Re: memory managment and (its) protection under Linux

From	Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: memory managment and (its) protection under Linux
Date	2024-08-21 01:28 +0000
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On Tue, 20 Aug 2024 15:09:03 +0200, MarioCCCP wrote:

> partially OT : programming task Scenario : Debian Bookworm, XFCE4 Very
> often GUI programs show their results in the form of ListBoxes, whose
> content is mainly textual semantically, but very often cannot be
> copied/pasted as text and neither is easy to export as text. I have one
> case in FreeFileSync, that shows lists of files upwards of 500'000
> items, and other deduplicators programs.

Short answer: you are doing it wrong.

Remember, GUIs are not designed to be automated. If you want to extract a 
large list of filenames as output from one program to feed into another, 
you do it from the command line.

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memory managment and (its) protection under Linux MarioCCCP <NoliMihiFrangereMentulam@libero.it> - 2024-08-20 15:09 +0200
  Re: memory managment and (its) protection under Linux The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-08-20 19:27 +0100
    Re: memory managment and (its) protection under Linux "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-08-21 00:11 -0400
      Re: memory managment and (its) protection under Linux The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-08-21 10:56 +0100
        Re: memory managment and (its) protection under Linux candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-08-22 20:10 +0000
          Re: memory managment and (its) protection under Linux The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-08-23 10:11 +0100
            Re: memory managment and (its) protection under Linux MarioCCCP <NoliMihiFrangereMentulam@libero.it> - 2024-08-23 19:27 +0200
              Re: memory managment and (its) protection under Linux Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2024-08-23 21:35 +0000
                Re: memory managment and (its) protection under Linux MarioCCCP <NoliMihiFrangereMentulam@libero.it> - 2024-08-24 01:24 +0200
              Re: memory managment and (its) protection under Linux Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-23 22:59 +0000
            Re: memory managment and (its) protection under Linux Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-23 22:58 +0000
        Re: memory managment and (its) protection under Linux David De La Harpe Golden <david@harpegolden.net> - 2024-08-23 14:42 +0100
  Re: memory managment and (its) protection under Linux Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2024-08-20 21:53 +0100
    Re: memory managment and (its) protection under Linux MarioCCCP <NoliMihiFrangereMentulam@libero.it> - 2024-08-22 03:11 +0200
  Re: memory managment and (its) protection under Linux Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-21 01:28 +0000
    Re: memory managment and (its) protection under Linux "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-08-20 23:46 -0400
      Re: memory managment and (its) protection under Linux Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-21 05:17 +0000
        Re: memory managment and (its) protection under Linux "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-08-21 01:46 -0400
          Re: memory managment and (its) protection under Linux Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-21 06:48 +0000
            Re: memory managment and (its) protection under Linux MarioCCCP <NoliMihiFrangereMentulam@libero.it> - 2024-08-22 03:15 +0200
              Re: memory managment and (its) protection under Linux Bobbie Sellers <blissInSanFrancisco@mouse-potato.com> - 2024-08-21 20:31 -0700
              Re: memory managment and (its) protection under Linux Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-22 04:39 +0000
              Re: memory managment and (its) protection under Linux "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-08-22 03:19 -0400
                Re: memory managment and (its) protection under Linux MarioCCCP <NoliMihiFrangereMentulam@libero.it> - 2024-08-23 19:35 +0200
                Re: memory managment and (its) protection under Linux Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-23 23:00 +0000
                Re: memory managment and (its) protection under Linux MarioCCCP <NoliMihiFrangereMentulam@libero.it> - 2024-08-24 01:26 +0200
                Re: memory managment and (its) protection under Linux Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-24 02:23 +0000
                Re: memory managment and (its) protection under Linux Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2024-08-24 16:03 +0000
                Re: memory managment and (its) protection under Linux "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-08-24 20:53 -0400
                Re: memory managment and (its) protection under Linux Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-25 02:40 +0000
                Re: memory managment and (its) protection under Linux Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2024-08-25 03:58 +0000
                Re: memory managment and (its) protection under Linux Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-25 04:29 +0000
                Re: memory managment and (its) protection under Linux "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-08-25 01:42 -0400
                Re: memory managment and (its) protection under Linux MarioCCCP <NoliMihiFrangereMentulam@libero.it> - 2024-08-25 14:21 +0200
                Re: memory managment and (its) protection under Linux Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-25 23:39 +0000
                Re: memory managment and (its) protection under Linux MarioCCCP <NoliMihiFrangereMentulam@libero.it> - 2024-08-26 18:42 +0200
                Re: memory managment and (its) protection under Linux Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-26 21:36 +0000
                Re: memory managment and (its) protection under Linux MarioCCCP <NoliMihiFrangereMentulam@libero.it> - 2024-08-27 02:38 +0200
                Re: memory managment and (its) protection under Linux "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-08-24 01:05 -0400
  Re: memory managment and (its) protection under Linux Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2024-08-21 19:00 +0100
    Re: memory managment and (its) protection under Linux MarioCCCP <NoliMihiFrangereMentulam@libero.it> - 2024-08-22 03:16 +0200
  Re: memory managment and (its) protection under Linux Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi> - 2024-08-22 11:16 +0300
    Re: memory managment and (its) protection under Linux MarioCCCP <NoliMihiFrangereMentulam@libero.it> - 2024-08-23 19:38 +0200

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