Dr Hawkins, I don't know if you heard about this in another thread, but perhaps this simple tool I created will help with at least what's coming into your clipboard(s). As you can see, there's a whole lot of other stuff that comes in on the RAW clipboard data array. I'd never seen these before I added the RAW...
go URL "http://fulton.barncard.com/downloads/livecode/clipboardTest.livecode " (Richard - I have the cert attached to the location above but not decided if that is the final resting place...) sqb On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 10:48 AM, Dr. Hawkins <doch...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm trying to figure out how to filter potentially unknown source pasted > text into plain 7 bit ASCII. > > Working on a mac, for example, the incoming text might be: > > - Honest ASCII > - Apple 8 bit extended characters > - MS characters from a Word document created on MS > - Who knows what coming from a virtual machine > - HTML clipped from a browser > - "moronized" text pasted from MS word to a website, then clipped by a > user > - who knows what else? > Stephen Barncard - Sebastopol Ca. USA - mixstream.org _______________________________________________ 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