re: Linux clipboard HELL

I just tried out Parcellite's "Synchronize clipboards" option. Seems to work well.

karabaja4

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From: Croatia

Registered: 2008-09-14

Posts: 1,001

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Re: Linux clipboard HELL

I don't understand why I must click on copied text in Parcellite or glipper-old to make it pastable with Ctrl-V?

For example, I copy some text in Geany and close it, then open it again and when I try Ctrl-V, nothing appears. But, if I click the daemon icon in tray, then select the copied text in the list (it's already italic there) - now paste works.

What causes this behaviour?

Ogion

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From: Germany

Registered: 2007-12-11

Posts: 367

Re: Linux clipboard HELL

You have to turn "synchronize" on for that. Ctrl-v and highlight are two different buffers, so to say. So you can paste the stuff from highlighting with middle mouse click. But if you want to paste it via ctrl-v in some GUI-app you have to synchronize that in parecellite.

Ogion

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karabaja4

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From: Croatia

Registered: 2008-09-14

Posts: 1,001

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Re: Linux clipboard HELL

You have to turn "synchronize" on for that. Ctrl-v and highlight are two different buffers, so to say. So you can paste the stuff from highlighting with middle mouse click. But if you want to paste it via ctrl-v in some GUI-app you have to synchronize that in parecellite.

Ogion

Interestingly, the synchronize option in parcellite is disabled (grayed out).

Glipper-old doesn't have a similar option.

BTW, it's not highlighting copying (like in urxvt), it's plain old Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V.

Last edited by karabaja4 (2009-10-31 00:50:09)

Ogion

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From: Germany

Registered: 2007-12-11

Posts: 367

Re: Linux clipboard HELL

Hm? Strange. It isn't for me (though i don't use it). I don't really use ctrl-v/ctrl-c either..

Ogion

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karabaja4

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From: Croatia

Registered: 2008-09-14

Posts: 1,001

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Re: Linux clipboard HELL

Hm? Strange. It isn't for me (though i don't use it). I don't really use ctrl-v/ctrl-c either..

Ogion

I got it enabled, it enables if I select "Use Primary (selection)" first.

However, that was not the solution to what I was looking for...

Ogion

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From: Germany

Registered: 2007-12-11

Posts: 367

Re: Linux clipboard HELL

Oh, hm sorry, then i don't think i can help you.

Ogion

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iphitus

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From: Melbourne, Australia

Registered: 2004-10-09

Posts: 4,927

Re: Linux clipboard HELL

This never really bothered me, I've always used select/middle click.  Except when you accidentally select something else before pasting. Or I try to do the same on a windows box.

Parcellite with sync turned on seems to work pretty well. I can select something, then paste it either way. And it has a history menu.

Procyon

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Registered: 2008-05-07

Posts: 1,819

Re: Linux clipboard HELL

I think it would be user friendly if applications where the user would use the clipboard a lot would actually show what is in the clipboards before you use them. E.g. if you click firefox's address bar a small region appears below it with
"Shift+Insert: http://...."
"Ctrl+V: Not an URL"
"Maybe something else: http://....2"

nomorewindows

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Registered: 2010-04-03

Posts: 3,367

Re: Linux clipboard HELL

Firefox has an annoying feature that puts the copy/paste right into the location bar and then if that isn't annoying enough one doesn't know how it got there and it brings up a webpage based on the clipboard.  How do I get that to stop?

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skunktrader

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From: Brisbane, Australia

Registered: 2010-02-14

Posts: 1,543

Re: Linux clipboard HELL

Firefox has an annoying feature that puts the copy/paste right into the location bar and then if that isn't annoying enough one doesn't know how it got there and it brings up a webpage based on the clipboard.  How do I get that to stop?

Try one or more of these
about:config

Change "browser.tabs.opentabfor.middleclick" to false
Change "middlemouse.contentLoadURL" to false
Change "middlemouse.openNewWindow" to false
Change "middlemouse.paste"to false

Last edited by skunktrader (2010-09-04 15:36:14)

ezzetabi

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Registered: 2006-08-27

Posts: 947

Re: Linux clipboard HELL

About the topic: I use glipper-old I always select what I want just before pasting.

@skunktrader
Thanks a lot,  changing "middlemouse.contentLoadURL" to false was exactly what I wanted since Firefox was called Phoenix...