Re: Windows Issues: pasteboard

[Fred Kiefer]

On 14.06.2013 13:09, Riccardo Mottola wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I noticed that on windows I have problems with copy&paste.
>
> 1) within gnustep application(s) I can copy&paste as many times I want
> 2) from gnustep to another windows application only the first "copy" works
>
> I know there were fixes and i am running a farily recent release of
> core, in fact, originally on window I even had problems within GS apps.
>
> Someone can reproduce? or is it my environment?

First question, are you using a current GNUstep version on Windows?
In the CahneLog file you will find this entry:

2013-01-05 00:54-EST Gregory John Casamento <greg.casamento@gmail.com>
        Merging changes made by Marcian Lytwyn

        * Tools/win32pbs.m: (+ownerByOsPb:) compare against name
        instead of pasteboard object to prevent condition where
        paste works only once as observed on Windows.
        (MainWindowProc) Add code to handle WM_RENDERALLFORMATS as documented
	on MSDN here: 
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms649029(v=vs.85).aspx


To me this sounds as exactly a fix to the problem you are seeing. If you 
are already on a current version, there isn't much I can do for you. My 
Windows installation has been unusable ever since I switched to Mountain 
Lion where the version of VMware I own is no longer working. And I am so 
annoyed about their upgrade policy that I wont buy a newer version. 
Sadly that VM disk wont boot with Virtual Box. Most likely I will have 
to reinstall my Windows with Virtual Box and up to now I didn't see much 
reason for that.

Best thing you can do is inspect the issue yourself.