On Monday, 2011-05-16, Shaun Reich wrote: > On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 1:16 PM, Andreas Pakulat <[email protected]> wrote: > so I have to wonder wether the standard > > > copy/paste actions still work and selection via keyboard. > > I don't think e.g. ctrl-c, v, works globally between different > applications. Which is actually mostly why klipper is pretty much > necessary.
As Esben said, clipboards are provided by X11, Klipper adds functionality on top of that. > This is only "necessary" on X11. So yes, I suppose for modularization > efforts, klipper is sort of a dead weight and more of an extra app > kind of thing just trying to overcome X's brokenness. On Windows, Mac, > and toasters everywhere, it isn't necessary and doesn't make a whole > lot of sense imo. > > That isn't to say that it isn't a useful app, naturally it is. Just > one that I feel is not core to non-X11 platforms. Which is why it is in kdebase-workspace and not in runtime or apps. Cheers, Kevin -- Kevin Krammer, KDE developer, xdg-utils developer KDE user support, developer mentoring
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