CopyQ is a decent clipboard manager and should work ok in enlightenment. On Tue, Oct 4, 2022 at 4:58 AM Carsten Haitzler <ras...@rasterman.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 4 Oct 2022 10:27:35 +0200 Pierre Couderc via enlightenment-users > <enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net> said: > > > On 10/2/22 19:37, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > > > On Sat, 1 Oct 2022 07:48:29 +0200 Pierre Couderc via > enlightenment-users > > > <enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net> said: > > > > > >> If I copy data in the clipboard, then I close the application, then I > > >> try to paste, my clipboard has disappeared... Why ? How to keep the > > >> clipboard...? > > > this is normal in x - copy & paste is a transaction between 2 clients. > > > "copy" or "cut" simply has the source app own the selection - it says > it > > > owns it. when you paste the target app you paste in then requests the > data > > > from the source app (they negotiate a common format) then the data is > > > transferred. if the original app is gone - this transaction cannot take > > > place as the selection owner is gone and no negotiation and transfer > can > > > happen.n this has been x11 selections (and wayland too) ever since day > 0. > > > > > > you could try a clipboard manager that basically pasts to itself > whenever it > > > sees a new selection owner and then stores this... and it becomes the > > > selection owner... > > > > > > > > > > Thank you very much for the explanation. > > > > So I have tried diodon, but it does not work. Do someone use a clipboard > > manager and can someone suggest me one...? > > > > As a more general problem, is there a page giving a list of recommended > > program tested to be well working with e....? > > no list - but just asking questions is a great way to work stuff out. i > dont > run any services myself that are not proper dependencies of e (xorg server, > acpid (necessary for any acpi based system - basically any pc), connman for > network (important if you want proper network control with native e > support), > bluez for bt (optional - but imho very important for any bt device > support), > pulseaudio for audio mixing/control (if you have an audio device - just use > pulse - pipewire should work too if you also install the pipewire pulse > compatibility), packagekit (optional for e's package manager integration > support), dbus for a lot of the above is needed as well as other services e > might offer. in this day having a system without dbus and dbus-launch with > a > session bus is highly unusual and not what a normal user would do - unless > they > are trying to be too smart for their own good. > > i don't use a clipboard manager - i just paste when the app is still > there... :) i've been doing this for many decades now... > > > I see the problem on another thread, a user wants to install e, but > > she needs too xorg. Sure it is normal. And she needs too to start dbus, > > it is dbus-x11 in debian... It is not simple nor basic to know that all > > this is necessary... > > e will launch dbus if needed, but e can't just install it for you... yes > dbus-x11 is this on some distros. on arch dbus-launch is just part of the > dbus package and not separate. this is a matter for packagers to package > all the > dependencies right. same for xorg. debian (and debian based) distros make > this > very much more complex as they like to split up packages a lot and thus > require > you to install a longer list of them. arch tends to package more simply and > thus you need to install fewer, but each package has more things in it > that you > might not totally need. but again - a matter for packagers to do this and > list > dependencies or recommendations or create meta-packages (e.g. > enlightenment-x11, enlightenment-wl that both depend on enlightenment and > then > also pull in e.g. xorg, dbus-x11 for enlightenment-x11). you could argue > debian > should just have dbus by default all the time and ALWAYS ensure users > have a > system and session dbus on any kind of login as otherwise you have a > crippled > system (at least for desktop etc. usage). to a large extent your issues > are a > packaging and distro problem. > > perhaps i should do the above as part of enlightenment packaging in arch > and > make meta-packages. it won't help you on debian though... > > -- > ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- > Carsten Haitzler - ras...@rasterman.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-users mailing list > enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
