Re: [ dosemu-Feature Requests-1366558 ] Clipboard support

Re: [ dosemu-Feature Requests-1366558 ] Clipboard support

[Alain]

Hi Stas,

I received this message from sourceforge which I don't understand. The 
whole message is reproduced bellow (if someone may explain why it was 
closed, as I did not receive the question...), but the interesting part 
is this

 > Comment By: Stas Sergeev (stsp)
 > Date: 11/25/05 13:42
 >
 > Message:
 > Logged In: YES
 > user_id=501371
 >
 > What is the problem exactly?
 > Clipboard works, usually with the middle mouse button.

When I use a DOS-BOX in Win98, some programs like NDN and SETEDIT (which 
I use a lot) can put/get text to/from the Windows clipboard.

When I run these programs in DOSEMU, they programs have this option 
"grayed out" as if the Windows clipboard interface does not exist.

It could be implemented using the standard Linux Clipboard.

BTW, it does not work with the mouse: 1) in these (and many others) I 
cannot use the mouse to select text because it is used by the dos 
program. 2) even in pure command line mode, I can select text but the 
middle mouse button copies the text into the dosemu keyboard buffer, not 
the Linux clipboard.

I tested with 1.3.3

Thanks,
Alain

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SourceForge.net escreveu:
> Feature Requests item #1366558, was opened at 11/25/05 12:20
> Message generated for change (Comment added) made by sf-robot
> You can respond by visiting: 
> https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=457450&aid=1366558&group_id=49784
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> Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread,
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> Category: Interface Improvements (example)
> Group: Next Release (example)
> 
>>Status: Closed
> 
> Priority: 5
> Submitted By: Alain M. (alainm3)
> Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
> Summary: Clipboard support
> 
> Initial Comment:
> The thing that I miss most in DosEmu is the ability to
> exchange data via Clipboard with Linux programs just
> like I used to do in Windows98.
> 
> Most programs that I use (eg. NDN and SetEdit) already
> have the Clipboard interface for DOS programs. An I
> wish to use it.
> 
> Thanks, Alain
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
>>Comment By: SourceForge Robot (sf-robot)
> 
> Date: 01/09/06 07:30
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> This Tracker item was closed automatically by the system. It was
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> Comment By: Stas Sergeev (stsp)
> Date: 11/25/05 13:42
> 
> Message:
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> What is the problem exactly?
> Clipboard works, usually with the middle mouse button.
> 
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> You can respond by visiting: 
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Re: [ dosemu-Feature Requests-1366558 ] Clipboard support

[Bart Oldeman]

On Tue, 10 Jan 2006, Alain wrote:

> I received this message from sourceforge which I don't understand. The whole 
> message is reproduced bellow (if someone may explain why it was closed, as I 
> did not receive the question...), but the interesting part is this
>
>> Comment By: Stas Sergeev (stsp)
>> Date: 11/25/05 13:42
>>
>> Message:
>> Logged In: YES
>> user_id=501371
>>
>> What is the problem exactly?
>> Clipboard works, usually with the middle mouse button.
>
> When I use a DOS-BOX in Win98, some programs like NDN and SETEDIT (which I 
> use a lot) can put/get text to/from the Windows clipboard.

Maybe you mean this in RBIL:

--------W-2F1700-----------------------------
INT 2F - MS Windows "WINOLDAP" - IDENTIFY WinOldAp VERSION
         AX = 1700h
Return: AX = 1700h if this version of WINOLDAP doesn't support clipboard

and the following functions???

Yes, these could be connected to the X clipboard I guess.

Bart

Re: [ dosemu-Feature Requests-1366558 ] Clipboard support

[Alain]

Hi Bart,

>> When I use a DOS-BOX in Win98, some programs like NDN and SETEDIT 
>> (which I use a lot) can put/get text to/from the Windows clipboard.
> 
> Maybe you mean this in RBIL:
> 
> --------W-2F1700-----------------------------
> INT 2F - MS Windows "WINOLDAP" - IDENTIFY WinOldAp VERSION
>         AX = 1700h
> Return: AX = 1700h if this version of WINOLDAP doesn't support clipboard
> 
> and the following functions???
> 
> Yes, these could be connected to the X clipboard I guess.

Yes, exactly this. I sent a message to the author of SETEDIT asking more 
details about the implementation, just to make sure it is the right thing.

Alain

Re: [ dosemu-Feature Requests-1366558 ] Clipboard support

[Stas Sergeev]

Hello.

Alain wrote:
> When I use a DOS-BOX in Win98, some programs like NDN and SETEDIT 
> (which I use a lot) can put/get text to/from the Windows clipboard.
You can do the same with dosemu in most cases. The
winoldap interface is not implemented (and you didn't
mention it in the report anyway), but the clipboard
access with mouse works perfectly.

> BTW, it does not work with the mouse: 1) in these (and many others) I 
> cannot use the mouse to select text because it is used by the dos 
> program.
Selecting the DOS text is best to do when dosemu
is paused by Ctrl-Alt-p. It would probably even make
sense to disallow the selection otherwise.

> 2) even in pure command line mode, I can select text but the 
> middle mouse button copies the text into the dosemu keyboard buffer, 
> not the Linux clipboard.
Have you considered pressing the middle button in the window
you want to paste the text to, not in the window where you selected it?