Re: [PATCH v5 2/2] ui/gtk: Turn clipboard flag into runtime option

[Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>]

Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com> writes:

> On Tue, Apr 28, 2026 at 09:30:37AM +0200, Markus Armbruster wrote:
>> Jindřich Makovička <makovick@gmail.com> writes:
>> 
>> > - Compile the GTK clipboard support unconditionally
>> >
>> > - Introduce GTK clipboard option, defaulting to off
>> 
>> Should the patch be split?
>> 
>> > Signed-off-by: Jindrich Makovicka <makovick@gmail.com>
>> 
>> [...]
>> 
>> > diff --git a/qapi/ui.json b/qapi/ui.json
>> > index e3da77632a..b2c42a7f57 100644
>> > --- a/qapi/ui.json
>> > +++ b/qapi/ui.json
>> > @@ -1319,6 +1319,9 @@
>> >  #
>> >  # GTK display options.
>> >  #
>> > +# @clipboard: Enable host-guest clipboard sharing.  Defaults to "off".
>> > +#     (Since 11.1)
>> > +#
>> 
>> Educate ignorant me: what does it mean to share the clipboard?
>
> Conceptually the intent is to create a single logical clipboard
> spanning the host & guest. IOW, if the guest copies data into
> its clipboard that is made available to the host clipboard, and
> vica-verca.

Thanks!  Could the description text explain that without getting too
verbose?