RE: Basic question 2 - Copy from Windows and paste to cygwin or X
I am already doing that (-clipboard), among others: run XWin -screen 0 1750 1350 -multiplemonitors -emulate3buttons -scrollbars -clipboard -silent-dup-error -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Herbert Eppel Sent: Wed, September 28, 2005 1:16 AM To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Subject: Basic question 2 - Copy from Windows and paste to cygwin or X Is there a way of pasting text from the Windows clipboard to cygwin or X, if you see what I mean? Thank you. Herbert Eppel -- www.HETranslation.co.uk -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: Basic question 2 - Copy from Windows and paste to cygwin or X
On 28.09.2005 13:43 UK Time, Soong, SylokeJ wrote: I am already doing that (-clipboard), among others: run XWin -screen 0 1750 1350 -multiplemonitors -emulate3buttons -scrollbars -clipboard -silent-dup-error Thanks, but would you mind elaborating a little? As I explained in a previous message, it's been a few years since I used Unix when I worked at University and my Unix knowledge has never been brilliant and has become even rustier since then... I start my X environment with the following command: startx -- -screen 0 1200 900 where would -clipoard fit in, and what does it actually do? Thank you. Herbert Eppel -- www.HETranslation.co.uk -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: Basic question 2 - Copy from Windows and paste to cygwin or X
On Wed, 28 Sep 2005, Herbert Eppel wrote: On 28.09.2005 13:43 UK Time, Soong, SylokeJ wrote: I am already doing that (-clipboard), among others: run XWin -screen 0 1750 1350 -multiplemonitors -emulate3buttons -scrollbars -clipboard -silent-dup-error Thanks, but would you mind elaborating a little? As I explained in a previous message, it's been a few years since I used Unix when I worked at University and my Unix knowledge has never been brilliant and has become even rustier since then... I start my X environment with the following command: startx -- -screen 0 1200 900 where would -clipoard fit in, and what does it actually do? man startx explains that the options after '--' are passed directly to the server. -clipboard is one such option. man XWin explains what that option actually does (i.e., synchronizes the X keyboard with the Windows one). HTH, Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! If there's any real truth it's that the entire multidimensional infinity of the Universe is almost certainly being run by a bunch of maniacs. /DA -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: Basic question 2 - Copy from Windows and paste to cygwin or X
On 28.09.2005 15:52 UK Time, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: I start my X environment with the following command: startx -- -screen 0 1200 900 where would -clipoard fit in, and what does it actually do? man startx explains that the options after '--' are passed directly to the server. -clipboard is one such option. man XWin explains what that option actually does (i.e., synchronizes the X keyboard with the Windows one). HTH, Igor Thanks. However, I seems something is wrong somewhere. With my usual command (i.e. startx -- -screen 0 1200 900) X runs OK, although I just noticed that I get some feedback relating to clipboard in the main cygwin window (see http://homepage.ntlworld.com/herb.eppel_new/temp/Cygwin1.jpg) When I first tried startx -- -screen 0 1200 900 -clipboard some clipboard error messages appeared - see http://homepage.ntlworld.com/herb.eppel_new/temp/Cygwin2.jpg I just tried the same command again. This time there are no clipboard error messages (see http://homepage.ntlworld.com/herb.eppel_new/temp/Cygwin3.jpg), but the clipboard still doesn't work. What am I doing wrong? Thank you. Herbert Eppel -- www.HETranslation.co.uk -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
RE: Basic question 2 - Copy from Windows and paste to cygwin or X
Herbert Eppel wrote: On 28.09.2005 13:43 UK Time, Soong, SylokeJ wrote: I am already doing that (-clipboard), among others: run XWin -screen 0 1750 1350 -multiplemonitors -emulate3buttons -scrollbars -clipboard -silent-dup-error Thanks, but would you mind elaborating a little? As I explained in a previous message, it's been a few years since I used Unix when I worked at University and my Unix knowledge has never been brilliant and has become even rustier since then... I start my X environment with the following command: startx -- -screen 0 1200 900 where would -clipoard fit in, and what does it actually do? Thank you. Herbert Eppel -- www.HETranslation.co.uk use startxwin.bat from cmd.exe or starxwin.sh if in a bash prompt to start X-windows -- you can look at both of the files to see what they do -- they are startup scripts for X. reid -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
