copy not working

Ubuntu 18.04 xsel 1.2.0

First of all I don’t know if is a xsel or cht.sh client problem.

Shell mode:

$ cht.sh --shell
cht.sh> cd python
cht.sh/python> append file

#  python - How do you append to a file?

with open("test.txt", "a") as myfile:
    myfile.write("appended text")

cht.sh/python> copy
copy: 4 lines copied to the selection

The output says it was copied. I try to paste (ctrl + v) it somewhere and I realized it was not on the clipboard.

But if I run the xsel command it shows the output:

$ xsel 

#  python - How do you append to a file?

with open("test.txt", "a") as myfile:
    myfile.write("appended text")

I can reproduce something like:

$ cat /etc/hosts | xsel --clipboard

And this works with either ctrl + v or the xsel command.

[chubin]

If you say that you can see it with xsel but you can’t paste it, it means that it is copied to the selection buffer of X Window (PRIMARY), but not to the clipboard (CLIPBOARD).

It depends on that where you try to paste it in. For example, if you paste it into xterm or vim running in xterm it is PRIMARY what used here, and if you are trying to paste it indo Google Docs running inside Firefox it is CLIPBOARD what is used here.

How could check it:

edit cht.sh and change every occurrence of xsel -i with xsel -bi.

After that it should work as you expect.

The main question of course still remains, what should be used by default PRIMARY or CLIPBOARD or both? We currently use PRIMARY as it is the main selection buffer in X Window.

@juliuswz,

1. Please test, whether my conjecture is correct,
2. Please share your thoughts about the PRIMARY/CLIPBOARD controversy.

[chubin]

@juliuswz Agree. I think we should use xsel -bi in the client. Will be fixed soon.