Clipboard access functions don't return #f as documented
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Description
The function get-clipboard-data says:
Gets the current clipboard contents in a specific format, returning #f if the clipboard does not contain data in the requested format.
In practice, on Linux, I can't get it to return #f:
> (require racket/gui)
> (send the-clipboard set-clipboard-string "hello, world" (current-seconds))
> (send the-clipboard get-clipboard-data "image/jpeg" (current-seconds))
#""
I've confirmed that after calling set-clipboard-string, the only types on the clipboard are "COMPOUND_TEXT", "STRING", "TEXT", "text/plain", "text/plain;charset=utf-8", and "UTF8_STRING". I don't know what comparison algorithm it's using for comparing formats, but by any reasonable measure, there's no JPEG image here.
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the Linux example for get-clipboard-data from the issue and compare the result with the documented behavior in the linked clipboard documentation. Trace how the requested format is compared with the available clipboard formats; done means a missing format returns #f rather than an empty byte string.
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- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
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- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
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