[X2Go-User] Copy and paste between systems stops working

[Norm Green]

Uli,

Copy and paste seems better since moving to nx 3.5.99.23.  I've been 
using it for about a week and haven't (yet) seen any of the previous 
problems, but it's a bit soon to declare complete victory.

Norm



On 2/1/2020 4:25 AM, Ulrich Sibiller wrote:
> Well, I don't know when new packages are built and if that happens
> automatically. Mike, who did the release, did that during a train
> ride. Maybe he did not have enough time or not the infrastructure it
> needs.
>
> Nevertheless there are nighlies fo 3.5.99.23:
> http://packages.arctica-project.org/debian-nightly/pool/main/n/nx-libs/
> (see also https://sunweavers.net/blog/node/20)
>
> Uli
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 8:16 PM Norm Green
> <norm.green at gemtalksystems.com> wrote:
>> How can I do that?  I followed the below procedure and am still at
>> 3.5.99.22.  I assume that since .23 is "released" that the Arctica repo
>> should be sufficient and I don't need the Arctica nightly repo.
>>
>> https://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:nx-libs-betatesting
>>
>> Norm Green
>>
>>
>>
>> On 1/31/2020 12:15 AM, Ulrich Sibiller wrote:
>>> Yesterday 3.5.99.23 was released. So can you please retry with that version?
>>>
>>> Uli
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 1:00 AM Norm Green
>>> <norm.green at gemtalksystems.com> wrote:
>>>> I am running the new nx libs 3.5.99.22 on Unbutu 16.04 and access the
>>>> Linux machine from a windows 7 machine running x2go client 4.1.2.0 .
>>>> Just now I cannot copy from the Linux desktop and paste on the windows side.
>>>> Copy on goes fine but paste on the windows side shows an empty
>>>> clipboard.  I've tried the same 3 times with the same results.  I'm
>>>> guessing if I restart my x2go session that copy and paste it will work
>>>> once again.
>>>>
>>>> In any case, the copy and paste problems are not all fixed by the new nx
>>>> libs.
>>>>
>>>> Norm Green
>>>>
>>>> On 1/22/2020 3:51 AM, Ulrich Sibiller wrote:
>>>>> As Stefan already wrote: there have been a lot of clipboard
>>>>> improvements lately. They will be included in the next nx-libs release
>>>>> (would probably be 3.5.99.23). Unfortunately the current development
>>>>> version suffers from a serious crash so I cannot recommend you to try
>>>>> that one. A fix is available but has not been included yet -
>>>>> unfortunately.
>>>>>
>>>>> Can you please try nx 3.5.99.22 from the location described here:
>>>>> https://sunweavers.net/blog/node/57
>>>>>
>>>>> Uli
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 6:45 PM Paul Borowicz <paul at borowicz.org> wrote:
>>>>>> I'm on openSuse. I've always have trouble cutting and pasting between next to go and Windows using the mouse.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I usually have pretty good success if I copy from x to go using the control-shift-c method and then paste with control-v on Windows.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Jan 17, 2020, 9:42 AM Stefan Baur <X2Go-ML-1 at baur-itcs.de> wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi Léa!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Am 15.01.20 um 12:08 schrieb Lmhelp1:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Here is the problem:
>>>>>>>> as long as I copy and paste strings from the Windows system to a console
>>>>>>>> (xterm) in the Linux system, it works fine.
>>>>>>>> If I start, for example, "gvim foo.txt" which contains the string "foo",
>>>>>>>> select "foo" with the mouse and try to paste it in a Gvim or a Notepad
>>>>>>>> running on the Windows system, the string "foo" is not pasted in the
>>>>>>>> Windows Gvim or Notepad.
>>>>>>>> And starting from this point, I cannot copy and paste anything between
>>>>>>>> the two systems.
>>>>>>>> I have to close all the Windows in the Linux system, close the X2Go
>>>>>>>> session and restart a new one to have copy and paste work again between
>>>>>>>> the two systems.
>>>>>>>> And, as soon as I open a document with Gvim in the Linux system, and try
>>>>>>>> to copy and paste strings to and from it, it malfunctions again.
>>>>>>>> Practically, it becomes very unhandy because I regularly need to copy
>>>>>>>> and paste things that way between the two systems.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Can you help me solve that problem?
>>>>>>>> Thanks and best regards.
>>>>>>> First, do you really have to close the X2Go session?  I would have
>>>>>>> expected that suspending it, closing X2GoClient on Windows, and
>>>>>>> restarting it would be enough to reset the clipboard.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Second, there have been some changes to vim regarding the handling of
>>>>>>> mouse commands, I believe this started with the version shipped with
>>>>>>> Debian Stretch and got even worse in Buster.  Maybe try:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> :set mouse=
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> in gvim before trying to copy-paste things?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Third, we are currently beta-testing a new version of the NX libraries
>>>>>>> with numerous clipboard fixes.  Please visit
>>>>>>> <https://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:nx-libs-betatesting> and see
>>>>>>> if you can help us test the new version, so it can become a part of X2Go
>>>>>>> proper.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Kind Regards,
>>>>>>> Stefan Baur
>>>>>>>
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