From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=39851 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OjEMM-0007BS-Jy for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 11 Aug 2010 12:40:59 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OjEML-00075g-6g for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 11 Aug 2010 12:40:58 -0400 Received: from adelie.canonical.com ([91.189.90.139]:32966) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OjEML-00075V-0A for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 11 Aug 2010 12:40:57 -0400 Received: from loganberry.canonical.com ([91.189.90.37]) by adelie.canonical.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69 #1 (Debian)) id 1OjEMI-0002CR-Rb for ; Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:40:54 +0100 Received: from loganberry.canonical.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by loganberry.canonical.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E62162E877B for ; Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:40:53 +0100 (BST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:34:34 -0000 From: Steve White Sender: bounces@canonical.com References: <20100808101945.28279.87619.malonedeb@potassium.ubuntu.com> Message-Id: <20100811163434.22698.15002.malone@palladium.canonical.com> Errors-To: bounces@canonical.com Subject: [Qemu-devel] [Bug 614958] Re: copy-paste between client and host Reply-To: Bug 614958 <614958@bugs.launchpad.net> List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Hi Paolo, Thanks for your acknowledgement! if a solution is on the way, I'm glad to hear it! I agree that it would be best to keep this report open until *after* the solution arrives and this particular feature has been tested and it has been released to the public. If this SPICE doesn't completely satisfy the cut and paste requirement, then the bug report should be moved to the SPICE bug report system. We are eagerly awaiting the new features! Cheers! -- = copy-paste between client and host https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/614958 You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. Status in QEMU: New Bug description: Hi, I propose that copy/paste between VMs be implemented somehow directly in QE= MU. This has been discussed repeatedly elsewhere; various solutions are propose= d. See below. As it is, each user has to do their own research and testing if they are to= find a solution. This makes the product frustratingly unattractive for m= any. Most solutions involve either running vnc and using a vnc client that suppo= rts copy/paste (this can be tricky to find itself), or running some other t= cp-based copy-paste application. = For many users, the networking in a client VM is unimportant--they just wan= t to run some application there, and setting up netoworking in a VM itself = can be an issue. Most of these solutions rely on un-maintained software, a= nd some require that other software be installed to make them work (Basic i= nterpreter, Java, etc). Any of these solutions take some work to set up. I can tell you, the absence of a copy/paste mechanism makes the project an = immediate no-go for many users. I work with a guy who spent a lot of time = trying, gave up, and switched to VirtualBox for this exact reason. It would be much better if copy/paste worked out of the box. Ideally, it s= hould work independently of networking. Cheers! Some discussions and proposed solutions: ----------------------------------------------------- http://qemu-forum.ipi.fi/viewtopic.php?f=3D4&t=3D161 Somebody suggests VNC into the virtual host, and use vncviewer Somebody else suggests TCP/IP Clipboard (text editor with tcp/ip) http://qemu-forum.ipi.fi/viewtopic.php?f=3D4&t=3D2626 primitive app for sharing text across machines (in Basic) http://homepage.mac.com/bnej/shareclip/ http://borderworlds.dk/blog/20070217-00.html Says doesn't know a good solution but points to unmaintained package Qemu Guest Tools http://wolfpackally.wo.funpic.de/qemu/qgt/ http://bonzoli.com/docs/How_to_setup_Qemu_on_Fedora_8.html proposes Java remoteclip running on client and server http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/user/rcm/WWW/RemoteClip/