clipboard bug

[Yue Luo]

James,
  Yes, I am running xclipboard on the server machine (Linux).  If I
stop it, then I do not have the problem.  Now I understand the cause. 
Thanks.
  But I found that I need xclipboard sometimes to copy from the server
to the client.  For example, if I want to copy a selection from
gnome-terminal, sometimes I have to copy it to the xclipboard and then
to the client.  Otherwise, the old content on the clipboard will be
copied.  Is there a reliable way to copy the Linux server to Windows
client without running xclipboard?
  Thank you.

Yue



--- James Weatherall <jnw "at" realvnc.com> wrote:

> Yue,
> 
> VNC Viewer won't steal the clipboard in the manner you describe. 
> What it
> will do is _set_ the clipboard to provide whatever content the server
> sends
> it.  If the server responds to new clipboard content from the viewer
> by
> sending it back to the viewer, this will give the appearance of the
> clipboard being "stolen".
> 
> Are you running some sort of clipboard-manager in your VNC Server
> desktop?
> 
> Wez @ RealVNC Ltd.
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com 
> > [mailto:vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com] On Behalf Of Yue Luo
> > Sent: 02 December 2004 23:16
> > To: vnc-list "at" realvnc.com
> > Subject: clipboard bug
> > 
> > Hi,
> >   I am using RealVNC viewer 4.0 on Windows.  It seems to me 
> > that in any
> > application on the windows machine if I copy something to the
> > clipboard, VNC viewer will immediately acquire the clipboard.  This
> > causes a lot of problem. For example,
> > 1) I use putty.  Usually I can select some text (and copy it to the
> > clipboard at the same time) in putty by dragging the mouse over the
> > terminal window.  With the viewer running, the selection will be
> > immediately removed after I release the mouse button.  
> > 2) I usually can select a cell that has an equation in Microsoft
> Excel
> > and copy the equation to other cells.  But if VNC viewer is
> running, I
> > cannot copy the equation.  Only the value of the cell will be
> copied.
> >   I was wondering if in the next release this bug could be fixed.
> >   Thank you.
> > 
> > Yue
> 
> 



	
		
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