Re: [Jed-users-l] zz xx

[Ulli Horlacher <framstag@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun 2012-09-16 (22:09), frank wrote:

> -   the zz clipboard is not required under X11
> -   it does not work between X11 and text console
> -   it has a different concept

This is true.
In fact, I often do not use X11 (or any other GUI) at all.


> It is this different concept I cannot grasp. Text console applications
> can usually copy to disk files or read from disk files without giving 
> them a special name 

All applications I know must name the file before writing or reading data
to or from disk.

> which apparently is all zz does.

And this is new.


> By the way, the TIOCLINUX ioctl (manpage console_ioctl) can copy and
> read from a (text console) kernel managed clipboard. In years, I have
> not found any applications that use it.

Every application must be patched to use it, wheras my zz can be used by
every application with a shell interface - like jed.

But zz is limited to one account, whereas xx can be used across accounts
AND hosts - all over the internet!

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