On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 13:11:10 +0100, nodata <fedora@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 1. Load gedit, type some text. > 2. Copy or cut the text to the clipboard and close gedit. > > Question: From the desktop users point of view, should the text still be > available? kde has a clipboard deamon which resolves this problem. its a design issue of X which affects gnome. check and file a bug in bugzilla.gnome.org if its not already done so. I suspect it has been discussed previously -- Regards, Rahul Sundaram