[Xquartz-dev] new xpbproxy

[George Peter Staplin]

Quoted John Koren <jpkoren at gmail.com>:

> Sorry, I meant cmd-c in X11, of course.
>
> On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 3:10 AM, John Koren <jpkoren at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I should have added, that this problem occurs only at the beginning,
>> right after I start up X11.
>> As soon as I, issue cmd-v in the X11, the problem is gone and I can
>> continue copying text simply by highlighting in X11. If I do not issue
>> cmd-v in X11 at least one time before trying to paste into OSX
>> application, the problem occurs.

I think you may have found a bug in xpbproxy.  This may be something  
related to the way it handles the NSPasteboard ownership.   I will try  
to duplicate and fix this bug.

>> On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 2:52 AM, Peter Collinson <pc at hillside.co.uk> wrote:
>>> I cannot repeat this... it seems to work fine for me on my G4 or Intel
>>> boxes.
>>>
>>> Either selecting a region or selecting and using with Cmd-C in xterm
>>> allows me to Cmd-V it into textedit.
>>> The Cmd-C is not needed.
>>>
>>> This is great stuff - thanks Jeremy and George for this.
>>>
>>> On 16 Oct 2008, at 08:55, John Koren wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Jeremy
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for fixing item 2), which caused xpbproxy from not starting
>>>> correctly on my Powerbook G4.
>>>>
>>>> I still, however, have a strange problem.  I am trying to select  text
>>>> in rxvt or xterm and paste it to an OSX application (e.g., TextEdit).
>>>>
>>>> Let me first describe how I can get it to work correctly:
>>>>
>>>> 1) Copy text in xterm with cmd-c and paste in TextEdit with cmd-v.
>>>> 2) After that I can simply select text in xterm (without cmd-v) and
>>>> paste it TextEdit with cmd-v, which I think is the correct behavior.
>>>>
>>>> Now, if I skip step 1) described above and start with step 2, in which
>>>> text is simply highlighted, the problem occurs. I see the following
>>>> once I try to paste:
>>>>
>>>> 1) Pasting does not work.
>>>> 2) The X11 windows become difficult to move as dragging becomes very
>>>> spasmodic.
>>>> 3) The cpu associated with xpbproxy grows from 0% to 2.5% and never
>>>> subsides.
>>>> 4) X11 becomes unusable and I have to quit it.
>>>>
>>>> I hope my description is clear. This is a fully repeatable behavior.


George
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