On Wed, 28 Sep 2005, Herbert Eppel wrote: > On 28.09.2005 15:52 UK Time, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > > > > I start my X environment with the following command: > > > > > > startx -- -screen 0 1200 900 > > > > > > where would -clipoard fit in, and what does it actually do? > > > > "man startx" explains that the options after '--' are passed directly to > > the server. -clipboard is one such option. > > > > "man XWin" explains what that option actually does (i.e., synchronizes the > > X keyboard with the Windows one). > > HTH, > > Thanks. However, I seems something is wrong somewhere. > > With my usual command (i.e. "startx -- -screen 0 1200 900") X runs OK, > although I just noticed that I get some feedback relating to clipboard > in the main cygwin window (see > http://homepage.ntlworld.com/herb.eppel_new/temp/Cygwin1.jpg)
Right -- this says that clipboard support isn't enabled. > When I first tried "startx -- -screen 0 1200 900 -clipboard" some > clipboard error messages appeared - see > http://homepage.ntlworld.com/herb.eppel_new/temp/Cygwin2.jpg Those are just warnings -- the clipboard thread is started. > I just tried the same command again. This time there are no clipboard > error messages (see > http://homepage.ntlworld.com/herb.eppel_new/temp/Cygwin3.jpg), but the > clipboard still doesn't work. > > What am I doing wrong? Please provide the exact steps you use to test the clipboard operation, and any messages or results that make you believe it doesn't work. Hint: X has multiple selection buffers; the clipboard support synchronizes what's called "primary selection"; some applications (e.g., Mozilla) use a different buffer for their selection storage. It would also help if you posted /tmp/XWin.log (instead of those screenshots). Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! If there's any real truth it's that the entire multidimensional infinity of the Universe is almost certainly being run by a bunch of maniacs. /DA -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
