Re: accessing the Linux clipboard...

[Paul Lagasse pglagasse@xxxxxxxx]

Rafe, Bob's post repeats something I wrote some time ago and, with
respect to my current practice is outdated and no longer represents how
I handle the clipboard issue. I posted a reply to your request last
night; as it implies I don't use the X windows clipboard to transfer
text to and from Xywrite much, but I did find a couple workable
solutions for getting the contents of the X windows selection buffer and
clipboard into Xy/Dosemu (but not the other way around).
Unlike Bob, I never got xmacros to work for me (but if I remember
correctly he's running a pure Debian setup and that might have something
to do with it; I've found other programs that don't always work as
advertised in the Ubuntu repositories). If you go his route and do get
xmacros working, I'd be interested in any tips you have.

Paul

Raphael Tennenbaum wrote:
> Bob Zimmerman wrote:
> > I hope this helps.
> >  
> a great deal, Bob. very interesting -- I'm going to try these out when I iron out
> some of the other issues. in response to Paul's:
> > trouble copying from XyWrite to "clip.txt" using
> > ctrl+alt+k, and have to hit it twice (the first time I hit it, Dosemu
> > adds "keyboard grab" to its title bar
> >  
> Ctrl+Alt+K is DE's hotkey for the mouse grab, which I think means the Linux
> desktop gets hold of the window (for copying/pasting?) -- you might want to
> remap that key elsewhere. (somewhat to my surprise, I found a lot of the
> documentation spread among several files in /usr/share/doc/dosemu, which I guess
> is where it's supposed to be.) however, I think it may be possible to take back the
> keyboard from DE at a fairly low level -- may be making progress on reclaiming
> Alt-Bk, but we'll see what I can glean from the DE listserv.
> Ubuntu is a lot of things Suse never was, for me at least -- whenever I updated
> system or apps, it always sent me to find the installation DVD. and whatever
> update tool I used -- YAST, zen, the other ones -- libraries & dependencies were
> always a mess, sending me searching through repositories, only to discover one
> little library version wasn't up to date.
> by contrast, the Ubuntu repositories so far seem reliable and not complicated. the
> wealth of free s/w is simply astonishing, and fun as well as useful -- apart from a
> couple of very nice stargazing apps, I've stuck compiz & Cairo Dock on this eee, &
> while I never thought I'd be a sucker for the eye candy, all the OSX launcher stuff is
> cute, stable, and amazingly for this little laptop, has almost no overhead.
>
> -rafe