Re: [PATCH v5 0/1] MR9418: winex11.drv: use proper timestamp for X11 clipboard selection

[Jiajin Cui (＠jin-king1)]

On Fri Nov 14 08:13:36 2025 +0000, Rémi Bernon wrote:
> This looks complicated and we probably don't want to touch the X11 event
> queue outside of ProcessEvents. There's already
> `EVENT_x11_time_to_win32_time` which estimates the X server time, and it
> is used in `set_input_focus` for the same kind of purpose as you need here.
> It might not be very accurate though, and if you need it to be, maybe it
> would be better to find a way to detect remote vs local X server and
> check / assume that a local server uses `clock_gettime` /
> `CLOCK_MONOTONIC` for its time which I believe most if not all
> implementations do (or some other clock, I'm not 100% confident).
> Yes, I need to take some time to figure out the best way to implement this. The timestamp property of the clipboard may be modified by different applications, so I need to find a more precise method to set it. This is to prevent incorrect settings that could cause VMware to use this timestamp for judgment, leading to errors and the inability to paste.

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https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/merge_requests/9418#note_122494