How to make Ctrl + V work if I close the application I copied text from

[Guest]

I always have to keep an application open I copied text from to paste the text somewhere. In fact the copied text will be saved to Klipper (if Klipper is on) after it has been copied. But why cannot a simple shortcut Ctrl + V be used to paste the copied text?

OS: Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS
KDE version: 4.4.5

[dmeyer]

I always have to keep an application open I copied text from to paste the text somewhere. In fact the copied text will be saved to Klipper (if Klipper is on) after it has been copied. But why cannot a simple shortcut Ctrl + V be used to paste the copied text?

OS: Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS
KDE version: 4.4.5

It can be used to paste text. Unless I'm missing what you are saying.