query regarding use of Xwin -multiwindow

[Harold L Hunt II]

John,

Clipboard integration doesn't come automatically.  You have to use 
either 'xwinclip' (see xfree86.cygwin.com) or pass '-clipboard' to 
XWin.exe.  Neither of these is used by default because 1) neither works 
well with XDMCP, 2) -clipboard isn't totally trusted yet, 3) -clipboard 
is going to eventually be replaced with X Server code rather than an 
internal X Client.

Harold

Igor Pechtchanski wrote:

> On Mon, 2 Jun 2003, John Vincent wrote:
> 
> 
>>Hi,
>>
>>I've just discovered the -multiwindow option of the cygwin x-server and I
>>think it's great, as I can now run an xterm on a linux box and display it on
>>my windows xp machine. One problem, though, I don't seem able to
>>cut-and-paste btween the xterm window and a ms-windows application. It's as
>>if the x-server has it's own cut-and-paste buffer which the xterm windows
>>share, but which is distinct from the cut-and-paste buffers used by the
>>ms-windows applications.
>>
>>Can anyone throw any light on this?
>>
>>I've done a recent complete binary install of cygwin,  uname -a gives
>>"CYGWIN_NT-5.1 JPV 1.3.22(0.78/3/2) 2003-03-18 09:20 i686 unknown unknown
>>Cygwin"
>>
>>I expect I just need to configure something, but I'm at a loss as to where
>>to start with this. Any help would be appreciated.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>/John Vincent.
> 
> 
> The best help you can get would be on the cygwin-xfree list, which deals
> with XFree86/Cygwin issues.  For your convenience, I'm redirecting this
> query there and setting the Reply-To to the correct list.  Please remove
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> 	Igor