Re: pasting from browser text

2013-09-24 Thread stephen barncard
On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 12:32 AM, BNig wrote: > apparently 8232 is not recognized by Livecode's HTML-parser as linebreak. > > So it is probably a Livecode problem > > Kind regards > Bernd > Thanks so much for finding this. I was starting to feel foolish. Now I have something to report to QC. th

Re: pasting from browser text

2013-09-24 Thread BNig
Just noticed that the post did not show the most important information: the htmlText of the first two paragraphs of your website show at the paragraph end groove.ampersand hashmark 8232 semicolon ampersand hashmark 8232 semicolon The 2013 apparently 8232 is not recognized by Livecode's HTML-par

Re: pasting from browser text

2013-09-24 Thread BNig
Stephen, if I copy from your page the first two paragraphs from Safari into a LiveCode field resulting in the behavior you describe and then look at the htmlText of that field it says groove.

The 2013 apparently Safari serves the line breaks as 
 which means linebrake and Livecode's HTML-pars

Re: pasting from browser text

2013-09-23 Thread Mark Wieder
Stephen- Monday, September 23, 2013, 7:56:58 PM, you wrote: > I still like Safari and Webkit All modern browsers are webkit-based. -- -Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit thi

Re: pasting from browser text

2013-09-23 Thread stephen barncard
yes, it's very possible I've made a total ass out of myself. On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 8:21 PM, Jerry Jensen wrote: > Straw. Camel's back. > > > ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe

Re: pasting from browser text

2013-09-23 Thread Jerry Jensen
Straw. Camel's back. On Sep 23, 2013, at 7:56 PM, stephen barncard wrote: > Please don't let particular my problem change your attitude about Safari. I > am trying to see if it's my web coding. Currently the text on that page is > placed there with PUT statements and livecode server. I was usin

Re: pasting from browser text

2013-09-23 Thread stephen barncard
Please don't let particular my problem change your attitude about Safari. I am trying to see if it's my web coding. Currently the text on that page is placed there with PUT statements and livecode server. I was using for returns and for a new paragraph, which is bad form, but easier to code with

Re: pasting from browser text

2013-09-23 Thread Mark Wieder
Jerry- Monday, September 23, 2013, 5:48:38 PM, you wrote: > Geez, I'm about to stop using Safari. Running Firefox only when > something doesn't work in Safari is getting old. I think I'll just > recommend that people I support start using Firefox by default. ...and Firefox is such a memory hog t

Re: pasting from browser text

2013-09-23 Thread Jerry Jensen
Geez, I'm about to stop using Safari. Running Firefox only when something doesn't work in Safari is getting old. I think I'll just recommend that people I support start using Firefox by default. .Jerry On Sep 23, 2013, at 5:44 PM, stephen barncard wrote: > On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 4:25 PM, ste

Re: pasting from browser text

2013-09-23 Thread stephen barncard
On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 4:25 PM, stephen barncard < stephenrevoluti...@barncard.com> wrote: > Should this be reported as a bug? I'm surprised this hasn't happened to > anyone else... Here's the next wrinkle : The problem manifests with Safari, but not Google Chrome or Firefox.gr --

Re: pasting from browser text

2013-09-23 Thread stephen barncard
Tested with LC 6.1.1 and 5.5.5 - same thing by the way, pasting back from the pasted text of Tex-Edit or TextMate back to LC looks fine as well. Should this be reported as a bug? I'm surprised this hasn't happened to anyone else... On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 4:21 PM, stephen barncard < stephenre

Re: pasting from browser text

2013-09-23 Thread stephen barncard
Directly pasting into an LC field produces the exact same result. Wrong. On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 4:18 PM, stephen barncard < stephenrevoluti...@barncard.com> wrote: > Thanks Scott, > I know how to screen scrape from the html source... > > I want to use the contents of the clipboard to just get t

Re: pasting from browser text

2013-09-23 Thread stephen barncard
Thanks Scott, I know how to screen scrape from the html source... I want to use the contents of the clipboard to just get the part I need. And this return business is getting in the way I get a block of text with question marks instead of returns. I'm not sure how actual question marks show

Re: pasting from browser text

2013-09-23 Thread Scott Rossi
Do you have to use the copied text or can you use the source HTML text? set text of fld 1 to url "http://jazzcubed.com/"; Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX/UI Design On 9/23/13 3:27 PM, "stephen barncard" wrote: >HI gang, > >I'm having trouble in pasting copied text