From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:59373) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SCyVM-0001Ul-Ae for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:26:01 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SCyVJ-0006ZZ-Jb for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:25:59 -0400 Received: from indium.canonical.com ([91.189.90.7]:43623) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SCyVJ-0006ZL-Bi for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:25:57 -0400 Received: from loganberry.canonical.com ([91.189.90.37]) by indium.canonical.com with esmtp (Exim 4.71 #1 (Debian)) id 1SCyVG-0006YZ-Hv for ; Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:25:54 +0000 Received: from loganberry.canonical.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by loganberry.canonical.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 394EF2E80D1 for ; Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:25:51 +0000 (UTC) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:16:27 -0000 From: Steve White Sender: bounces@canonical.com References: <20100808101945.28279.87619.malonedeb@potassium.ubuntu.com> Message-Id: <20120328191627.4604.91698.malone@soybean.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: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org 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. -- = You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/614958 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 propo= sed. 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=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/ To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/614958/+subscriptions