From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 22818 invoked by alias); 10 Jun 2013 13:30:12 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-xfree-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 22801 invoked by uid 89); 10 Jun 2013 13:30:11 -0000 X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_40,KHOP_THREADED,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 Received: from nm2-vm0.bt.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com (HELO nm2-vm0.bt.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com) (212.82.108.92) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.84/v0.84-167-ge50287c) with ESMTP; Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:30:10 +0000 Received: from [212.82.108.230] by nm2.bt.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 10 Jun 2013 13:30:07 -0000 Received: from [217.146.189.78] by tm3.bt.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 10 Jun 2013 13:30:07 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp828.mail.ird.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 10 Jun 2013 13:30:07 -0000 X-Yahoo-SMTP: u.JgLvyswBBMp9ZJJfsX14qmYb3T2ivhMAr6OupnxLpNQEFZ9g-- X-Rocket-Received: from [192.168.1.72] (jon.turney@109.157.181.75 with plain) by smtp828.mail.ird.yahoo.com with SMTP; 10 Jun 2013 06:30:07 -0700 PDT Message-ID: <51B5D4E2.20008@dronecode.org.uk> Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:30:00 -0000 From: Jon TURNEY Reply-To: cygwin-xfree User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130509 Thunderbird/17.0.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com CC: drstacey@tiscali.co.uk Subject: Re: 64-bit Clipboard troubles References: <51B4D075.3050001@tiscali.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <51B4D075.3050001@tiscali.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SW-Source: 2013-06/txt/msg00006.txt.bz2 On 09/06/2013 19:59, David Stacey wrote: > I am trying to package keepassx for 64-bit Cygwin, and have noticed a > difference between the way the clipboard functions under 32-bit and 64-bit > Cygwin/X. Essentially, keepassx is an encrypted password database that > copies your username and password to the clipboard. Then, you can paste > these into a web site (say) to log in. > > When I run keepassx (both 32-bit and 64-bit builds) using the 32-bit > version of XWin, keepassx copies the username and password to the > clipboard, and these can be pasted into a native Windows web browser (e.g. > Firefox). However, when I run keepassx (again, both 32-bit and 64-bit > builds) using the 64-bit version of XWin, the procedure breaks: I instruct > keepassx to copy to the clipboard, but when I paste in the web browser, no > text is pasted. Sorry, integration between the native and X clipboards is broken in 64-bit XWin. Unfortunately, this is rather complex to fix and I haven't found the time to do so yet. > I mentioned that my testcase programme doesn't quite work as I intended: > writing to the clipboard using Qt4 and reading it back by reading > /dev/clipboard fails when using both 32-bit and 64-bit XWin. I don't > understand why, but this is probably down to my own limited understanding > of the clipboard in X. Thanks for writing this useful testcase. >>From a brief glance, the test looks well formed, so I'll also try to take a look at why test 2 always fails, I guess this indicates some bug in the clipboard integration. -- Jon TURNEY Volunteer Cygwin/X X Server maintainer -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/