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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Klipper
From:       Kevin Krammer <kevin.krammer () gmx ! at>
Date:       2011-05-17 6:40:29
Message-ID: 201105170840.34671.kevin.krammer () gmx ! at
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On Tuesday, 2011-05-17, Steven Sroka wrote:
> On 16 May 2011 14:16, Kevin Krammer <kevin.krammer@gmx.at> wrote:
> > On Monday, 2011-05-16, Shaun Reich wrote:
> >> On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 1:16 PM, Andreas Pakulat <apaku@gmx.de> 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.

The meaning of core depends always on context. Klipper's functionality is and 
has been a core feature of a KDE workspace, at least the desktop workspace.

Since it is a separate process, you can opt not to run it.

Cheers,
Kevin

-- 
Kevin Krammer, KDE developer, xdg-utils developer
KDE user support, developer mentoring

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