If someone is more brave can add the following option to NetBeans right now: That would turn off the NetBeans Clipboard hacks, including the part of the code mentioned in my PR.
-J-Dnetbeans.slow.system.clipboard.hack=false On Wed, Aug 31, 2022 at 1:55 PM Scott Palmer <[email protected]> wrote: > No Docker, No containers. Just a normal Windows install running directly > on a Windows PC/laptop. The problem is intermittent and reported by many. > I am not convinced that it isn't a general problem for all Windows users, > most cut and paste happens entirely within the IDE after all - that always > works. It's only pasting to or from an external app that has an issue - > sometimes. When it happens, it continues to happen until a copy is made > from a non-editor window within NetBeans, e.g. the About dialog, or > NetBeans is restarted. When it doesn't happen, no amount of repeated > copy/paste will trigger it on-demand. It sneaks up on you. I usually have > Nb running for many days at a time... then every so often I will try to > copy something to an email, or from a web page or terminal and suddenly > it's not working. > > I'm going to try Laszlo's patch, though it will take running for a > long time to have confidence that the problem isn't there. > > > Scott > > > On Wed, Aug 31, 2022 at 2:46 PM Peter Blemel <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > If I may chime in, if the JRE/JDK and NetBeans are the same and the > > problem isn't reproducible then I would suggest first determining what > > might be different between this user's environment and others where the > > problem doesn't present itself. For example, confirming that this user's > > NetBeans isn't inside of a container like Docker or AppImage that might > be > > sitting between the Windows clipboard <-> NetBeans and preventing > clipboard > > transfers as part of some sort of security policy. This may not be the > > case, but it seems like a suspect to eliminate in any case. > > > > Regards, > > Peter > > > > ________________________________ > > From: László Kishalmi <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2022 12:23 PM > > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: Copy Paste still an issue > > > > Well, it is ok to test it even if you do not have clipboard issues. Just > to > > make sure it does not make Windows Clipboard usability worse. > > > > Also as this is a platform code, tests NetBeans running on JDK 8 are > > welcome as well. > > > > On Wed, Aug 31, 2022 at 11:15 AM Christian Lenz <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > I’m using Windows but can someone please give an exact reproducable > case, > > > where I can test it on my machine to test the PR too? > > > > > > > > > Cheers > > > > > > Chris > > > > > > Von: László Kishalmi > > > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 31. August 2022 20:05 > > > An: [email protected] > > > Betreff: Re: Copy Paste still an issue > > > > > > Well, I'm lucky enough not having Windows around. > > > Though it seems we did a lot of hacks around the clipboard in the early > > > ages, in order to work around AWT/Native clipboard issues. > > > There are a chance that the AWT/Native situation has improved over the > > > years and our hacks become a source of nasty bugs. > > > > > > My suspect would be: > > > > > > > > > https://github.com/apache/netbeans/blob/a8f7024d72051006c124489430a961afbcdf346a/platform/o.n.bootstrap/src/org/netbeans/NbClipboard.java#L344 > > > > > > Well someone brave enough having Clipboard issues on Windows might try > > this > > > one: > > > https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/4572 > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 31, 2022 at 9:16 AM Scott Palmer <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > It’s an intermittent issue on Windows that has been around for a long > > > time. > > > > > > > > Edit the netbeans.conf file in netbeans/etc/ to add: > > > > -J-Dorg.netbeans.NbClipboard.level=FINEST > > > > > > > > I keep forgetting after installing new versions :-( > > > > > > > > That may provide needed details in the logs. > > > > > > > > Hopefully we can get this sorted… It’s been a thorn in my side for > > years. > > > > > > > > > > > > Scott > > > > > > > > > On Aug 31, 2022, at 11:13 AM, Neil C Smith <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 31 Aug 2022 at 15:51, Kenneth Fogel < > > > [email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > >> That I am not the only one who comes across this issue leads me to > > > > believe it is not a 'just on my machine' problem. > > > > > > > > > > It is definitely not just on your machine, but it is also not on > > every > > > > > machine. The bug linked previously has a bunch of questions and a > > > > > link to a previous thread on here with flags and things to test. > > > > > > > > > > Out of interest, what shows with CTRL_SHIFT-D (paste from history)? > > > > > > > > > > Until someone working on the IDE can reproduce the circumstances of > > > > > this issue, I don't see it getting fixed. > > > > > > > > > > Best wishes, > > > > > > > > > > Neil > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > > > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
