I have a Linux server, XP client. I just tried about what Steve said, with a slight difference: ran ls-al on the Linux box, blocked some of that text, used Cntl-C, then Cntl-V into Notepad on XP. Nothing happened. Am I missing something here?
Roger At 04:42 PM 4/15/2002, you wrote: >I just want to be sure here. >You say that you can't paste text either from the winvnc server to vncviewer >or back? >Are you relying on the paste to server option? >If you are at all familiar with windows, then you know that copy is CTRL+c >and paste is CTRL+v. > >I have just tried this, from viewer to server, and from server to viewer. >Works no problem for me. >Hey, I also tried this with a Solaris vnc server. No Prob. But do note that >this will only copy and paste text, nothing binary. > >(What I did, Open the viewer and connected to the server. >Opened notepad on both server and client. Entered some text on the client >notepad copied the text with CTRL+c (highlight then press CTRL+c), switched >to the server notepad and pasted the text with CTRL+v. I then typed more >text into the server notepad and copied with CTRL+c, switched to the client >notepad and used CTRL+v to paste the new text. Note that I have the viewer >opened to the server during this process.) > >Steve > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tobias Gogolin >Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 2:29 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Pasting text from Viewer to Server > > >Well if it doesn't exist and nobody knows a better suggestion it should be >implemented... >Are there any programmers on the list that know where to find documentation >about windows clipboard programming ? >Its I kind of have to find a little project to realize before the end of the >semester >(its to gain the credit thereby instead having to sit through this 70's >style first semester programming class(c[++?])) >And I do have some people here that probably would know right away what >library to use for cu and paste in windows (is it something like windows >foundation classes ?) >The remains the question to implement it in the menue of the Win VNC >Viewer - what Programming tool is most compatible with the sources ? Did I >hear right Visual Studio ? > >Anyhow highly appreciated ! As you can imagine - Just like I need another >project - but I have to pass the class ! >Please Help me on this ! > >cheers > >Tobias > >P.S.: >Goal is to get a paste (text at least) function into the VNC Viewer menue... >The viewer would simply send the Pasted Text as Keystroke equivalents ... >Bonus could be to someday implement a Drag and Drop that would result in >click and paste. (for filling forms easily...) > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "dssyenon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 18:54 >Subject: Re: Pasting text from Viewer to Server > > > > On Wed, 10 Apr 2002, Tobias Gogolin wrote: > > > Hi everybody I am new Here - Tobias is my name... > > > > > > and I did some research (found > > > http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/faq.html#q25) > > > > > > cause I am missing a 'Paste to Server" option in the VNC Menue of my >Windows > > > VNC Client... > > > > I don't recall that option in any of the Windows vncviewers I've tried > > (att, tight, tridia). I've also noticed this problem when attempting to > > copy from some Xvnc. Like the FAQ said, copying from xterms and emacs > > works just fine. I also noticed one can copy and paste from one X window > > to another. The workaround I use is to paste into an xterm running vim or > > cat > /dev/null then paste to whatever Win app I want. > > > > > And for whatever could be in a clipboard which is not necessarily >compatible > > > between host and client it may be desirable to check for the format and >if its > > > just simple text just go ahead and send it over _as if it was typed > > > manually_... If not - I don't know that exceeds my knowledge of these >intimate > > > system specifics of the various combinations thinkable... > > > > The FAQ #25 also mentions autocutsel that automatically syncs changes > > between the two clipboards. I'll give that a try sometime soon. 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