Re: copy and paste, under Wayland, and to and from an XTerm, was relating to dl audio and video

On 30/8/20 3:01 pm, Tim Connors via luv-main wrote:

It theoretically is not safe to simple paste the selection into an editor before vetting it. Through CSS and javascript, what you select in a browser and what ends up in the copy-paste buffer are frequently different.

I notice that XUbuntu 20.04 now has a paste preview window that shows up any time you paste data containing at least one carriage return so you can decide whether to permit the paste or block it. Very useful! Cheers, Andrew -- mailto:andrew@sericyb.com.au Andrew Pam https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings