> Howdy Harold, you took the words right out of my mouth (well, maybe they > were a bit kinder than I'd have been!): > > >Subject: Re: xwinclip patch > >... > >Not all applications used the CLIPBOARD atom... a lot of them still only > >use XA_PRIMARY. Dropping support for XA_PRIMARY is a HUGE reduction in > >the feature set of xwinclip and it will not be accepted by users. > > XA_PRIMARY is what's used by the two largest apps used under X (according > to the Unix Hater's Guide): emacs and xterm. I think you'd have a line of > people knocking on your door to yell at you if you were even to think about > removing the select => paste flow from these apps, or the even worse option > of having to select then move the mouse to the taskbar and select some option > from a popup menu to paste things.
I've realized that I'm targeting a diffent user profile. I work with Windows users that want to use remote X11 apps, and you are thinking on X users that want to work from a windows box. The difference is subtle but important. Therefore, I fear that a code fork will be the best choice. Goodbye. PD: Both emacs and xterm can be configured to work with the clipboard.
