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ebubra@ebu.ericsson.se (Bertil Askelid) writes:
>	Cut 'n paste works fine bothways between an Epoch screen and an xterm, but
>	not between Epoch and an Open Windows shelltool, mailtool, etc.
>
>	Does anyone know how to fix this, i.e. to make Epoch running under Open
>	Windows work also with the Open Windows clipboard?

People have suggested using xcutsel to solve this problem.  I went in and
hacked epoch to use the standard X11 selection mechanism.  "Hacked" is 
the correct term, however.  

Because the mechanics of the X cut buffer and X selection mechanism differ so
much, the function epoch::get-cut-buffer had to be uglified.  Selection is
an event driven mechanism whereas using the X cut buffer, you just shovel
octets in and snarf them out.  No events.  So now, the epoch::get-cut-buffer
has a little event catching loop.  No problem, in practice (although it's
ugly as hell, ideally) since it catches all the other events received
and then requeues them on the X event queue to be processed by the other
(real) event catching loop in Epoch.

I also added a new event handler to Epoch called "selection-clear" which
is generated when the X11 SelectionClear event comes in, indicating that
the window lost ownership of the selection.  This allows me to clear the
drag-button when someone else (like xterm or xfontsel or anything else)
takes ownership.  Thus, epoch now looks like a real[tm] X11 application.

I'm considering posting the diffs, but I'm afraid I wouldn't know what to
use as the base (ie, what patch level should I diff against) plus I hear
that Emacs 19 is coming out soon...  

If there are any suggestions for what I should diff against, please let
me know (also, if there is a demand).

-MikeP
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