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Small clipboard bug triggered by gvim
- From: Michael Schaap <cygwin at mscha dot org>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 01:29:02 +0200
- Subject: Small clipboard bug triggered by gvim
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
Hi,
I recently started using Cygwin/X a bit more, and it works amazingly well!
I did, however, stumble upon a small bug using the built-in "-clipboard"
handling: when using a GTK2 gvim, consecutive selections are not copied
to the Windows clipboard.
Here's how to recreate this:
Build a GTK2 version of gvim. (Alternatively, just use a GTK2 gvim on a
Linux box, for instance.)
Start Cygwin/X, using
run XWin -multiwindow -clipboard -silent-dup-error
(e.g. using the standard batch file).
Start an xterm.
Start Notepad (or some other native Win app).
Start gvim. Type
Hello, World!
Select the string "Hello" in gvim.
Middle-click in xterm. Result: "Hello".
Paste in Notepad. Result: "Hello".
Select the string "World" in gvim.
Middle-click in xterm. Result: "World".
Paste in Notepad. Result: "Hello". Oops...
Select something in Notepad and copy it to the clipboard.
Re-select the string "World" in gvim.
Paste in Notepad. Result: "World". Now it does work...
When starting Cygwin/X without "-clipboard", and running xwinclip by
hand, it appears to work fine.
Best regards,
– Michael