ClipboardPersistence

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Clipboard Persistence

Clipboard persistence is a bug that affects many programs under Ubuntu and other X11-based operating systems. Fixing it is a Google Summer of Code 2010 project.

The problem: data loss on quit

If you copy something from an affected application and then close it, you'll have an empty clipboard.

Workaround: Clipboard Managers

If you want to fix this problem on your machine, you can install a clipboard manager that should solve it. I recommend Parcellite.

Affected Applications

Firefox ( and Thunderbird, other Xulrunner apps)

Fixed

Patch

Evolution

Fixed

Patch

Pidgin

Fixed

Patch

Gedit

Fixed

No patch found

Chromium

Confirmed, wontfix?

Relevant section

OpenOffice.org

Confirmed

GnuCash

Confirmed

GIMP

Confirmed