Problem pasting from Livecode to Mac Mail

[Mike Bonner]

Does this work?

set the clipboarddata["text"] to "whatever text here"

On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 8:20 AM, Richard Burkett via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the suggestion, Jacqueline, but it didn’t change anything.
> Anyone else have a script-based solution to make sure LiveCode pastes only
> plain text? ASCII, Native, MacRoman - none of those text encodings work.
> Even putting only this line in my script results in the same thing:
> set the clipboarddata to ( "blah" & lf & "blah" & lf & "blah" & cr &
> "blah" & cr & "blah" & return & "blah" )
>
> What’s different about text set in the clipboard in LiveCode from other
> text copied from other Mac apps?
>
> Richard Burkett
> richard.burkett at sbcglobal.net
>
> > On 1/9/18 12:09 PM, Richard Burkett via use-livecode wrote:
> >> 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?
> >
> > I don't have a good way to test this, but try:
> >
> > set the clipboardData to textEncode(the clipboardData,"native")
> >
> >
> > --
> > Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com <mailto:
> jacque at hyperactivesw.com>
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