RE: Basic question 2 - Copy from Windows and paste to cygwin or X
Reid Thompson wrote: Herbert Eppel wrote: On 28.09.2005 13:43 UK Time, Soong, SylokeJ wrote: I am already doing that (-clipboard), among others: run XWin -screen 0 1750 1350 -multiplemonitors -emulate3buttons -scrollbars -clipboard -silent-dup-error Thanks, but would you mind elaborating a little? As I explained in a previous message, it's been a few years since I used Unix when I worked at University and my Unix knowledge has never been brilliant and has become even rustier since then... I start my X environment with the following command: startx -- -screen 0 1200 900 where would -clipoard fit in, and what does it actually do? Thank you. Herbert Eppel -- www.HETranslation.co.uk use startxwin.bat from cmd.exe or starxwin.sh if in a bash prompt to start X-windows -- you can look at both of the files to see what they do -- they are startup scripts for X. reid these files are in /usr//X11R6/bin reid -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: Basic question 2 - Copy from Windows and paste to cygwin or X
On Wed, 28 Sep 2005, Herbert Eppel wrote: On 28.09.2005 15:52 UK Time, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: I start my X environment with the following command: startx -- -screen 0 1200 900 where would -clipoard fit in, and what does it actually do? man startx explains that the options after '--' are passed directly to the server. -clipboard is one such option. man XWin explains what that option actually does (i.e., synchronizes the X keyboard with the Windows one). HTH, Thanks. However, I seems something is wrong somewhere. With my usual command (i.e. startx -- -screen 0 1200 900) X runs OK, although I just noticed that I get some feedback relating to clipboard in the main cygwin window (see http://homepage.ntlworld.com/herb.eppel_new/temp/Cygwin1.jpg) Right -- this says that clipboard support isn't enabled. When I first tried startx -- -screen 0 1200 900 -clipboard some clipboard error messages appeared - see http://homepage.ntlworld.com/herb.eppel_new/temp/Cygwin2.jpg Those are just warnings -- the clipboard thread is started. I just tried the same command again. This time there are no clipboard error messages (see http://homepage.ntlworld.com/herb.eppel_new/temp/Cygwin3.jpg), but the clipboard still doesn't work. What am I doing wrong? Please provide the exact steps you use to test the clipboard operation, and any messages or results that make you believe it doesn't work. Hint: X has multiple selection buffers; the clipboard support synchronizes what's called primary selection; some applications (e.g., Mozilla) use a different buffer for their selection storage. It would also help if you posted /tmp/XWin.log (instead of those screenshots). Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! If there's any real truth it's that the entire multidimensional infinity of the Universe is almost certainly being run by a bunch of maniacs. /DA -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: Basic question 2 - Copy from Windows and paste to cygwin or X
On 28.09.2005 18:11 UK Time, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: Please provide the exact steps you use to test the clipboard operation, and any messages or results that make you believe it doesn't work. Hint: X has multiple selection buffers; the clipboard support synchronizes what's called primary selection; some applications (e.g., Mozilla) use a different buffer for their selection storage. It would also help if you posted /tmp/XWin.log (instead of those screenshots). Igor Hi Igor, thanks for taking the time to look at my screenshots. The clipboard may well be working OK - it's just hat I was under the mistaken impression that I could simply copy and paste using the usual Windows shortcuts :-[ Now that Soong, SylokeJ has explained the situation I think I might be getting somewhere :-) Thanks for the tip about /tmp/XWin.log - no doubt it will come in handy. Regards Herbert Eppel -- www.HETranslation.co.uk -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
