XPost: alt.comp.software.firefox, comp.sys.mac.system   
   From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Sun, 2/15/2026 7:13 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:   
   > On 2026-02-15 07:52, Maria Sophia wrote:   
   >> Carlos E. R. wrote:   
   >>> I don't have Chromium, I have Chrome.   
   >>   
   >> Hi Carlos,   
   >> Just to be clear, as far as anyone has stated, any chromium-based browser   
   >> and any mozilla-based browser should show the respective attributes of this   
   >> PSA that Lawrence D'Oliveiro & you were testing for the team on Linux.   
   >> Lawrence kindly published his results in this post for others to benefit.   
   >   
   > I saw that.   
   >   
   > ...   
   >   
   >> I may be wrong but it seems that Lawrence's tests show that even terminals   
   >> may include HTML depending on the environment.   
   >   
   > Certainly. There is variance on how they do it. For example, on XFCE   
   terminal, you have to select menu "Edit / Copy, or copy as html". Editors make   
   use of this to render the color used in the terminal.   
   >   
   >> A. Emacs offers only plain text formats.   
   >> B. Firefox offers HTML only when it thinks the selection has structure.   
   >> C. Chromium always offers HTML plus internal formats.   
   >> His tests showed different applications expose different sets of formats.   
   >>   
   >> The editor decides which format to use when pasting.   
   >> This matches the PSA exactly.   
   >>   
   >> Do you think you might be able to reproduce his tests on your Linux box?   
   >   
   > I already tested and found no bug. I don't see what else you want to find   
   out.   
   >   
   > I can not run his command, anyway:   
   >   
   > cer@Laicolasse:~> wl-paste   
   > Failed to connect to a Wayland server   
   > cer@Laicolasse:~> wl-paste --help   
   > Usage:   
   >     wl-paste [options]   
   > Paste content from the Wayland clipboard.  <===========   
   >   
   > Options:   
   >     -n, --no-newline    Do not append a newline character.   
   >     -l, --list-types    Instead of pasting, list the offered types.   
   >     -p, --primary        Use the "primary" clipboard.   
   >     -w, --watch command    Run a command each time the selection   
   changes.   
   >     -t, --type mime/type    Override the inferred MIME type for the   
   content.   
   >     -s, --seat seat-name    Pick the seat to work with.   
   >     -v, --version        Display version info.   
   >     -h, --help        Display this message.   
   > Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.   
   >   
   > See wl-clipboard(1) for more details.   
   > cer@Laicolasse:~>   
   >   
   > I use X, not wayland.   
      
   There's no guarantee any clipboards softwares will   
   even agree on what is on the clipboard. Some of the   
   clipboard items could be automatic translations of   
   things submitted by the sourcing application. And   
   Wayland being a latecomer, of course it's going to have   
   to do weird shit, to get a name for itself.   
      
   Firefox supports all three serving options, as would a Chromium.   
      
      Wayland, Xwayland (temporary X11 option for older programs), Xorg (original   
   X11 still available)   
      
   A person doing testing, has to find two clipboard managers (Wayland one, X11   
   one), have three login options,   
   to do some tests. And even then, who knows whether the answer is based on   
   hard reasons underneath.   
      
      Paul   
      
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