Since you are doing clipboard stuff.... when the clibpboardData["html"] is set ...and then you paste into VSCode ... the spaces are unrecognized characters.
on windows, not sure about the others. Cheers, Tom On Thu, Apr 29, 2021 at 1:15 PM Mark Smith via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Thanks Richard, that probably explains it. There are style runs in the > TextEdit text (and not, say, in Atom or some other editor). It was just odd > to me because I think (quite simplistically) of text being text and not > expecting them to have style runs, but of course they can. This also began > because not only could I not change my text, someone else previously had > this problem and eventually fixed it by deleting the fields and starting > over (https://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=32727 < > https://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=32727>). I now suspect it > may have been style runs in their text as well. I don’t tend to run into > this sort of problem because I’m rarely concerned with the style of text, > but in this particular case I actually did want to change the font size and > color and couldn’t, and that had me puzzled. Ok good, I think you've solved > this. Thanks for weighing in. > > Mark > > > On Apr 29, 2021, at 5:18 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > > Mark Smith wrote: > > > > > here’s an odd pasting issue I ran into the other day. To cut to the > > > chase, basically I can make a field become unmodifiable with respect > > > to TEXT parameters (excluding align) by pasting anything from Apples > > > TextEdit tool into the field. > > > > By what means were you attempting to modify the text styles? > > > > If you modify the text styling properties of the field object itself, > remember that style runs within the field will override those. > > > > You could have your script paste with putting the clipboardData["text"] > into the selection, and you can strip style runs to inherit field > properties with "put fld X into fld X". > > > > -- > > Richard Gaskin > > Fourth World Systems > > Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web > > ____________________________________________________________________ > > ambassa...@fourthworld.com http://www.FourthWorld.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > -- Tom Glod Founder & Developer MakeShyft R.D.A (www.makeshyft.com) Mobile:647.562.9411 _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
