Re: State of the X clipboard, and perhaps a solution

[Jerry Haltom <jhaltom feedbackplusinc com>]

> if a user closes an application, I don't think we HAVE to preserve the
> clipboard selection either :-)

We do. I've been bitten by this numerous times. Daily I open up
Evolution, find a saved piece of email that has a URL or password stored
in it, copy it, close evolution and then attempt to paste the password
into the program I am working with. I immediately know what I did wrong,
but despite doing it at least a dozen times, I can't stop. It is a
definite usability defect.

> this is not a good idea. a window manager has no business doing this.

Which is of course why I also mentioned gnome-session or another program
having this responsibility.

> again, the window manager has no business doing this.

Same.

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Jerry Haltom
Feedback Plus, Inc.