From: Steve White <Stevan_White@hotmail.com>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Subject: [Qemu-devel] [Bug 614958] Re: copy-paste between client and host
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:16:27 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120328191627.4604.91698.malone@soybean.canonical.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20100808101945.28279.87619.malonedeb@potassium.ubuntu.com
Hi Michel,
It may be out of scope for qemu -- the scope is for the developers to
decide.
My point remains though: If this functionality isn't there when the
user installs qemu, they will find another solution. It won't be hard
to find. I have watched this happen.
Perhaps there's some synthesis, for example, a preferred packaging of
qemu with software that provides this functionality.
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Title:
copy-paste between client and host
Status in QEMU:
New
Bug description:
Hi,
I propose that copy/paste between VMs be implemented somehow directly in QEMU.
This has been discussed repeatedly elsewhere; various solutions are proposed. 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 many.
Most solutions involve either running vnc and using a vnc client that
supports copy/paste (this can be tricky to find itself), or running
some other tcp-based copy-paste application.
For many users, the networking in a client VM is unimportant--they
just want 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, and some require that other software be installed
to make them work (Basic interpreter, 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 should work independently of networking.
Cheers!
Some discussions and proposed solutions:
-----------------------------------------------------
http://qemu-forum.ipi.fi/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=161
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=4&t=2626
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/
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-03-28 19:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-08-08 10:19 [Qemu-devel] [Bug 614958] [NEW] copy-paste between client and host Steve White
2010-08-09 17:37 ` Sergei Steshenko
2010-08-09 18:59 ` [Qemu-devel] [Bug 614958] " Paolo Bonzini
2010-08-11 16:34 ` Steve White
2012-03-26 15:32 ` Michal Suchanek
2012-03-28 19:16 ` Steve White [this message]
2016-09-12 15:21 ` T. Huth
2018-06-17 0:06 ` Ciro Santilli 六四事件 法轮功
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