[softwarelist] Re: problem with holding format during copy/paste

On 21/07/09 12:24:30, Martin Wuerthner wrote:
> In message <1248174819.6622.0@PC-Ubuntu>
>           Martin Devon <martin.devon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > On 21/07/09 11:45:33, David Pilling wrote:
> >> In message <1248159183.3880.1@PC-Ubuntu>, Martin Devon
> >> <martin.devon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
> >>>Yes, text effects is the method.. It's actually worse than I had
> >> said
> >> -
> >>>ALL text effects are being lost on paste.
> >> 
> >> I wonder if this is a clipboard effect - by that I mean you have
> the
> >> global clipboard selected in OP choices and you've got some
> clipboard
> >> software installed that is converting the clipboard contents to
> plain
> >> text.
> 
> > Progress. Deselecting global clipboard in choices allows text
> effects
> > to be pasted. Howerver I do not know of anything installed which
> might
> > change the clipboard contents.
> 
> The Clipboard utility (current version maintained by Steve Fryatt) 
> shows you which program is currently holding the clipboard. After you 
> copy in OP it should show OP as the clipboard owner.

Interesting results. With global clipboard enabled and !Clipboard 
loaded, cutting from OPro produces an error "unexpected data save 
packet" but this seems not to be fatal. !Clipboard always shows the 
owner as OvationPro and the type as text - which may be significant?

Also, if some text containing odd words with bold effect is cut/copied, 
it always appears correctly on the clipboard but, on pasting, while 
usually the effect is removed, I have seen occasions where the effect 
is applied to all the text.

Meanwhile, global clipboard is disabled...


-- 
Martin R Devon MSc
Consulting Engineer, Box, Wiltshire, UK
RISC OS in the timber-frame housing industry

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