Pasting images: purity or usability?

[Klaus Major]

Hi Richard,

> There's an outstanding request to fix an issue in the engine with  
> regard to pasting images:
>
>    Currently, pasting an image from the Clipboard causes one
>    of two things to happen:  either the image is pasted into
>    the bottom-most image object, or if there are no image
>    objects it creates a new image sized to match the entire
>    card.  It's rarely the case in my own work that either is
>    what I want. :)
> <http://support.runrev.com/bugdatabase/show_bug.cgi?id=2473>
>
> While RunRev hasn't taken the time to address this in the engine,  
> they did take the time to implement a workaround in their IDE's  
> Edit menu:
>
>     if the clipBoard is "image" and the selectedImage is empty then
>       lock messages
>       lock screen
>       create image
>       put the clipBoardData["image"] into last image
>       unlock messages
>       unlock screen
>       put true into tObjects
>       choose pointer tool
>       select last image
>
> So at least their IDE works, even if users will be confused when  
> their standalone behaves differently.
>
> The question for us is whether we should maintain the purity of the  
> MC IDE by using the engine's Paste command as it does now, or favor  
> usability by implementing the workaround script from RR.
>
> I'd like to say be able to report that we can expect a fix on this  
> soon, but it's been outstanding for half a year so I think if we  
> want this it it may not be productive to wait for the engine to  
> catch up with us.

OK, this is now (obvious) engine bug nr. 2 (besides "set cursor to  
hand", and maybe more...)
I don't think that we should workaround this in our beloved lean IDE...

We CAN of course, if necessary. ;-)

Mr. Miller once promised (yes, he did!) to NOT touch anything in the  
engine, so we
"friends of Carlotta er Metacard" will not experience any  
incoveniences...

But it looks like that his memory i fading... :-/

Yes, they lack resources (actullay i heard this one much too often  
and cannot stand
this argument any longer!!!) but WE cannot tell this to our  
customers, i think...

So the question is will Rev support the engine fully or not resp.  
"tweak" its IDE to
"balance out" some engine inconsistencies?

Yes, i AM a bit upset :-)

Especially if there are so many serious(!) and pending bugs and we  
have to hear
something like "...upcoming features/news that will change the way of  
using Rev completely",
as Mr. Miller stated in the chat last week, then i DO feel a bit  
pissed... :-)

>  Richard Gaskin
>  Fourth World Media Corporation
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Regards

Klaus Major
klaus at major-k.de
http://www.major-k.de