Package: glipper Version: 1.0-1+b1 Severity: normal
See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=516805 Glipper's clipboard behavior is how a "normal" desktop system works, which preserves the contents of the buffer as long as the window system is running, regardless of which applications and windows are opened and closed. xclipboard behavior (which is what copy/paste normally use, right?) does not preserve copied text after the source application quits. A bug filed on xclipboard was closed with the explanation "this is how X works." Well, maybe how X works ought to change, or maybe Gnome should be a grown up desktop and use a copy/paste mechanism that works like commercial desktops. Mark -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0 APT prefers stable APT policy: (990, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-maggie-8 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages glipper depends on: ii gconf2 2.22.0-1 GNOME configuration database syste ii gnome-panel 2.20.3-5 launcher and docking facility for ii python 2.5.2-3 An interactive high-level object-o ii python-gnome2 2.22.0-1 Python bindings for the GNOME desk ii python-gnome2-extras 2.19.1-3.1 Extra Python bindings for the GNOM ii python-support 0.8.4 automated rebuilding support for P Versions of packages glipper recommends: ii python-crypto 2.0.1+dfsg1-2.3 cryptographic algorithms and proto ii yelp 2.22.1-8+b1 Help browser for GNOME 2 glipper suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
