GNOME Clipboard Manager - Documentation
Frequently Asked Questions
Index
- Q: Can I collect non-text data? Like images in TheGimp?
- A: TheGimp is a nasty example as this application currently does not use
the standard way of delivering it's copypasted stuff to other applications. But
yes, you can collect non-text targets from applications like OpenOffice.org
and others. Which selections and how they will be used and presented depends
on the selection-hosting application. OpenOffice.org for example uses
XML-data when it want's to share it's clipboard with other applications.
Gnome Clipboard Manager for Gnome 2.0 desktops will succesfully retrive
all available formats (targets) of the selection if OpenOffice.org
is the selectionowner. Gnome Clipboard Manager will also deliver all these
targets when another application or OpenOffice.org itselve sends a request
for the selection. That means that Gnome Clipboard Manager can be used with
OpenOffice.org for selections and copypasting. (For example copypasting of
colored text, tables and table-data from and to a spreadsheet will work when
using Gnome Clipboard Manager and OpenOffice.org)
- Q: Can I turn off/on autocollecting?
- A: Yes, checkout the "General" tab in the Preferences window
- Q: Can I turn off/on beeping when something got collected on the shelf
- A: Yes, checkout the "General" tab in the Preferences window
- Q: Damnet ! Nothing works in the Edit window! Wtf? Buggy? crap?
- A: Supporting binary, often undefined targets is a trivial task.
At this moment only text/html and COMPOUND_TEXT targets have editing support.
- Q: Can I send my clipboards to another host running GCM ?
- A: Not at this moment. This feature is, however, planned. If you are
a programmer feel free to make a patch that does this.
- Q: I want to paste multiple clipboards that are collected on the ClipBoard Shelf
at once. Is this possible?
- A: Yes. (Checkout the "Merge Items to one" feature)
- Q: Can I use GCM as an Applet the GNOME Panel?
- A: No, not at this moment. When I have some time I will try to make this an
option. If you are a programmer feel free to make a patch that does this. It used to
work in the Gnome 1.2.x version of Gnome Clipboard Manager. The port to Gnome 2.0,
however, broke this feature.
- Q: What about GCM as a bonobo component?
- A: Not at this moment (this is not core functionality which I want to finish first).
When I have some time I will try to make this an option. If you are a programmer feel
free to make a patch that does this.
- Q: I hate all these buttons and controls of GCM. Can I remove them?
- A: Yes, you can remove (hide) most objects (widgets) in the Preferences
window of GCM at the tab "User interface".
- Q: I've hidden all objects (widgets) of GCM. I want to undo my action
but the Preferences Button AND the Menu are gone?!
- A: RightClick on the ClipBoard Shelf. At the buttom of the popupmenu
you will see a "Menu" which is the same as your normal Menu; but then a popupmenu.
Goto the "Settings" submenu and choose "Preferences".
- Q: I've hidden all objects (widgets) of GCM. But it does not allow me to remove
the "Data preview" ? Why is that ?
- A: Because then you cannot restore your settings : If there are no objects
then you cannot use the popupmenu on them to get back at the Preferences window. You don't
want that!
- Q: My applications do not use the GNOME/Gtk+ CLIPBOARD selection. How do I
change this?
- A: You can set the selectiontype (PRIMARY, SECONDARY or CLIPBOARD, CUSTOM ATOM) in the
Preferences window of GCM at the tab "General" section "Selection type".
- Q: PRIMARY? SECONDARY? CLIPBOARD? huh, what the fuck are you talking about?
- A: To understand these you must first understand the basics of how X handles
clipboards and selections. Read the introduction of Gnome Clipboard Manager.