[Xquartz-dev] copy/paste with "about X11" window open...

[Jeremy Huddleston]

On Jul 1, 2009, at 14:08, Viv Kendon wrote:

> I'm not sure this counts as a bug or an oddity.  Open the "about  
> X11" window, and highlight the release info (to paste into an email  
> for example, as below) and use cmd-C to copy it. Now try to  
> highlight and copy something else in another X11 window (perhaps you  
> are on another space and don't even remember you still have that  
> "about X11" window open).  It still pastes (cmd-V) the "about X11"  
> info into the Aqua window.  Closing the "about X11" window restores  
> normal copy-paste behaviour.
>
> This is with XQuartz 2.3.3.2 (xorg-server 1.4.2-apple42). The other  
> X11 windows I was using were xterms, and the Aqua paste location was  
> the Firefox bar to open a URL.
>
> -- Viv

Yeah, I suppose this is a bug... but it's not one that I'm particular  
concerned about.  Fixing it would require quite a bit of hackery on  
top of the amalgamation of hackery that we are already doing for copy/ 
paste ...

still... interesting that you were able to notice it ;)