On Wednesday 15 February 2006 12:22, Adam Chodorowski wrote: > On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 12:57:13 +0100, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > [...] > > > I keep a copy of klipper (the kde clipboard monitor) running in the > > background because there is a "feature" of KDE whereby if you select > > something from a KDE window, then close the app, your selection > > disappears from the paste buffer, unless you have klipper to grabit. > > This has nothing to do with KDE specifically, that's just how X clipboard > handling works. The selection isn't copied/transmitted from the source > before the destination requests it.
I just learned something, I think. If that's true, that sucks! That said, I just opened a terminal (I'm using mrxvt now..), highlighted something, closed the window, opened a new one, and pasted it, and it pasted what I highlighted. Is this true? I'm not running klipper at the moment, btw. -- Giles Constant Systems Programmer C&W Web Technology Group Tel +44 (0) 20 7339 8600 DDI +44 (0) 20 7339 8728
