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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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