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GNOME Clipboard Daemon - your clipboard will actually work

Submitted by FooBarWidget on Sat, 2004-01-24 08:49. FreeDesktop.org
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Normally, when you copy something in an X application and you close it, the content of the clipboard is lost. This is probably one of the biggest reasons why people keep saying that copy & paste in Linux "doesn't work".

GNOME Clipboard Daemon is a program that keeps the content of your X clipboard in memory, so the clipboard won' get lost even after you close the application you copied from. It's a daemon - it has no GUI. You start it and it'll run in the background and Just Work(tm).Click here for more information, source & binaries.

Re: Can this work at all?

Submitted by FooBarWidget on Mon, 2004-01-26 13:24.

Yes, that is exactly how it works. And yes, it can be a major performance hit. In fact, people have been complaining that this (along with Klipper, which does the same thing) slows down Gnumeric when copying lots of cells.

And no, currently there is no better way. At least, not without modifying each and every application out there.

This is not perfect but I've decided to release this to the public anymore. Those who don't use Gnumeric, or don't mind Gnumeric slowing down on copy, or just don't copy in Gnumeric very often, will find this useful.

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