From ea34a1140a17d5393badb3982b7630aa5e2dc3ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nehalmistry <>
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 07:04:09 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix problems with pasting under linux
---
src/ui/menu_proc.cpp | 10 +++++++---
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/ui/menu_proc.cpp b/src/ui/menu_proc.cpp
index e34841100..3998426f7 100644
--- a/src/ui/menu_proc.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/menu_proc.cpp
@@ -1763,9 +1763,13 @@ local void MenuHandleButtonDown(unsigned b __attribute__((unused)))
XFlush(display);
- XGetWindowProperty(display, window, XA_STRING, 0, 1024, False,
- AnyPropertyType, &rettype, &retform, &nitem,
- &dummy, (unsigned char **)&clipboard);
+ // FIXME: loops 4 times or until we get selection, need to use proper way
+ clipboard = NULL;
+ for ( i = 0; i < 5 && !clipboard; ++i) {
+ XGetWindowProperty(display, window, XA_STRING, 0, 1024, False,
+ AnyPropertyType, &rettype, &retform, &nitem,
+ &dummy, (unsigned char **)&clipboard);
+ }
XDestroyWindow(display, window);
XCloseDisplay(display);