Bug 53488 - can't paste from exmh
Summary: can't paste from exmh
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Public Beta
Classification: Retired
Component: gnome-terminal
Version: roswell
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Havoc Pennington
QA Contact: David Lawrence
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2001-09-10 13:08 UTC by Chris Rouch
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2003-01-13 04:45:19 UTC

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Description Chris Rouch 2001-09-10 13:08:04 UTC 
Description of Problem:

I can't cut and paste from exmh. I can select text in exmh. This text will be available in xclipboard, but if I try and paste it into a gnome-term nothing happens (either using middle button or gnome-terminal's menu option).


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
exmh-2.4-2.noarch.rpm
tk-8.3.3-64.i386.rpm
tcl-8.3.3-64.i386.rpm
gnome-core-1.4.0.4-28.i386.rpm

How Reproducible:
Every time

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Select some text in exmh
2. Try to paste into gnome terminal

Actual Results:

Nothing

Expected Results:
Text should be pasted

Additional Information:
This is a vanilla roswell2 installation. I suspect it's a tk/tcl problem, but I don't use any other tk/tcl apps.
Comment 1 Chris Rouch 2001-09-12 14:24:30 UTC 
On futher investigation I found:

exmh -> gnome-terminal fails
exmh -> Other apps (xterm, opera, xedit, xclipboard) works
Other apps -> gnome terminal works

I think exmh is putting selections on the clipboard selection, while gnome terminal is expecting them on the primary.
Comment 2 Havoc Pennington 2003-01-13 04:45:19 UTC 
This should no longer apply to 8.0 gnome-terminal.
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