Index: NSApplication.m
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RCS file: /cvsroot/gnustep/gnustep/core/gui/Source/NSApplication.m,v
retrieving revision 1.266
diff -u -r1.266 NSApplication.m
--- NSApplication.m	15 Oct 2004 14:37:48 -0000	1.266
+++ NSApplication.m	2 Nov 2004 23:21:44 -0000
@@ -714,6 +714,11 @@
   
   /* Initialize font manager.  */
   [NSFontManager sharedFontManager];
+
+  /* Access a pasteboard. This starts the pasteboard server, if it isn't
+  already running, and thus avoids the startup delay on the first real
+  pasteboard use. */
+  [NSPasteboard generalPasteboard];
   
   _hidden = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
   _inactive = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];