Clipboard Cleared on Close

[voidspace]

BPO	1207592
Nosy	@rhettinger, @kbkaiser, @voidspace

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GitHub fields:

assignee = 'https://github.com/kbkaiser'
closed_at = <Date 2005-05-27.00:39:30.000>
created_at = <Date 2005-05-24.08:34:14.000>
labels = ['expert-IDLE', 'type-feature']
title = 'Clipboard Cleared on Close'
updated_at = <Date 2005-05-27.00:39:30.000>
user = 'https://github.com/voidspace'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2005-05-27.00:39:30.000>
actor = 'jepler'
assignee = 'kbk'
closed = True
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['IDLE']
creation = <Date 2005-05-24.08:34:14.000>
creator = 'michael.foord'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 1207592
keywords = []
message_count = 4.0
messages = ['54529', '54530', '54531', '54532']
nosy_count = 4.0
nosy_names = ['jepler', 'rhettinger', 'kbk', 'michael.foord']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'rejected'
stage = None
status = 'closed'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue1207592'
versions = []

[voidspace]

When you close IDLE (under windows at least) any
clipboard selection is cleared. This is non-standard
behaviour.

I often open a script with IDLE in order to copy
something, select and copy it and close IDLE. When I
come to paste it in another window - the clipboard has
been cleared.

Most other programs leave the clipboard contents intact
even after closing.

[rhettinger]

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I've also bumped into this. It's annoying. Am not sure
whether it is a Python issue, IDLE issue, or Tkinter issue.
If the latter, there is likely nothing that can be done
about it.

[kbkaiser]

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I believe this is a Tcl/Tk issue, outside of Python. Sorry.

[jepler]

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Yes, this is a Tcl/Tk issue. I believe that it will be
fixed with the release of Tk 8.5, though I don't know when
this release will take place.