XPost: alt.comp.software.firefox, comp.sys.mac.system   
   From: mariasophia@comprehension.com   
      
   Frank Miller wrote:   
   > Carlos E. R. wrote:   
   >> On 2026-02-12 21:26, Maria Sophia wrote:   
   >>> PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms   
   >>>   
   >>> I do a lot of research as I generally invest at least an hour or two into   
   >>> many of my Usenet opening posts, where I currently employ a thousand-line   
   >>> Windows Notepad++ macro that beautifully cleans up non-ASCII garbage copied   
   >>> from both Firefox and Chromium web output, where, only with Chromium pastes   
   >>> into Notepad++ was the selection mechanism (i.e., Ctrl+A) inoperative.   
   >>   
   >> How do you propose we test this in Linux? There is no notepad++.   
   >   
   > Not at all. Just forget it. ;-)   
      
   I had thought the data in the PSA was clear, but apparently it was not.   
      
   That's my mistake for not explaining why all operating systems are affected   
   (AFAICT) since we do not need Notepad++ at all to reproduce underlying   
   browser design on Linux as the browser-to-clipboard-to-editor behavior   
   being described is not Windows-specific. All platforms deal with it.   
      
   The problem is a mix of operating system quirks (clipboard specific), and   
   the differences between how browsers and editors work with copy & paste.   
      
   As far as I'm aware, but I could be wrong, Chromium's multi-format   
   clipboard serialization (plain text + HTML + internal formats) happens on   
   all platforms, including Linux under both X11 and Wayland.   
      
   Hence the Chromium vs. Firefox clipboard behavior I saw on Windows, AFAIK,   
   does carry over to Linux, but X11 and Wayland handle clipboards very   
   differently, so the effects of Chromium's multi-format clipboard can vary   
   depending on which display system the user is running and which editor.   
      
   Let me work on a test protocol for Linux since I no longer dual boot even   
   as I see a grub screen every day when I boot my Windows-only old desktop.   
   --   
   My PC used to be Windows:Redhat, then Windows:Centos, then Windows:Ubuntu   
   but now it's just Windows because I've long ago ported over my Linux tools.   
      
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