Thank you, Paul! I finally got this to work in my test stack using the script below. Note that it has the change to “set the rawClipBoardData to empty” instead of just “set the ClipBoardData to empty” - that seemed to be necessary at least in LC 8.1.3 with Mac OS X 10.12.8 Sierra which I have to use as my scripts of my main app don’t compile or run correctly at this point with more recent versions of LiveCode (but that’s another issue).
on mouseUp put fld "myField" into tClip lock the clipBoard set the ClipboardData to empty set the ClipboardData to tClip put the clipboardData["text"] into tClip set the rawclipBoardData to empty if the platform is "MacOS" then set the rawClipboardData["public.utf8-plain-text"] \ to textEncode(tClip, "UTF-8" ) -- OSX else if the platform is "Linux" then set the rawClipboardData["text/plain;charset=utf-8"] \ to textEncode(tClip, "UTF-8" ) -- Linux else if the platform contains "Win" then set the rawClipboardData["CF_UNICODE"] \ to textEncode(tClip, "UTF-16" ) -- Windows end if unlock the clipBoard end mouseUp Quietly laughing here as I had to copy the script from LC script editor to text edit to avoid having double spacing! Richard Richard Burkett richard.burk...@sbcglobal.net > On Jan 10, 2018, at 11:20 AM, Paul Hibbert wrote: > > This works for me with LC9.0.0(dp11) on MacOS High Sierra 10.13.2: > > lock the clipBoard > put the clipboardData["text"] into tClip > set the clipBoardData to empty > -- OSX > set the rawClipboardData["public.utf8-plain-text"] \ > to textEncode(tClip, "UTF-8" ) > unlock the clipBoard > -- Now Go Paste in Apple Mail > > For an in-depth explanation check the ?rawClipboardData" in the dictionary. > > Hope this helps. > > Paul > > >> On Jan 10, 2018, at 7:20 AM, Richard Burkett via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com <mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> wrote: >> >> Thanks for the suggestion, Jacqueline, but it didn?t change anything. Anyone >> else have a script-based solution to make sure LiveCode pastes only plain >> text? ASCII, Native, MacRoman - none of those text encodings work. >> Even putting only this line in my script results in the same thing: >> set the clipboarddata to ( "blah" & lf & "blah" & lf & "blah" & cr & "blah" >> & cr & "blah" & return & "blah" ) >> >> What?s different about text set in the clipboard in LiveCode from other text >> copied from other Mac apps? >> >> Richard Burkett >> richard.burk...@sbcglobal.net <mailto:richard.burk...@sbcglobal.net> >> >>> On 1/9/18 12:09 PM, Richard Burkett via use-livecode wrote: >>>> Does anyone have a solution to this problem: I set the clipboard in >>>> LiveCode to the text of a field or variable that has returns after each >>>> line. When I paste that into Mac Mail, the text appears double-spaced as >>>> if it has two returns, but clearly there is just one (or a combination of >>>> CR and LF?). I?ve tried all the keys for setting the clipboard and also >>>> writing a script to delete line feeds, or CR characters, but nothing >>>> works. It?s either no returns, or what appears to be double-spaced returns. >>>> >>>> If I paste the text first into Text Edit, then copy it, and paste into Mac >>>> Mail it?s fine - single line spacing. What?s LiveCode adding to each line >>>> that causes Mac Mail to show the pasted text as double spaced? Is there a >>>> way to filter/remove that? >>> >>> I don't have a good way to test this, but try: >>> >>> set the clipboardData to textEncode(the clipboardData,"native") >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com >>> <mailto:jac...@hyperactivesw.com> <mailto:jac...@hyperactivesw.com >>> <mailto:jac...@hyperactivesw.com>> >>> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com >>> <http://www.hyperactivesw.com/> <http://www.hyperactivesw.com/ >>> <http://www.hyperactivesw.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