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I believe at least on windows this bit isn't always true > In a well designed program, all of the translating and parsing is done before sending to the clipboa
by iudqnolq 5y ago
I believe at least on windows this bit isn't always true
> In a well designed program, all of the translating and parsing is done before sending to the clipboard.
To avoid unnecessary work a program can opt to delay rendering until it's pasted or the program is closed. This is why excel will sometimes ask you if you want to keep your clipboard on save.
- TazeTSchnitzel 5y agoBased on behaviour I've observed on Linux before, I think X11 might only use delayed rendering (at least for non-text stuff), and so pasting from a closed application just hangs the recipient.