I've written an application in windows that involves writing to the clipboard. I'm trying to write a version to work in Linux (Ubuntu 9.04 is what I'm developing on) and am struggling to get started with Florist.
Can anybody point me in the right direction of some good documentation. I've scoured the web but not found anything just yet - if anybody can suggest a good place to start then I'd really appreciate it.
Please note I'm not asking for code just somewhere which might have some documentation - e.g. tutorial or notes or anything really.
Alex <false_em...@dontwantspam.com> writes: > I've written an application in windows that involves writing to the > clipboard. I'm trying to write a version to work in Linux (Ubuntu 9.04 is > what I'm developing on) and am struggling to get started with Florist.
Linux the operating system kernel doesn't have a clipboard.
X Windows does, and particular window managers may have other variations on it.
So you need to look in X Windows documentation, not Linux documentation.
> > I've written an application in windows that involves writing to the > > clipboard. I'm trying to write a version to work in Linux (Ubuntu 9.04 is > > what I'm developing on) and am struggling to get started with Florist.
> Linux the operating system kernel doesn't have a clipboard.
> X Windows does, and particular window managers may have other > variations on it.
> So you need to look in X Windows documentation, not Linux documentation.
And please note that X Window System (which GtkAda uses) has two different clipboards, PRIMARY and CLIPBOARD. (This mostly matters if you need to communicate between two different programs via clipboard.)
>> > I've written an application in windows that involves writing to the >> > clipboard. I'm trying to write a version to work in Linux (Ubuntu >> > 9.04 is what I'm developing on) and am struggling to get started with >> > Florist.
>> Linux the operating system kernel doesn't have a clipboard.
>> X Windows does, and particular window managers may have other >> variations on it.
>> So you need to look in X Windows documentation, not Linux >> documentation.
> And please note that X Window System (which GtkAda uses) has two > different clipboards, PRIMARY and CLIPBOARD. (This mostly matters if you > need to communicate between two different programs via clipboard.)
Tero and Stephen
Thanks very much for your advice - it's a great help.
My application is using GTK anyway but for the windows version I used the Win32 API so I assumed that symmetrically I would need the Linux API to do the same on windows. Thanks for clearing that up - I should be able to crack on and effect the clipboard part of my application with GTK now.
I have to say that I've really found this group a helpful bunch - the Ada community really does seem a good crowd.
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