diff --git a/TODO.FACTOR.txt b/TODO.FACTOR.txt
index 77ad150f62..713635cbe8 100644
--- a/TODO.FACTOR.txt
+++ b/TODO.FACTOR.txt
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 - get factor running on mac intel
 - constant branch folding
 - cocoa: starting the UI with +foo switches opens them as files
+- pasting from clipboard on x11
 
 + refactor style stack code so that nested styles are handled at a lower-level
   - in HTML, we can nest div tags, etc
diff --git a/library/ui/cocoa/pasteboard-utils.factor b/library/ui/cocoa/pasteboard-utils.factor
index de75257e9d..cb230e299d 100644
--- a/library/ui/cocoa/pasteboard-utils.factor
+++ b/library/ui/cocoa/pasteboard-utils.factor
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 ! Copyright (C) 2006 Slava Pestov.
 ! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
 IN: cocoa
-USING: arrays gadgets kernel objc objc-classes sequences ;
+USING: arrays gadgets kernel namespaces objc objc-classes
+sequences ;
 
 : NSStringPboardType "NSStringPboardType" ;
 
@@ -27,3 +28,7 @@ M: pasteboard clipboard-contents ( pb -- str )
 
 M: pasteboard set-clipboard-contents ( str pb -- )
     pasteboard-handle set-pasteboard-string ;
+
+: init-clipboard ( -- )
+    NSPasteboard -> generalPasteboard <pasteboard>
+    clipboard set-global ;
diff --git a/library/ui/cocoa/ui.factor b/library/ui/cocoa/ui.factor
index 931ff348ad..d7fe2af810 100644
--- a/library/ui/cocoa/ui.factor
+++ b/library/ui/cocoa/ui.factor
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ namespaces objc sequences errors freetype ;
     reset-callbacks
     install-app-delegate
     register-services
+    init-clipboard
     default-main-menu ;
 
 : rect>NSRect
diff --git a/library/ui/cocoa/view-utils.factor b/library/ui/cocoa/view-utils.factor
index 62beae1260..ee37dcd239 100644
--- a/library/ui/cocoa/view-utils.factor
+++ b/library/ui/cocoa/view-utils.factor
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ opengl sequences ;
     [ -> deltaY 0 > ] 2keep mouse-location
     rot window send-wheel ;
 
-: send-action ( view event class -- f )
-    >r drop window r> handle-action f ;
+: send-action ( view event gesture -- junk )
+    -rot drop window world-focus handle-gesture drop f ;
 
 : add-resize-observer ( observer object -- )
     >r "updateFactorGadgetSize:"
@@ -163,15 +163,15 @@ opengl sequences ;
     }
 
     { "cut:" "id" { "id" "SEL" "id" }
-        [ nip <cut-action> send-action ]
+        [ nip T{ cut-action } send-action ]
     }
 
     { "copy:" "id" { "id" "SEL" "id" }
-        [ nip <copy-action> send-action ]
+        [ nip T{ copy-action } send-action ]
     }
 
     { "paste:" "id" { "id" "SEL" "id" }
-        [ nip <paste-action> send-action ]
+        [ nip T{ paste-action } send-action ]
     }
 
     { "updateFactorGadgetSize:" "void" { "id" "SEL" "id" }
diff --git a/library/ui/gadgets/sliders.factor b/library/ui/gadgets/sliders.factor
index eea254cfff..2e07a80791 100644
--- a/library/ui/gadgets/sliders.factor
+++ b/library/ui/gadgets/sliders.factor
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ TUPLE: slider-changed ;
     ] [
         [ set-slider-value ] keep
         dup slider-elevator relayout-1
-        <slider-changed> handle-action
+        T{ slider-changed } swap handle-gesture drop
     ] if ;
 
 TUPLE: thumb ;