copy/paste shortcuts

[Trevor DeVore]

On Jan 24, 2008, at 2:31 PM, Mark Swindell wrote:

> Thanks for posting this and for the explanation of what may be  
> happening.  I voted for the bug post.  I think it's very important  
> that this is straightened out.  People expect things to work as they  
> do everywhere else.  This isn't a good thing for new users who may  
> find this to be a metaphor for the greater integrity of Rev.  And  
> it's a pain.  I've been doing a lot of editing and manually moving  
> card elements and script snippets, and it is really a hassle.  GLX2  
> also has issues with cut and paste and retaining clipboard info.   
> Perhaps dependent on the engine confusions you describe, but also  
> frustrating.  I'm learning to work around them, but it is not the  
> way things ought to be.

At this point I am pretty certain that any keyboard shortcuts not  
firing or objects not receiving messages they are supposed to are  
related to focusedObject/selectedField being out of sync. I have been  
studying the issue for the last few months while working on the  
ScreenSteps 2 UI as I was seeing messages being sent to the wrong  
objects.

What is important to realize is that the issues you are seeing in the  
Rev IDE can manifest themselves in your applications since it is an  
engine issue. It just depends on whether your app performs operations  
that confuse the engine. In GLX2 you aren't having cut/paste issues  
because GLX2 is doing things it shouldn't be doing. You see them  
because it is doing something that trips up the engine and exposes the  
bug.

So it is in everyone's best interest that the focusedObject/ 
selectedField issue be fixed as it would greatly enhance the  
reliability of the engine and people's perception of products made  
with the engine.

Regards,

-- 
Trevor DeVore
Blue Mango Learning Systems
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