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QClipboard can operate in Clipboard or Selection mode (X11)

Alec Bloss requested to merge clipboard_fix into main

Implement using Clipboard selection on X11 and update QClipboard so that it can operate in either Clipboard or Selection mode. This mode parameter is ignored on non-X11 platforms.

New Behaviour:

  • Highlighted text is copied into Primary selection
  • All other "copy" commands such as Ctrl+C, copy the Clipboard selection
  • Middle button click pastes from the Primary selection
  • Add other "paste" commands such as Ctrl+V, paste from the Clipboard selection
  • All non-text related data sources (Such as images) use the Clipboard selection

NOTE: Implemented in qlineedit and qlinemultiedit widgets NOTE: The source code mixes tabs and spaces (Even on the same line) so it's tricky to keep the diff clean in some places

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