[Xwin 1.7]: copy from rxvt-x to windows application does not work

[Jon TURNEY]

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Frédéric Bron wrote:
>>>> If I run rxvt-x (1.5 or 1.7) with Xwin (1.7), when I select something
>>>>  in the terminal output and then type Ctrl-V in any Windows 
>>>> application, this does not work. Some application say that the 
>>>> clipboard is like corrupted. In general, if I type Ctrl-V several 
>>>> times, after a while, the text is pasted (after 4-5 times of Ctrl-V).
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> If I use Xwin 1.5 or rxvt-native it works fine (with rxvt version 
>>>> either 1.5 or 1.7).
>>> Am I the only one with such a problem?
>> No, given the amount of Cygwin/X clipboard-related hate-mail on this
>> list, I think you are probably normal. :-)
>> 
>> There is an important clipboard related fix, and lots of improvements to
>> clipboard error logging and debugging scheduled to make an appearance in
>> the 1.6.x X server.  I plan to do another iteration looking at clipboard
>> problems after that is available, so if you still have problems then,
>> please post a report, attaching the /var/log/Xwin.0.log.

> Yes, I still have troubles. Here is my /var/log/Xwin.0.log just after a
> cut/paste issue.

You seem to be a bit premature.  X server 1.6.0 should be arriving at your 
favourite Cygwin 1.7 mirror today, so if you'd like to try again now, ideally 
producing a log using the additional server argument '-logverbose 3'

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