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- autocutsel
- http://lepton.fr/tools/autocutsel/ or http://www.nongnu.org/autocutsel/
- Copyright (c) 2001,2002,2004 - Michael Witrant
-
- X servers use two schemes to copy text between applications. The first one
- (old and deprecated) is the cutbuffer. It is a simple buffer in which any
- application can store text. The other scheme is the selection and works
- differently. There may be many selections in a single server. An
- application does not copy data in a selection, it "owns" it. When
- another application wants to retreive the content of a selection, it
- asks the owner.
-
- Recent desktop applications (GNOME, KDE, ...) use two selections: the
- PRIMARY and the CLIPBOARD. The PRIMARY selection is used when you select
- some text with the mouse. You usually paste it using the middle button. The
- CLIPBOARD selection is used when you copy text by using, for example,
- the Edit/Copy menu. You may paste it using the Edit/Paste menu.
-
- Windows VNC clients keep the Windows clipboard synchronized with the
- cutbuffer, but not with the selections. And since recent applications
- don't use the cutbuffer, the server's CLIPBOARD is never synchronized
- with Windows' one.
-
- Autocutsel tracks changes in the server's cutbuffer and CLIPBOARD
- selection. When the CLIPBOARD is changed, it updates the cutbuffer. When
- the cutbuffer is changed, it owns the CLIPBOARD selection. The cutbuffer
- and CLIPBOARD selection are always synchronized. Since the VNC client
- synchronizes the Windows' clipboard and the server's cutbuffer, all
- three "clipboards" are always kept synchronized. When you copy some text in
- Windows, the cutbuffer and the CLIPBOARD selection are updated. When you
- copy text on the server using either the cutbuffer or the CLIPBOARD
- selection, the Windows's clipboard is always updated.
-
-
- To build autocutsel:
- ./configure
- make
-
- If configure fails because it can't find X or Xaw libraries, you may have to
- install the devel packages of these libraries.
-
- To install it (as root):
- make install
-
- To run it:
- autocutsel
- A small small square should appear in the bottom right of the screen.
-
- Any feedback is welcome.
-
- Michael Witrant <mike at lepton.fr>
-
-
- This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- (at your option) any later version.
-
- This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
- GNU General Public License for more details.
-
- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
-