[softwarelist] Re: problem with holding format during copy/paste
- From: Martin Wuerthner <public@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: davidpilling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:36:28 +0200
In message <mAAzpaCQ6wZKFweW@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
David Pilling <flist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In message <84f7c47e50.martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Martin Wuerthner
> <public@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
>>The behaviour of the 2009 version of OP is clearly wrong and causes
>>trouble. Its only minimal advantage is that the clipboard is still
> I'd like to believe that the change I made, was made with good
> intentions, i.e. that it was made the last time someone found a problem
> with the clipboard and a fix was suggested.
> I'm struggling because I don't understand the evolution of the clipboard
> protocol and the consequences on one platform (e.g. Iyonix) with changes
> for another (e.g. ROSL).
There is no difference. The protocol is the same. The only difference
is that on Select and above there is an additional component that uses
the protocol. Anyone could write a ClipboardHolder module for RO5, so
this is not an OS issue.
As long as your application supports the protocol correctly, you
should not need to worry about the fact whether a module implementing
clipboard holder functionality is present. In fact, your application
cannot even detect whether such a module is present, all it sees are
ordinary clipboard messages that could just as well come from any
other application.
The current version of OP does not implement the protocol correctly,
which means that legitimate use of the protocol, such as by the
ClipboardHolder module in Select and above, can disrupt core
functionality of OP. It should be fairly trivial to revert to the
Jun-06 behaviour, which does not suffer from this problem.
>>Finally, a request: The next time you issue an update David, can we
>>please have a new version number?
> Do you think I have an infinity of numbers...
If not, I think I have a few spare I can lend to you. For instance,
ArtWorks jumped from 2.75 to 2.80, so I have at least 2.78 and 2.79
lying around unused somewhere, which would be useful for OP. ;-)
Martin
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