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gnome-panel package

Gnome clipboard manager ?

Bug #38431 reported by Laurent CHARTRAIN
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Bug Description

Hello,

Apparently, the gnome-clipboard-manager which should be integrated in gnome isn't functionnal. If I close the app from which I did the copy, I can't paste it anymore !
It's unbelievable !! (even MS Windows can do that for every apps !)

My feature request is :
- a totally functionnal gnome-clipboard-manager by default in gnome.
- a tool like the Gnome Clipboard Manager (no devel activity since 2002) or like the KDE's klipper to save the history of the lasts copy (with an applet in gnome-panel) and to retrieve an old copy even if a newer has overwritten it. It can save your life. (Especially when you loose a mail which was only copied, or the copy of a password, etc...)

Thank you a lot for doing it. I think it's one of the most missing feature in gnome/ubuntu.
(of course, it should be on the gnome bugzilla instead of here, but if the ubuntu community is with me, I'm sure this request will be more efficient)

Laurent.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thanks for your bug. From app are you copying? That works fine with gedit by example, you are probably using a buggy app

Changed in gnome-panel:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
status: Unconfirmed → Needs Info
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Laurent CHARTRAIN (darksilver) wrote :

The problem is mostly for the "text selection" which can be paste with "middle click button" of the mouse.
Because there is two ways to copy/paste (CTRL+C/CTRL+V and Text-selection/middle-click)

The main purpose of this wishlist is to have an app like the kde klipper which can store the 'x' last "copy/text selections" and allow to easily access to it with a gnome panel plugin.
It is basically a copy/selection history panel plugin.

Is there a good tutorial to write a gnome plugin ?
(If nobody want to do it, why not me ?)

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Laurent CHARTRAIN (darksilver) wrote :

I mean a good tutorial to write a gnome panel applet. (instead of gnome plugin)

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Laurent CHARTRAIN (darksilver) wrote :

Typical example :

1/ I select text in gnome-terminal
2/ I open gedit
3/ I middle-click in gedit, the text is pasted !

1/ I select text in gnome-terminal
2/ I open gedit
3/ I close gnome-terminal
4/ I middle-click in gedit, nothing happens !

That's why a gnome panel applet is necessary to keep the history of all copy/selection (or the 10 lasts)

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Daniel Holbach (dholbach) wrote :

That's a duplicate of bug 11334.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thanks for your bug. I'm rejecting it since it has nothing to do with gnome-panel and that's not a bug. If you want to open a specification on launchpad or the wiki about that you are welcome

Some notes about that though:
- gnome-settings-daemon has a clipboard manager
- apps have to use it, you can try with gedit by example. Open it, type some text, use Ctrl-C, close gedit, use Ctrl-V to some other application or reopen gedit and hit ctrl-V the text is copied
- a clipboard applet similar to klipper would be nice but that's a request for a new software, not a bug

The select,middle click copy might not use the clipboard though as explained by the bug Daniel pointed that's the way xorg clipboard management is done

Changed in gnome-panel:
status: Needs Info → Rejected
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