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Bug 332000 - Watch Clipboard feature
Watch Clipboard feature
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Product: gnome-utils
Classification: Deprecated
Component: gdict
2.13.x
Other All
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: gnome-utils Maintainers
gnome-utils Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2006-02-21 09:38 UTC by Eduardo Narros
Modified: 2006-12-02 17:40 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: Unversioned Enhancement


Description Eduardo Narros 2006-02-21 09:38:12 UTC 
I would like GDict to be able to translate automatically a word I select in any 
X application so I dont need to type it.

I have done it for the version 2.12.2 creating a timeout that will check the 
PRIMARY clipboard every second (by default, although changeable) and when the 
content (text target) changes will attempt to translate it and place the window 
in the front of the screen.

I will post here the patches for the version 2.13.x from the cvs.
Comment 1 Emmanuele Bassi (:ebassi) 2006-12-02 15:53:10 UTC 
eduardo, any news on this?

I thought of a potensial issue: what happens if an application saves a huge text inside the clipboard?
Comment 2 Eduardo Narros 2006-12-02 17:03:21 UTC 
(In reply to comment #1)
> eduardo, any news on this?
> 
> I thought of a potensial issue: what happens if an application saves a huge
> text inside the clipboard?
> 

You are right, after doing some work I was not happy with the results as the when this feature is enabled I was having problems using other programs, for instance if I copy a file.

Also most of the time I am reading within a browser and there are plenty of extension for browsers that make this feature in GDict not necessary.

I think you can close this one. Thanks.