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#1 2022-03-18 16:42:43

xfu
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Registered: 2022-03-18
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Can't copy launcher command and paste elsewhere

This is odd, but it seems like if I right-click an app -> Edit Application..., and copy its Command value, I can paste it again within the Edit Launcher window, but not anywhere else.  If I go to another app, Paste is grayed out, as if the clipboard is empty.  Is this a bug others are seeing?

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#2 2022-03-18 17:13:28

KBar
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Re: Can't copy launcher command and paste elsewhere

Hi and welcome to our forums.

It is indeed odd. I can confirm this on Xubuntu 20.04 with exo-utils version 0.12.11-1ubuntu1.20.04.1

It could be that ExoDieEditor is unintentionally set to clear the clipboard on invocation.


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#3 2022-03-18 22:58:45

CwF
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Re: Can't copy launcher command and paste elsewhere

...maybe, are you leaving the 'copy from' window open while you try to paste? Closing the window kills the copy.

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#4 2022-03-19 04:26:56

xfu
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Re: Can't copy launcher command and paste elsewhere

KBar wrote:

Hi and welcome to our forums.

It is indeed odd. I can confirm this on Xubuntu 20.04 with exo-utils version 0.12.11-1ubuntu1.20.04.1

It could be that ExoDieEditor is unintentionally set to clear the clipboard on invocation.

Thanks!  Loving Xfce so far!

CwF wrote:

...maybe, are you leaving the 'copy from' window open while you try to paste? Closing the window kills the copy.

Yes you're right, if I leave the Edit Launcher window open, the paste works fine in other windows.

So this would be appropriate to file as a GitLab issue?

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#5 2022-03-23 08:02:34

ruuwa
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Re: Can't copy launcher command and paste elsewhere

Can confirm it's an issue.

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#6 2022-03-23 11:07:48

ToZ
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Re: Can't copy launcher command and paste elsewhere

Have a read through this bug report as well as this merge request.


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#7 2022-06-01 05:08:53

xfu
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Re: Can't copy launcher command and paste elsewhere

ToZ wrote:

Have a read through this bug report as well as this merge request.

Thank you - seems the MR is from 2020, needs a rebase to get unblocked?

Last edited by xfu (2022-06-01 05:10:07)

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#8 2022-06-01 10:59:43

ToZ
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Re: Can't copy launcher command and paste elsewhere

It seems to be waiting for a developer to release it. Perhaps post if the bug report asking for a release. Which distro and version of Xfce are you using? Are you able to build the package yourself with the patch?


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#9 2022-09-19 05:13:16

xfu
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Re: Can't copy launcher command and paste elsewhere

I'm on Mint Xfce 4.16.  Seems there was recent activity on it and it's ready to be merged.

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