Paste special

[Maksim Orlovich]

> Kevin Krammer said the following, On 2007-09-18 15:20:
>> That's at least the way it is implemented on X11, since the X11
>> clipboard "content" is first just a list of advertised formats and when
>> the
>> receiver requests the data in such a format, only then is it tranferred,
>> only
>> then does the sender probably need to recode it.
>
> Mmm, just curious: how about the following problem with this sequence of
> actions:
> - copy data D (so X11 only keeps format info)
> - quit the sender application
> - try to paste D somewhere

Then you can't paste, unless an app like klipper saved the info, usually
text-only. (And actually, even the format info is requested on-demand; X
only keeps track of the clipboard owner)