How do I find the rgb values for colors defined by their name:e.g. blue, green, yellow etc. - Found word(s) list error in the Text body

[Peter Haworth]

Useful script, thanks Peter.  The strange thing is that the asterisks don't
appear in the email I send from my computer, only in the recipients email,
plus the pasted text shows in black not the script editor colors.

Pete
lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com>


On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 9:11 AM, Peter M. Brigham <pmbrig at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sounds as if gmail is seeing formatted text on the clipboard and trying to
> indicate a color when translating to plain text. Perhaps trying to copy
> plain text from LC would to the trick. I have a frontscript handler that
> allows me to set the clipboardata["text"] to the text of the selection with
> control-command-C instead of a straight copy (which copies the format along
> with the text). It's useful in a number of contexts, and it might work here.
>
> on commandKeyDown pKey
>    switch pKey
>       case "c"
>          if the controlkey is down then
>             -- (could use another modifier key for Windows)
>             -- control-cmd-C copies plain text
>             if the tool is not "browse tool" then pass commandKeyDown
>             if the clipboard is not "text" then pass commandKeyDown
>             if the selectedField is empty then pass commandKeyDown
>             if the selectedtext is empty then pass commandKeyDown
>             if the long name of the target contains "revNewScriptEditor"
> then pass commandKeyDown
>             set the clipboardData["TEXT"] to the selectedtext
>          else
>             pass commandKeyDown
>          end if
>          break
>       default
>          pass commandKeyDown
>    end switch
> end commandKeyDown
>
> -- Peter
>
> Peter M. Brigham
> pmbrig at gmail.com
> http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig
>
> On Dec 12, 2013, at 12:01 AM, Bob Sneidar wrote:
>
> > OH! I thought that people were putting them in there to prevent some
> Livecode server along the way from interpreting them as real code!! LOL!
> >
> > Bob Sneidar
> > IT Technician
> > Integrated Office Technology
> > bobsneidar at iotecdigital.com<mailto:bobsneidar at iotecdigital.com>
> > 714-401-2407
> >
> >
> >
> > On Dec 10, 2013, at 20:27 , Peter Haworth <pete at lcsql.com<mailto:
> pete at lcsql.com>> wrote:
> >
> > The asterisks seem to happen when I copy and paste from LC to my mail
> > system (gmail).  They don't show up in the message when I send it but
> > somehow insinuate themselves somewhere out there in the great unknown
> > cloud.  Maybe the NSA put them there, who knows.
> >
> > Pete
> > lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com<http://www.lcsql.com/>>
> >
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