Copy+Paste problem with Klipper

[Patrick Boutilier]

On 05/19/2010 01:08 PM, Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Wednesday 19 May 2010 16:11:59 Armelius Cameron wrote:
>> Hello,
>> I use a 3rd party software as a reference manager for papers / articles
>> from http://www.mendeley.com/. As far as I know, the software is written
>> in QT. The program lets me to "Copy Latex Citation", which I can then
>> paste to an editor, e.g. Kile, as, for example "\cite{author2000}"
>>
>> The only issue I have is: when I hit "Copy Latex Citation" from that
>> program, then open Klipper from taskbar (left click), I can see that the
>> correct string is put into klipper and it's at the top of the list.
>> However, when I hit mouse middle click on Kile to paste it, what shows up
>> is always the previous thing that is in the clipboard, i.e. the second
>> thing on Klipper.
>>
>> To work around this issue, I always have to explicitly select the first
>> thing in Klipper clipboard before I can paste. So I have to do:
>> 1. hit "Copy Latex citation"
>> 2. Open Klipper with left mouse click, see that the item is already there
>> on the clipboard as the first item
>> 3. Explicitly left-click the first item on Klipper
>> 4. Paste on Kile with middle click.
>>
>> I wonder why 2&  3 are necessary. This doesn't seem to happen with other
>> program. So, is the problem with Mendeley's software, or with Klipper ? If
>> it's the former, then why it shows up correctly on Klipper clipboard ?
>> Isn't "Paste" (middle click) suppose to put whatever it is on the first
>> item on Klipper ?
>>
> It's klipper.  I don't know why, but for some time now there have been all
> sorts of problems.  Sometimes it's an empty line above the one you just
> copied, so nothing pastes.  Sometimes the copy doesn't land on klipper for
> several seconds.  Sometimes the newest copy appears in the middle of the list.
> In all cases I find it necessary to explicity select the required paste, as
> you do.  Someone said it is a configuration problem, and I must set
> Synchronize contents of the clipboard and the selection - but it didn't help.


I have noticed all of the above problems as well.




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