Re: XFree86 - Windows cut/paste functionallity

[Harold L Hunt II <huntharo at msu dot edu>]

Rex,

xwinclip and -clipboard do exactly the same thing.  They CANNOT be run 
together.  -clipboard just runs a version of xwinclip internally to the 
server on its own thread of execution.

Check /tmp/XWin.log for errors related to -clipboard (please send them 
in if you see any).

Yes, xwinclip unhighlights the selection in X.  Please search the 
mailing list archives for more information on this, as it has been 
discussed many, many times and won't be changed any time soon.

Harold

KIDWELL, REX (SBCSI) wrote:

> The following Xwin is used to start a full session on a remote system.
>
> xwin -kb -query hostname1 -nodecoration -clipboard -fp tcp/hostname2:7100 &
>
> Xfree and Windows aren't seeing each others clipboards.  Running xwinclip in
> the background doesn't seem to help.  Xwinclip also has bad side effects on
> the xfree highlight (reverse video).
>
> The desktop system is Evo 510 running W2K with SP1.
>
> Cygwin/XFree86.base version is 4.2.0-1.
>
> Should xwinclip be started after "xwin -clipboard"?
>
>
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: 	KIDWELL, REX (SBCSI)  
> > Sent:	Monday, May 12, 2003 10:39 AM
> > To:	'cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com'
> > Subject:	RE: Running Xwin in passive mode
> >
> > Thanks for the help your suggestions did the job.
> >
> > This raised two unrelated questions.
> >
> > Where can I find a current list of command line options for Xwin?  I've
> > seen and used -ac, -multiwindow, and -clipboard but they aren't documented
> > in the online reference or the supplied man page.
> >
> > I also could not find any help on how to use xwinclip.  I was looking for
> > help on what the keyboard and mouse sequences are to cut and paste between
> > a X-term and Notepad.  Control-C and Control-V don't mean the same think
> > within a x-term/dtterm.  The documentation I found only talks about how to
> > start xwinclip.
> >
> > Rex
> >
> > 	 -----Original Message-----
> > 	From: 	KIDWELL, REX (SBCSI)  
> > 	Sent:	Tuesday, May 06, 2003 8:50 AM
> > 	To:	'cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com'
> > 	Subject:	Running Xwin in passive mode
> >
> > 	Has anyone figured out how to run Xwin in the passive mode (sorry
> > Exceed terminology)?
> >
> > 	Passive mode is defined as starting a Xserver in the background
> > without a full screen session manager.  The goal is to display individual
> > X clients like any other program running on a Windows platform.  I.E. run
> > remote xterms and dtterms from remote systems and display them like a DOS
> > CMD window.
> >
> > 	An additional requirement would be to run them from a single Xwin
> > invocation so cut and paste would be supported between xterms.