Linux: Cut from browser actually Copies

[metal450]

> yes the original issue is fixed.

It isn't as of 1.5.5

> If you have always the issue, please describe how to reproduce in a new post...

You want me to start a separate thread for the exact same issue? The description is literally exactly identical as above, except for the newer current version numbers of XnView MP & KDE...:

Using XnView MP Linux 1.5.5, on KDE Neon 5.26. In the browser, if i Ctrl+X (or manually right-click->Cut) an image, then paste it to Dolphin (KDE's file explorer), the file is duplicated rather than moved. In other words: 'Cut' actually 'Copies' rather than 'cuts.

[xnview]

its not the original bug, it was "drag&drop copy instead of move"

[metal450]

What? Just look at the thread - the first post is from me, on 4/3/2021, with the exact content I just pasted above. "drag&drop copy instead of move" is not the original topic; someone else added that as a 2nd message on 4/6/2021, 3 days later.

The subject is even "Cut from browser actually Copies", not "drag&drop copy instead of move."

Not understanding why you're telling me the original topic is that of the 2nd post. I wrote the first post myself, with an issue, that still remains. So if I start another thread...it would be identical.

[xnview]

my apologizes, you're right. The fix was for drag&drop. Currently i don't how to tell to dolphin to cut the file and not to copy it...
On Gnome, the files explorer uses "x-special/gnome-copied-files" in clipboard

[metal450]

So to clarify, the issue is:

1) Within XnView MP (browser), I select a file and "Cut"
2) Within Dolphin, "Paste"
3) The file successfully appears at the destination
4) However, the file does not disappear at the source

While I'm obviously not familiar with the intricacies of how this is implemented (tried to look but I guess it's not open-source), since the "cut" operation is being performed within XnView MP, it does seem like it would be possible to workaround. For instance - just one thought - when a file is "cut" in XnView MP, hook the clipboard & when a "paste" occurs, have XnView MP delete the source file. Just one possible workaround - I'm sure there are many options, where this could be made to function...?

[xnview]

i found that KDE uses "application/x-kde-cutselection"
See issue for current status and some details.

[metal450]

Nice!! Will give it a try as soon as released

[xnview]

This problem is supposed to be fixed in XnView MP 1.6.0. Please check and confirm the bug fix here.

[metal450]

Unfortunately, the issue still seems to persist - cut and paste still performs copy paste, in v1.6.0.

[xnview]

Unfortunately, the issue still seems to persist - cut and paste still performs copy paste, in v1.6.0.

could you tell me what do you have in clipboard when you cut a file in dolphin, and in XnViewMP?

[metal450]

Aha, maybe that's it!

When I cut in Dolphin, it's format

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text/plain

and content is the file path, i.e.

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file:///media/metal450/SSD-Data/20200301_162652.jpg

But when I cut in XnView MP, it's missing the file:// at the front:

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/media/metal450/SSD-Data/20200301_162652.jpg

[xnview]

and od you have application/x-kde-cutselection?

[metal450]

When I view the clipboard contents? Nope, in both cases, I only see the text/plain - here's a screenshot (when cutting from Dolphin):

https://jiij.cc/snaps/2023-10-12_07.50.52.png

When cutting from XnView, it's the same, just without the leading "file://"

I'm using CopyQ to view the clipboard, not sure if that's the best way...

[xnview]

it's better to use xclip, the content of application/x-kde-cutselection is not good, i'll fix it

[metal450]

With xclip: https://jiij.cc/snaps/2023-10-13_07.27.54.png