On Thu, 3 Dec 2009 10:46:43 -0800, Tim Mann <[email protected]> wrote: > The widget xboard is using for that doesn't have a key binding for > copying to the clipboard built in, and I don't know of a stock routine > in the library you can bind to. So I'm pretty sure you need to write a > custom function and bind it to a key or context menu. The function > would be generally similar to the ones I modified recently for copying > positions and games to the clipboard.
Hmm, I replied to that too fast. Here is a little more info I dug up. In the xboard 4.4.x build I have, the Engine Output window actually isn't read-only; I can type stuff into it and mess it up. The ^C key seems to be bound to something that messes it up a lot. I didn't look at the source to see what. I haven't synced my git tree for about a month, so sorry if this was fixed already. I found some documentation of the Athena text widget actions at http://geology.usgs.gov/tools/metadata/tools/doc/xtme/d.shtml. (Just a random place that google turned up.) It looks like the Athena widgets were designed before the "new" X clipboard behavior was standardized, so the documentation only talks about the primary selection and cut buffers. Cut buffers are obsolete -- they still exist, but newer programs don't use them. There might be some clever way to use these actions to assert ownership of the CLIPBOARD selection, but I doubt it. I don't know offhand how to bind keys in the widget to custom code (rather than one of the provided actions). Hopefully there is a way. -- Tim Mann [email protected] http://tim-mann.org/ _______________________________________________ Bug-XBoard mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-xboard
