Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E. R." Newsgroups: alt.comp.software.firefox,comp.sys.mac.system,alt.os.linux Subject: Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2026 21:07:56 +0100 Lines: 66 Message-ID: References: <10mld1o$1910$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com> <10mn1cg$l568$1@paganini.bofh.team> <10mn9o0$2bvos$1@dont-email.me> <10mnr0r$1lio$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net eYChrYhRl62JBnt7E6+SpAHv9TEHJPL5piw1bzgmgl6wE551+c Cancel-Lock: sha1:CBNX72Rwhm7q/yBvB4yBwyAvqQM= sha256:Ng1fHpSez0nY7VYc6ij9+XZMjBGBWY3fGWcAGPkVAiU= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-CA, es-ANY In-Reply-To: <10mnr0r$1lio$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com> Xref: csiph.com alt.comp.software.firefox:16247 comp.sys.mac.system:146090 alt.os.linux:82196 On 2026-02-13 19:37, Maria Sophia wrote: > Paul wrote: >> On Fri, 2/13/2026 6:32 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote: >>> On 2026-02-13 12:19, R Daneel Olivaw wrote: >>>> Carlos E. R. wrote: >>>>> On 2026-02-12 21:26, Maria Sophia wrote: >>>>>> PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across >>>>>> platforms >>>>>> >>>>>> I do a lot of research as I generally invest at least an hour or >>>>>> two into many of my Usenet opening posts, where I currently >>>>>> employ a thousand- line Windows Notepad++ macro that beautifully >>>>>> cleans up non-ASCII garbage copied from both Firefox and >>>>>> Chromium web output, where, only with Chromium pastes into >>>>>> Notepad++ was the selection mechanism (i.e., Ctrl+A) inoperative. >>>>> >>>>> How do you propose we test this in Linux? There is no notepad++. >> Now, most of the time, Google doesn't give me these, >> so this was unexpected :-) All I had done is asked >> for "notepad++ for linux" and it trotted this out. >> >> AI Overview >> Notepad++ is not natively available for Linux, but it can be run >> efficiently >> using the Snap package manager (via Wine) or through alternatives that >> mimic its functionality. >> The most direct method is installing the Snap package , which provides >> a functional version >> of the application. > > Hi Paul, > > Thanks for always being helpful and kind, as I strive to emulate you. > The problem, as far as I am aware, is not tied to Windows or Notepad++. > > I apologize if I wasn't clear in the original post of this PSA that I > believe the problem lies in the underlying design which prevails in all > operating systems, particularly when contrasting Firefox with Chromium. > > It comes from how Chromium and Firefox generate clipboard data, and that > behavior is the same on Linux, macOS and Windows as far as I'm aware. > > Hence, the editor only exposes the issue. > The editor does not create it. > > On Linux, the clipboard is handled by the display protocol. That means > X11 or Wayland. Chromium, Firefox and every other graphical program talk > to the clipboard through whichever protocol the desktop is using. I will not do this procedure you describe, way too complex an long. I opened the wikipedia page on Chrome. If that one is not suitable, you post the exact page to try with. I use ^A to select and copy paste all to Kate. It just works, but the result is useless, obviously. ^A in Kate also works. Pasting it all in owrite almost works. I mean, graphics and formatting is copied almost correctly. Areas with several columns fail. If this is not what you intended, write a *short* test procedure. -- Cheers, Carlos E.R.