[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS GIS] #1472: wxgui layer manager output pane breaks PRIMARY X selection

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#1472: wxgui layer manager output pane breaks PRIMARY X selection
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 Reporter:  marisn       |       Owner:  grass-dev@…              
     Type:  defect       |      Status:  new                      
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  6.4.3                    
Component:  wxGUI        |     Version:  svn-trunk                
 Keywords:               |    Platform:  Unspecified              
      Cpu:  Unspecified  |  
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Comment(by wenzeslaus):

 I'm not sure now about MS Windows. But on X11 there are two clipboards
 (normal and primary/mouse selection). But current (my) implementation in
 wxGUI replaces contents of the normal clipboard and so it is disabled by
 default. However in wx it is possible to use this primary clipboard see
 http://www.wxpython.org/docs/api/wx.Clipboard-
 class.html#UsePrimarySelection but I don't know how to use it. I have
 tried this but `SetData` needs another type of argument and I didn't get
 through this (suggestions?):
 {{{
 clipboard = wx.TheClipboard
 clipboard.UsePrimarySelection()
 clipboard.SetData(self.GetSelectedText()) # self.Copy() copies to standard
 clipboard
 clipboard.UsePrimarySelection(primary=False)
 }}}
 With something like this, there would be still need for platform specific
 code from the same reason as mentioned above. On MS Windows it would
 replace current clipboard content and it is not what MS Windows user
 expect, I think.

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