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Marco Atzeri wrote:
> On 04.01.2022 19:08, Marco Atzeri wrote:
>> On 04.01.2022 06:15, Mark Geisert wrote:
>>> Mark Geisert wrote:
>>>> I haven't been able to reproduce the issue with -7 or the more recent -8 test 
>>>> version.  I suppose you might try -8 and see if it helps. Puzzling...
>>>
>>> Sorry, the {put,get}clip.exe are in cygutils-extra package.  But -8 is correct.
>>>
>>> ..mark
>>>
>>
>> Thanks Mark,
>> -8 seems to work fine.
>>
> 
> Hi Mark,
> just found another issue
> 
> $ putclip < Announce_octave
> Aborted (core dumped)
> 
> It seems caused by the longest line (86 characters)
> 
> $ cat Announce_octave  | putclip
> Aborted (core dumped)
> 
> $ cat Announce_octave | sed -e "/html$/ d" | putclip
> 
> of course the Clipboard is fine
> 
> $ cat Announce_octave  > /dev/clipboard

Thanks Marco for the testcase.  I will investigate.

..mark