On 22.12.2010 14:50, Manolo Gouy wrote:
>> Great work, Greg !
>> Your research of behavior in other tools and apps. is awesome !
>> Thanks a lot !!!
>
> I join my congratulations to Albrecht's.
>
>> (1) The documentation mixes "selection (buffer)" and "clipboard" in some
>> places. The code seems to be okay, however. We must make clear that
>> selecting text moves it to the selection buffer (same as copy(0)) and
>> using CTRL/C puts the selected text into the clipboard (aka cut/paste
>> buffer, same as copy(1)). Unfortunately this is not clear at other places
>> as well, but I noticed that Manolo tried to improve it somewhere else
>> recently (I don't recall where exactly). The reverse is clicking with
>> mouse button 2 (selection buffer) and CTRL/V (clipboard or cut/paste
>> buffer).
>
> This was done for functions Fl::copy() and Fl::paste() documented
> using this language:
> Copies the data pointed to by stuff to the selection clipboard (0)
> or the copy clipboard (1). The selection clipboard is used for
> middle-mouse pastes and for drag-and-drop selections. The copy
> clipboard is used for traditional copy/cut/paste operations.
Ah, thanks for clarification. While we are at it: I had some problems
with this wording when I read it (and still have), because "clipboard"
is something that has a special meaning (at least for me, and I think
also in 'X11 language'. "Selection clipboard" is very unusual and
ambiguous (or maybe contradictory) for me.
I suggest to use:
- Clipboard = copy/paste buffer (used with copy(1))
- Selection Buffer = internal buffer for text selection (used with
copy(0))
IMHO "clipboard" may be used, but only in its meaning as such, the
other terms may be used freely. Or similar...
Albrecht
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