From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dukecmmtar04.coxmail.com (dukecmmtar04.coxmail.com [68.99.120.47]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1752910C8C for ; Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:16:43 -0400 (EDT) Received: from dukecmimpo02.coxmail.com ([68.99.120.135]) by dukecmmtar04.coxmail.com (InterMail vM.7.05.02.00 201-2174-114-20060621) with ESMTP id <20091024071642.DQFM15858.dukecmmtar04.coxmail.com@dukecmimpo02.coxmail.com> for ; Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:16:42 -0400 Received: from [192.168.0.100] ([70.166.17.50]) by dukecmimpo02.coxmail.com with bizsmtp id wXGe1c00B14oyBJ01XGi58; Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:16:42 -0400 Message-ID: <4AE2A9D0.3040603@baechler.net> Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:16:32 -0700 From: Tony Baechler User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.4pre) Gecko/20090915 Thunderbird/3.0b4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: clipboard integration -- possible security implications References: <20091020210034.GB32242@linux1> <4ADEC8D4.2040709@baechler.net> <20091021160241.GA16006@linux1> <4AE01077.7010607@baechler.net> <20091022153810.GA17686@linux1> <4AE1570D.8040105@baechler.net> <4ae199b3.6202be0a.6021.0c25@mx.google.com> In-Reply-To: <4ae199b3.6202be0a.6021.0c25@mx.google.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 07:16:43 -0000 Why? What if I want the Speakup clipboard to go in a file on disk but I don't want it in X? If in X, why not open it in a text editor? I agree that the most convenient would be to copy it directly to the X clipboard, but I can think of cases where one would want a permanent copy in a file for use later. Just one example might be in cases where the machine needs to be rebooted (like a kernel upgrade) and a command needs to be run after the reboot which was copied into the clipboard. Another example is if I want to copy something within Speakup, logout and access it via ssh. That's why I like my idea of requiring users to be in a special group. I don't often change Speakup settings with ssh but I do sometimes. I think that in order for the Speakup clipboard to automatically go to X, a separate utility would have to be written. I'm not a programmer and I have no idea how that would be done. On 10/23/2009 4:55 AM, Chris Brannon wrote: > Next, you have to figure out how to contact the X server that the current > user is using. > > If there is going to be any sort of automatic transfer of data between > Speakup's cut buffer and the X clipboard, then both of those pieces > of info need to be known. Who requested the copy or paste, and where is > his X server -- assuming that he is running X? >