Using the Clipboard in Linux
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From: Alex on 7 Nov 2009 15:48 Greetings I've written an application in windows that involves writing to the clipboard. I'm trying to write a version to work in Linux (Ubuntu 9.04 is what I'm developing on) and am struggling to get started with Florist. Can anybody point me in the right direction of some good documentation. I've scoured the web but not found anything just yet - if anybody can suggest a good place to start then I'd really appreciate it. Please note I'm not asking for code just somewhere which might have some documentation - e.g. tutorial or notes or anything really. Many thanks Alex
From: Stephen Leake on 8 Nov 2009 04:52 Alex <false_email(a)dontwantspam.com> writes: > I've written an application in windows that involves writing to the > clipboard. I'm trying to write a version to work in Linux (Ubuntu 9.04 is > what I'm developing on) and am struggling to get started with Florist. Linux the operating system kernel doesn't have a clipboard. X Windows does, and particular window managers may have other variations on it. So you need to look in X Windows documentation, not Linux documentation. -- -- Stephe
From: Tero Koskinen on 8 Nov 2009 14:55 On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:52:29 -0500 Stephen Leake wrote: > Alex <false_email(a)dontwantspam.com> writes: > > > I've written an application in windows that involves writing to the > > clipboard. I'm trying to write a version to work in Linux (Ubuntu 9.04 is > > what I'm developing on) and am struggling to get started with Florist. > > Linux the operating system kernel doesn't have a clipboard. > > X Windows does, and particular window managers may have other > variations on it. > > So you need to look in X Windows documentation, not Linux documentation. Probably the easiest way is to use GtkAda and its clipboard methods: http://www.adacore.com/wp-content/files/auto_update/gtkada-docs/gtkada_rm/gtkada_rm/gtk-clipboard.html And please note that X Window System (which GtkAda uses) has two different clipboards, PRIMARY and CLIPBOARD. (This mostly matters if you need to communicate between two different programs via clipboard.) -- Tero Koskinen - http://iki.fi/tero.koskinen/
From: Alex on 9 Nov 2009 16:09 On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:55:19 +0200, Tero Koskinen wrote: > On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:52:29 -0500 Stephen Leake wrote: > >> Alex <false_email(a)dontwantspam.com> writes: >> >> > I've written an application in windows that involves writing to the >> > clipboard. I'm trying to write a version to work in Linux (Ubuntu >> > 9.04 is what I'm developing on) and am struggling to get started with >> > Florist. >> >> Linux the operating system kernel doesn't have a clipboard. >> >> X Windows does, and particular window managers may have other >> variations on it. >> >> So you need to look in X Windows documentation, not Linux >> documentation. > > Probably the easiest way is to use GtkAda and its clipboard methods: > http://www.adacore.com/wp-content/files/auto_update/gtkada-docs/ gtkada_rm/gtkada_rm/gtk-clipboard.html > > And please note that X Window System (which GtkAda uses) has two > different clipboards, PRIMARY and CLIPBOARD. (This mostly matters if you > need to communicate between two different programs via clipboard.) Tero and Stephen Thanks very much for your advice - it's a great help. My application is using GTK anyway but for the windows version I used the Win32 API so I assumed that symmetrically I would need the Linux API to do the same on windows. Thanks for clearing that up - I should be able to crack on and effect the clipboard part of my application with GTK now. I have to say that I've really found this group a helpful bunch - the Ada community really does seem a good crowd. Thanks again chaps Alex
From: Stephen Leake on 10 Nov 2009 03:00
Alex <false_email(a)dontwantspam.com> writes: > My application is using GTK anyway but for the windows version I used the > Win32 API I don't understand; Gtk is available on Win32, and (should) provide everything you need. I guess you just didn't realize Gtk handled the clipboard? -- -- Stephe |