Re: [gentoo-user] Wayland side-effect?

[Michael <confabulate@kintzios.com>]

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On Sunday, 27 December 2020 21:01:09 GMT antlists wrote:
> On 27/12/2020 18:51, Michael wrote:
> > Restarting the desktop using Xorg does NOT fix this problem.  Otherwise,
> > both Plasma on Wayland and Xorg work fine - except the clipboard does not
> > work on Wayland (middle click won't paste selected text on another
> > window).
> 
> This sounds to me like a side-effect of Wayland security. I don't really
> know anything about it, but I get the impression that talking between
> windows is an unsolved security problem.
> 
> Of course, it could be it's a solved problem, but you've hit a glitch...
> 
> Cheers,
> Wol

Yes, the clipboard issue is due to the isolation between application windows 
for security reasons.  It should also stop keyloggers having a go at my 
typing.  Annoying nonetheless, I hadn't realised how much I use the middle-
click clipboard feature!  Selecting text with the mouse, then using right-
click Copy (or Ctrl+c) and right-click Paste (Ctrl+v) works, as a long winded 
alternative.

I wonder if the message preview pane problem in Kmail is also caused by the 
same wayland window isolation?  Hmm ...

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