AK: Revert Eternal<T> for now since it doesn't work as intended.

LibGUI/GClipboard.cpp

@@ -3,7 +3,19 @@
 #include <WindowServer/WSAPITypes.h>
 #include <LibC/SharedBuffer.h>
 
-String GClipboard::data()
+GClipboard& GClipboard::the()
+{
+    static GClipboard* s_the;
+    if (!s_the)
+        s_the = new GClipboard;
+    return *s_the;
+}
+
+GClipboard::GClipboard()
+{
+}
+
+String GClipboard::data() const
 {
     WSAPI_ClientMessage request;
     request.type = WSAPI_ClientMessage::Type::GetClipboardContents;

LibGUI/GClipboard.h

@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
 
 class GClipboard {
 public:
-    static String data();
-    static void set_data(const String&);
+    static GClipboard& the();
+
+    String data() const;
+    void set_data(const String&);
+
+private:
+    GClipboard();
 };

LibGUI/GDesktop.cpp

@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 #include <LibGUI/GDesktop.h>
 #include <LibGUI/GEventLoop.h>
-#include <AK/Eternal.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 GDesktop& GDesktop::the()
 {
-    static Eternal<GDesktop> the;
-    return the;
+    static GDesktop* the;
+    if (!the)
+        the = new GDesktop;
+    return *the;
 }
 
 GDesktop::GDesktop()

LibGUI/GFontDatabase.cpp

@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 #include <LibGUI/GFontDatabase.h>
 #include <SharedGraphics/Font.h>
-#include <AK/Eternal.h>
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
+static GFontDatabase* s_the;
+
 GFontDatabase& GFontDatabase::the()
 {
-    static Eternal<GFontDatabase> the;
-    return the;
+    if (!s_the)
+        s_the = new GFontDatabase;
+    return *s_the;
 }
 
 GFontDatabase::GFontDatabase()

LibGUI/GFontDatabase.h

@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ class Font;
 class GFontDatabase {
 public:
     static GFontDatabase& the();
-    GFontDatabase();
 
     RetainPtr<Font> get_by_name(const String&);
     void for_each_font(Function<void(const String&)>);
     void for_each_fixed_width_font(Function<void(const String&)>);
 
 private:
+    GFontDatabase();
     ~GFontDatabase();
 
     struct Metadata {

LibGUI/GTextEditor.cpp

@@ -785,7 +785,7 @@ void GTextEditor::cut()
 {
     auto selected_text = this->selected_text();
     printf("Cut: \"%s\"\n", selected_text.characters());
-    GClipboard::set_data(selected_text);
+    GClipboard::the().set_data(selected_text);
     delete_selection();
 }
 
@@ -793,12 +793,12 @@ void GTextEditor::copy()
 {
     auto selected_text = this->selected_text();
     printf("Copy: \"%s\"\n", selected_text.characters());
-    GClipboard::set_data(selected_text);
+    GClipboard::the().set_data(selected_text);
 }
 
 void GTextEditor::paste()
 {
-    auto paste_text = GClipboard::data();
+    auto paste_text = GClipboard::the().data();
     printf("Paste: \"%s\"\n", paste_text.characters());
     insert_at_cursor_or_replace_selection(paste_text);
 }