[X2go-dev] VcXsrv clipboard issue

[Mike Gabriel]

Hi everyone,

On Sa 12 Mär 2011 21:41:26 CET Mike Gabriel wrote:

> Hi Dick, hi list (esp. Phil+John - our VcXsrv gurus),
>
> On Sa 12 Mär 2011 13:24:37 CET Dick Kniep wrote:
>
>> Mike has developed a very nice python gui client. We are going to   
>> use this with our product. However it seems that with the latest   
>> version of VcXsrv (1.10.0) there is an issue with the clipboard.   
>> Copying from my PC to the X-session works OK. However, the other  
>> way  around does not.
>>
>> There is a new parameter --clipboardprimary that should alter the   
>> behaviour of the clipboard. However it does not seem to make any   
>> difference.
>>
>> Anyone else seen this behaviour and hopefully knows something to solve this?
>
> Copy+paste between X2go client and X2go server with Windows (XP) as  
> a  client and VcXsrv as XServer does work. However, the behaviour is  
> not  as a normal user would expect it.
>
> 1.
> copy+paste _from_ Windows application _to_ unix application in X2go session
> -> works well
>
> 2.
> copy+paste _from_ unix application in X2go session _to_ Windows   
> application does work, but...
>
> ... the user has to press CTRL+v (paste) and keep it pressed until  
> the  keyboard starts repeating the letter pressed (like pressing the  
> key  ,,v'' and holding it down for a bit and then you get   
> ,,vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv'' - do that with STRG+v and you will see   
> your string pasted into your Windows application).
>
> The above behaviour seems extraodinary. Has anyone else encountered   
> such a pattern with VcXsrv (or any other Win32 XServer) and has an   
> idea about it?

Please note that this issue has been fixed since the latest VcXsrv  
release (1.10.10.1).

Thanks Phil, thanks VcXsrv-developer!!!
Mike


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