Bug 234415 – gnome-extra/gucharmap-2.22.3 clipboard trashed when exiting program

• Status: VERIFIED UPSTREAM
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Daniele C. 2008-08-10 22:14:47 UTC]

If I copy some characters on clipboard and then close gucharmap, the clipboard is empty.

This is of high importange for newbies, in my opinion

[Comment 1 Gilles Dartiguelongue (RETIRED) 2008-08-11 10:24:56 UTC]

please report this bug upstream and paste the bug report url here.

[Comment 2 Daniele C. 2008-08-12 07:38:51 UTC]

Done.

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=547393

[Comment 3 Rémi Cardona (RETIRED) 2008-08-12 08:07:09 UTC]

TBH, *all* applications do this. Try with gedit, firefox, anything.

IIRC, the copy/paste buffer in X is managed by the application from which the copy originated. If it's closed, X "rightfully" kills the buffer. Bummer.

Let's see what upstream say, but I'm pretty sure this cannot be fixed without a copy/paste manager (ie, a clipboard)

[Comment 4 Nirbheek Chauhan (RETIRED) 2008-08-12 09:49:00 UTC]

(In reply to comment #3)
> TBH, *all* applications do this. Try with gedit, firefox, anything.
> 
> IIRC, the copy/paste buffer in X is managed by the application from which the
> copy originated. If it's closed, X "rightfully" kills the buffer. Bummer.
> 
> Let's see what upstream say, but I'm pretty sure this cannot be fixed without a
> copy/paste manager (ie, a clipboard)
> 

Indeed. This requires an external clipboard manager such as Klipper or Glipper. The upstream bug will probably be marked RESOLVED CANTFIX.

[Comment 5 Daniele C. 2008-08-12 13:11:51 UTC]

My bad...I did not know about this.

I have now added an xfce4-clipman plugin to my bottom bar and the clipboard works

Thanks