[CS-FSLUG] Question About Windows Design

[Don Parris]

On 11/9/05, David Aikema <daikema at gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't think that he was trying to tie the clipboard in to apps being
> linked to the OS at a deep level, but simply a different clipboard
> implementation.  I think that it was only later that his comment about
> deep ties to the core OS came in.
>
> In general, if I'm simply copying or pasting text I'll take X's
> copy/paste mechanism (almost) any day of the week.  However, it seems
> to fall apart when dealing with stuff like image data.  To me, to
> change this wouldn't necessarily require deeper ties into the OS -
> although you might need to change the X protocol to get such changes
> made.
>
> David
>

Thanks.  I wasn't quite sure if he was using that merely as an
example, or if he was tying it to the app-OS connection.  I'd say
you're right.

Don
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