[Lazarus] Synedit requesting strange format from clipboard

[Mattias Gärtner]

Zitat von Graeme Geldenhuys <graemeg.lists at gmail.com>:

> Hans-Peter Diettrich wrote:
>>
>> When the request for a special format fails, a client should request a
>> more common format, e.g. UTF8_STRING, then STRING or TEXT.
>>
>> I wonder why this works on Windows, but not on your OS.
>
>
> That is how Martin understands it should work too, but for some reason the
> Lazarus Source Editor is not asking for other formats.

Of course it does. Otherwise copying would not work with any other  
applications. It works for example with gedit.


> I don't really know Martin's code in MSEide&MSEgui so I don't know how he
> implemented it, but as far as I understand, he does follow the ICCCM
> guidelines.
>
> Martin, myself and one other person tested under our various Linux distros
> - not sure what Windows does.

Clipboard under X works very different than under Windows.

Mattias