RE: [ANNOUNCEMENT] xwinclip Test 01 (Cygwin/XFree86 and Windows clipboard integration)

["Ralf Habacker" <Ralf dot Habacker at freenet dot de>]

> > > >
> > > > Links:
> > > >
> > > > I just posted Test 01 to the xwinclip development page:
> > > > http://xfree86.cygwin.com/devel/xwinclip/
> > > >
> > > > xwinclip binary and source code releases are available via the
> > > > sources.redhat.com ftp mirror network
> > > > (http://cygwin.com/mirrors.html) in the
> > > > pub/cygwin/xfree/devel/xwinclip/ directory.  You may wish to note the
> > > > desired filename in the links below, then download from your
> > > > closest mirror (http://cygwin.com/mirrors.html).
> > > >
> > > > xwinclip binary, direct link:
> > > >
> http://www.msu.edu/~huntharo/xwin/xwinclip/xwinclip-Test01.exe.bz2 (9 KB)
> > > >
> > > > Server source, direct link:
> > > >
> http://www.msu.edu/~huntharo/xwin/xwinclip/xwinclip-20010902-1252.tar.bz2 (5
> > > > KB)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Changes:
> > > >
> > > > 1) Copy text selections from Windows into Cygwin/XFree86 when
> > > > requested.
> > > >
> > > > 2) Copy text selections from Cygwin/XFree86 into Windows when
> > > > requested.
> > > >
> > One point I think has to be fixed: The unix newlines should be
> converted to dos
> > newlines
> > because some editors (I have tested notepad and ultraedit on w2k)
> can't handle
> > unix linefeeds.
>
I think I have to specify my suggestion. I mean copying text from an x11 window
into the clipboard and not vice versa.

> Gack! That would hit people which are using Cygwin tools on binmode
> mounts.

Are this tools be able to handle copied text from a normal windows editor
into the clipboard with CTRL-C or so ?

> I disagree to that suggestion. At least notepad is not an editor
> but just a text control w/o noticeable functionality. I don't know
> ultraedit, though.
>