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Re: xwinclip problem/puzzle
- From: luke dot kendall at cisra dot canon dot com dot au
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 17:24:04 +1000 (EST)
- Subject: Re: xwinclip problem/puzzle
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
On 15 Oct, Chris Twiner wrote:
> Thanks for the referal Jehan,
>
> >And maybe Chris has a newer version now.
>
> Unfortunately not. The version most recently posted had the ctrl+c and
> server reset code in place but nothing much else.
Oh.
> This I had planned to do:
> - get the windows clipboard only when something has changed on it (don't
> unnecessarily grab the x selection)
> - handle multiple X server screens (so you don't end up using windows as an
> unnecessary intermediatary clipboard system).
> When you run multiple screens do you keep the same display setting or does
> it need to change? If it is the same display I can get it working (by
> making sure the newly activated window is not a cygwin window).
Do you mean multiple virtual desktops, or dual monitors? Though I
haven't figured out how to do the former (esp. on Win95), and we don't
have dual monitors, so I'll have to leave others to voice their
opinions there.
> As to further dev I want to contribute but my time is tight at the moment,
> previously I was on a part time contract so I could devote time to xwinclip.
> Now I'm full time so I don't know when I'll get round to it. I will do
> them both, but I just can't say when.
Fair enough!
Regards,
luke