On Sat, 2004-12-18 at 12:00 -0800, Brian Mury wrote: > On Sat, 2004-18-12 at 13:11 +0100, nodata 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? > > I think so, and I find it really annoying that it isn't. > > I wouldn't think so. Unlike winblows, each application is running in its own space. When you close the app the allocated resources are also closed (this includes your clipboard). What I do if it is critical that the clipboard contents remain available is open a temporary editor and paste the contents before I close the other application. (or more often just minimize the app where I am using the clipboard). A work-around I know, but it is a simple way to handle a design condition that is inherent in all 'nix based systems.
