So there are 2 issues with how LiveCode is handling placing text onto the clipboard: - converting plain text to HTML on the clipboard - using <p> tags for each line break when converting to HTML
I’m not sure of the reasoning behind the first issue. I understand wanting to have the native LC format for rich text, but if placing plain text on the clipboard, I think that the user wants plain text and not HTML. The second issue may take some additional thought/discussion. Looking at the code, it uses the <p> tag to wrap attributes, so eliminating it globally isn’t an option. Magic happens here: fieldhtml.cpp / export_html_emit_paragraphs fieldh.cpp / MCField::doexport If it was changed to use <br> for single line breaks and only assuming a paragraph when there are 2, that would probably take care of it in most cases. Paragraphs are split by /n here (internal LC styled text representation): fieldh.cpp / MCField::texttoparagraphs Still digging... On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 3:23 AM Peter Reid via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Sorry, forgot to change Subject in previous posting... > > Hi Richard > > I found this problem was particularly annoying when trying to extract info > from vCards exported from Contacts on the Mac, so I developed a tiny app in > LC called vCardClipper. > > I've put together a web page about this app together with download links > to a Mac App and the source code. Here's the link to this web page, help > yourself: > > https://www.reid-it.co.uk/downloads/downvcclip.htm > > The key is to paste HTML format text into Mail replacing RETURN with > "<br>" and replacing spaces with "&nbrsp;". The code is in the following > handler (which is in the stack script): > > on loadClipboard pPlainText, pPasteMode > -- pPasteMode: HTML or text > set itemDelimiter to "." > put item 1 of the version into tLCversion > lock the clipboard > if tLCversion >= "8" then > -- for LC 8.x or later: > set the fullClipboardData to empty > switch pPasteMode > case "HTML" > put pPlainText into tHTMLtext > replace return with "<br>" in tHTMLtext > replace space with " " in tHTMLtext > set the fullClipboardData["HTML"] to "<p>" & tHTMLtext & "</p>" > break > case "text" > set the fullClipboardData["text"] to pPlainText > break > end switch > else > -- for LC 7.x or earlier: > switch pPasteMode > case "HTML" > put pPlainText into tHTMLtext > replace return with "<br>" in tHTMLtext > replace space with " " in tHTMLtext > set the clipboardData["HTML"] to "<p>" & tHTMLtext & "</p>" > break > case "text" > set the clipboardData["text"] to pPlainText > break > end switch > end if > unlock the clipboard > end loadClipboard > > > Peter > -- > Peter Reid > Loughborough, UK > > > On 10 Jan 2018, at 9:38am, use-livecode-requ...@lists.runrev.com wrote: > > > > Message: 5 > > Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2018 10:09:51 -0800 > > From: Richard Burkett <richard.burk...@sbcglobal.net> > > To: use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > Subject: Problem pasting from Livecode to Mac Mail > > Message-ID: <bf402ecc-c11d-4526-82c2-b5267520d...@sbcglobal.net> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > > > 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? > > > > Richard Burkett > > richard.burk...@sbcglobal.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
