> On 6.05.08, Pavel Sanda wrote: > > > Normally, I can highlight text in a terminal and paste it with a > > > middle-click. In LyX, usually I can get to it with Edit -> Paste Special. > > > (I can copy-and-paste fine in my xterms.) > > > > > > In my LyX, the Paste Special choices are shaded out and not clickable. > > > > > > This is LyX 1.5.2 on NetBSD. I am not running any clipboard utility. > > > > > > Any ideas why I can't paste into LyX?
Guenter, please can you try with the latest trunk? you run xclip and this is exactly the case of physical experiment, when observer (xclip) have impact on the observed (lyx mechanisms) and results in a different behaviour which others have problem to reproduce... at the end the primary selection paste had the same problem as when more lyx instances were run. i hope i fixed some of those issues with the latest commits. note, that we have -dbg selection flag now. pavel > Short answer > ------------ > > LyX supports the CLIPBOARD x-selection nicely, but the PRIMARY selection > only partially. > > Long answer > ----------- > > I finally found documentation of pasting and clipboard issues under > X-Windows in xclip's README: > > For a good overview of what selections are about, have a look at > <http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/clipboards.txt>. Short version: > > * XA_PRIMARY contains the last text you highlighted > * Middle click pastes XA_PRIMARY > > * XA_CLIPBOARD contains text explicitly copied with Edit | Copy, Ctrl-C > etc. > * Edit | Paste pastes XA_CLIPBOARD > > The MS-Windows clipboard corresponds to the CLIPBOARD x-selection (in the > view of the end-user, implementation differs). > > There is no MS-Windows counterpart for the PRIMARY selection > (clipboards.txt speaks of it as an "easter-egg" for experienced X-Windows > users). > > However, IMHO proper support for the PRIMARY selection is is an important > feature for seamless integration in an X-Windows environment: > > * some applications do not support CLIPBOARD. Althought this can be seen > as a deficient of these applications and not LyX's fault, it helps the > end user if LyX can communicate with these applications via the PRIMARY > selection. > > * Experienced X-Windows users are used to the "rapid select and paste" > way of pasting marked text via the middle mouse button. > > The need to explicitely copy the marked text (via the keyboard) > interrupts the workflow considerably. > > > State of the art (LyX 1.5.4 on Debian Gnu/Linux) > ------------------------------------------------ > > For diagnosis, I am running the xfce clipboard, as this shows the state > of PRIMARY and CLIPBOARD selection in separate lists. I do not know how > far this influences the behaviour of LyX. > > Transfer to LyX > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Works as expected (mostly): > > * ^V (Edit>Paste Special>Plain Text) inserts the latest text copied with > ^C in firefox. > > * middle click (Edit>Paste Special>Selection) inserts the text > highlighted in firefox (PRIMARY). > > * middle click inserts the text highlighted in rxvt-unicode (PRIMARY). > > * middle click does *not* insert text highlighted in the Jed text editor > (although this text is shown in the PRIMARY list in the xfce clipboard). > > > Transfer from LyX > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > * ^V in firefox inserts text copied with ^C in lyx. > > * ^V in rxvt-unicode has a different function. Pasting relies on the > middle mouse click. > > * middle click does not always insert text selected in lyx! > > Text selected in lyx only sometimes appears in the xfce clipboard > list of the PRIMARY selection: > > + marking words by double click usually sets PRIMARY, > + Shift+Cursor-Keys sets PRIMARY > + marking with mouse-drag usually usually *fails* to set PRIMARY > (it does so sometimes but the pattern governing this behaviour is not > clear). > > If there is interest, I can continue the evaluation using xclip instead > of the xfce clipboard to rule out interferences. > > Günter > > > > > >
