How to insert text at cursor position?

J. Landman Gay jacque at hyperactivesw.com
Mon Apr 26 15:59:03 EDT 2010


Both work, I'm not sure why the first one didn't for the OP. It works 
here. Perhaps his button had auto-hilite set to true, which steals the 
selection.

Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote:
> Actually, I find this very disturbing, since either of these expressions/commands would work in HyperCard; consequently, being very simple as they are, they should both work in Rev. I can understand complex deviations from HyperTalk, but not the basic, simple ones. What works in HyperTalk should work in RevTalk. Just my HO, but one of the reasons I've found Rev to be frustrating.
> 
> Joe Wilkins 
> 
> On Apr 26, 2010, at 12:06 PM, Claus Dreischer wrote:
> 
>> doh ...
>>
>> i tried with
>>
>> 	put "hello world" into the selection
>>
>> which failed.
>>
>> Thanks Mark for the prompt response!
>>
>>
>> Am 26.04.10 20:54, schrieb Mark Schonewille:
>>> Claus,
>>>
>>> put "hello world" after the selection
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> Mark Schonewille
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