Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 119759
gedit clears "clipboard"on exit
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:10:39 EST
Description of problem: gedit will clear the clipboard on ext Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): gedit-2.6.0-1 How reproducible: every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. open mozilla and gedit 2. Type link in gedit (i.e. http://www.redhat.com ) 3. highlight and copy it, close gedit, and try to paste in mozilla address bar Actual results: clip board is cleared Expected results: keep contents on clipboard Additional info: if you reopen gedit, and try to paste nothing happens. just used the above example because it has happened to me many times.
Unfortunately, this is the behavior of all Linux/X11 applications. If you copy something in X11 apps, it will only stick around until you close the window you copied it from, then it will go away. This is just about the most annoying thing in Linux for me personally, and there are a couple of apps you can use to get around it, for example xclipboard.