From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44843) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bjTCQ-0002vj-9Q for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 12 Sep 2016 11:31:13 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bjTCL-00084x-QD for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 12 Sep 2016 11:31:09 -0400 Received: from indium.canonical.com ([91.189.90.7]:43640) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bjTCL-00084f-L2 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 12 Sep 2016 11:31:05 -0400 Received: from loganberry.canonical.com ([91.189.90.37]) by indium.canonical.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76 #1 (Debian)) id 1bjTCK-0000Of-Oq for ; Mon, 12 Sep 2016 15:31:04 +0000 Received: from loganberry.canonical.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by loganberry.canonical.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 889F82E80CA for ; Mon, 12 Sep 2016 15:31:04 +0000 (UTC) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2016 15:21:34 -0000 From: "T. Huth" <614958@bugs.launchpad.net> Reply-To: Bug 614958 <614958@bugs.launchpad.net> Sender: bounces@canonical.com References: <20100808101945.28279.87619.malonedeb@potassium.ubuntu.com> Message-Id: <20160912152134.2439.6757.malone@soybean.canonical.com> Errors-To: bounces@canonical.com Subject: [Qemu-devel] [Bug 614958] Re: copy-paste between client and host List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org I think we can close this nowadays, according to comment #2. ** Changed in: qemu Status: New =3D> Fix Released -- = 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: Fix Released 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