1.5.0: rxvt copy/paste problems

[Rolf Campbell]

I am unable to reproduce using 1.5.0/Win2000ProSp4

David Rothenberger wrote:
> I'm seeing some weird, new behavior with rxvt under cygwin-1.5.0-1
> related to copy/paste and its interaction with the Windows
> clipboard.  All of the weirdness described below goes away when I
> revert to 1.3.22.  I'm running under Win2k Pro SP4.
> 
> It seems that if I startup rxvt directly from Windows (Run box or
> cmd.exe shell), that rxvt works fine wrt copy/paste.  But, if I
> start bash or ash first, and then start rxvt from there, the rxvt
> copy/paste does not interact with the Windows clipboard at all.
> Also, it seems that two rxvt windows start from the same bash/ash
> process can copy/paste between one another, but not if they are
> started from a different bash/ash process.
> 
> Here's an example.  From a DOS box, run 
> 
>   rxvt -e /bin/sh
> 
> That rxvt works fine for copying and pasting.  (I tried copy/paste
> to/from Notepad.)
> 
> Now, from a DOS box, run
> 
>   sh
> 
> or
> 
>   bash --norc --noprofile
> 
> and then from the shell prompt, start two copies of rxvt:
> 
>   rxvt -e /bin/sh &
>   rxvt -e /bin/sh &
> 
> Neither of those rxvt windows will copy/paste to the Windows
> clipboard.  But, they will copy/paste between one another.
> 
> Now, from one of those rxvt windows, start another two rxvt windows:
> 
>   rxvt -e /bin/sh &
>   rxvt -e /bin/sh &
> 
> Neither of those two new windows can copy/paste with Windows
> clipboard or with the previously started two windows, but they can
> copy/paste between one another.
> 
> One other observation.  If I start rxvt directly from a DOS box, and
> then start additional rxvt windows from the first rxvt window, all
> windows can copy/paste with the Windows clipboard and between one
> another.
> 
> David



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