From kde-core-devel Mon May 16 22:12:08 2011 From: Steven Sroka Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 22:12:08 +0000 To: kde-core-devel Subject: Re: Klipper Message-Id: X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-core-devel&m=130558397931722 On 16 May 2011 14:16, Kevin Krammer wrote: > On Monday, 2011-05-16, Shaun Reich wrote: >> On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 1:16 PM, Andreas Pakulat wrote: >> so I have to wonder wether the standard >> >> > copy/paste actions still work and selection via keyboard. >> >> I don't think e.g. ctrl-c, v, works  globally between different >> applications. Which is actually mostly why klipper is pretty much >> necessary. > > As Esben said, clipboards are provided by X11, Klipper adds functionality on > top of that. This is why I think Klipper should be separate from kdebase-workspace. It adds functionality but not exactly _core_ functionality. > >> This is only "necessary" on X11. So yes, I suppose for modularization >> efforts, klipper is sort of a dead weight and more of an extra app >> kind of thing just trying to overcome X's brokenness. On Windows, Mac, >> and toasters everywhere, it isn't necessary and doesn't make a whole >> lot of sense imo. >> >> That isn't to say that it isn't a useful app, naturally it is. Just >> one that I feel is not core to non-X11 platforms. > > Which is why it is in kdebase-workspace and not in runtime or apps. > > Cheers, > Kevin > > -- > Kevin Krammer, KDE developer, xdg-utils developer > KDE user support, developer mentoring >