I noticed recently that I appear to be able to race a copy-paste between my host OS and a Linux VM. Specifically, if I copy some text in the host OS and then paste it into the Linux VM quickly enough, the second most recently copied text gets pasted instead of the most recently copied text.
For example, say I copy "foo" in a host OS window via cmd-C and then paste the clipboard contents into a Linux VM window via ctrl-v. "foo" appears in the VM window.
Then I copy "bar" in the host OS window via cmd-C, quickly return to the VM window via cmd-tab, and paste the clipboard contents into the window via ctrl-v.
"bar" should then appear in the window, but instead "foo" appears. If I wait a few seconds and paste again via ctrl-v, however, "bar" appears.
If I repeat the experiment but wait a few seconds before pasting into the VM window, "bar" appears correctly the first time. It's as if VMWare is taking several seconds to copy the Mac clipboard to the VM's clipboard, giving me enough time to race it if I'm speedy enough (which I often am when I use keyboard shortcuts to cut, switch windows, and paste).
Anyone else seeing this behavior?
