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From: David Stacey <drstacey@tiscali.co.uk>
To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: 64-bit Clipboard troubles
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 21:39:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <51B6479A.5050707@tiscali.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <51B5D4E2.20008@dronecode.org.uk>
On 10/06/13 14:30, Jon TURNEY wrote:
> 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.
Thank you for your reply. I've sent an RFU for keepassx along with a
link to your reply. If and when you tie the two clipboards together,
keepassx should just start working - there shouldn't be a need to
rebuild it, but I'll do that if necessary.
Thanks again,
Dave.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-06-10 21:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-06-09 18:59 David Stacey
2013-06-10 13:30 ` Jon TURNEY
2013-06-10 21:39 ` David Stacey [this message]
2013-06-21 12:33 ` Jon TURNEY
2013-06-21 18:02 ` David Stacey
2013-09-22 2:39 ` Clipboard periodically breaks Matt D.
2013-09-22 3:11 ` Matt D.
[not found] ` <524454A6.8030503@dronecode.org.uk>
2013-09-27 0:35 ` Matt D.
2013-10-21 14:46 ` Reinier Post
2013-10-21 22:37 ` Matt D.
2013-11-21 17:51 ` Jon TURNEY
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