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|    Maria Sophia to Paul    |
|    Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between C    |
|    15 Feb 26 14:59:53    |
      XPost: alt.comp.software.firefox, comp.sys.mac.system       From: mariasophia@comprehension.com              Paul wrote:       > 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.              I always agree with anyone who makes a logically sentient observation, as       Paul just did, where I think we don't need to test this PSA all that much.              The PSA was simply meant as a warning to think about IF it happens to you.       In the future.        With any browser.        On any platform.        Using any $EDITOR.        Or windowing system.              I wish I had known about this PSA before I had written it.       Knowing pitfalls helps us avoid them, or fix 'em or at least understand       them so that we can create a workaround (as I did with shortcuts.xml).              The simple solution would have taken seconds, instead of many hours.       Had I only known the solution is add a character & then delete it.              The PSA is simply just that.       A public service announcement.              I'd love to know stuff that's gonna happen to me BEFORE it happens!              An example is over the summer I had a total loss of hearing in an ear and I       didn't take it seriously but only later found out it's like a heart attack.              Had I known it was a medical emergency, I would have called an ambulance.       But it didn't 'feel' like a medical emergency (even though it was).              After a month of living in a compression/decompression chamber as a result,       I wish someone had written a PSA for me to be more attentive to situations.       --       There are two kinds of people on Usenet, one of which can add value.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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