Re: [E-devel] Eterm cut and paste doesn't work on x86_64 with gcc4.1.1

[Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) <raster@rasterman.com>]

On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 13:54:36 -0400 Michael Jennings <e-devel@kainx.org> babbled:

> On Saturday, 14 October 2006, at 01:56:55 (-0400),
> Mike Frysinger wrote:
> 
> > selection_send() looks like it could use some calls to D_SELECT()
> > ...  otherwise it doesnt look like it gets called at all
> 
> True :)
> 
> > in my testing over here, every paste that works involves
> > selection_send() doing XA_STRING ... but every paste that fails
> > involves selection_send() doing PROP_SELECTION_TARGETS ...
> > 
> > if i cheat and make the first PROP_SELECTION_TARGETS always fail and
> > make the XA_STRING always pass, pasting into QT apps starts working
> > ...
> 
> Hopefully raster is paying attention and can correct me if I'm
> wrong...
> 
> As I understand both the ICCCM
> (http://tronche.com/gui/x/icccm/sec-2.html) and JWZ's X selection page
> (http://www.jwz.org/doc/x-cut-and-paste.html), a request bearing the
> TARGETS atom is a request not for the selection itself, but rather for
> a list of the possible types in which it may request the selection.
> The client requesting is then responsible for issuing a new request in
> one of the returned formats.
> 
> Unless I'm missing something, this would be an improper ICCCM
> implementation on the part of Qt.

from memory thats what icccm copy and paste does - last i played. its a complex
beastie

> So what am I missing?  :-)
> 
> Michael
> 
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