Just a tiny addition: when you re-write with LibreOffice the same exact text
segment, with a few boldface and emphasized and bullet and numbered lists, and
copy that to Thunderbird with C-c, C-v, it just works as expected. I also just
tried a table, and it's copied just OK in Thunderbird, but if you paste it into
LyX, hmmm...
So, AFAICS, LyX seems to be behind other tools in this regard (copy'n'paste
interoperability).
T.
On 27/04/14 15:08, Tommaso Cucinotta wrote:
> On 27/04/14 10:18, Abdelrazak Younes wrote:
>> So my feature request would be able:
>> 1) write in LyX
>> 2) select and copy
>> 3) paste as html in Thunderbird.
>>
>> Maybe this is already possible.
> It is indeed, but with a few hiccups:
>
> 1) boldface and emphasized font variations do not get copied at all (text
> gets copied as normal plain text only)
> 2) bullet points and numbered lists *seem* to be copied correctly, but soon
> you realize that the bullet point is actually a bullet char, and the numbers
> in the numbered list are actually numbers in the text, namely, thunderbird
> doesn't understand it's actually editing lists in those cases
> 3) I get an extra carriage-return between any paragraphs, causing an extra
> empty line being inserted between any two LyX paragraphs -- is that only me ?
>
> And the same exact thing happens if I paste into LibreOffice.
>
> So, a couple of extra questions:
> a) when you copy LyX text, is there any way to get (also?) the exported HTML
> into the clipboard ?
> b) would we need a special "copy as HTML" for that?
>
> I personally understand the value of being able to seamlessly copy and paste
> between LyX, Thunderbird and LibreOffice, at least for basic rich text
> capabilities.
>
> Thanks,
>
> T.
>
