use-livecode Digest, Vol 172, Issue 22

[Mark Waddingham]

On 2018-01-11 20:50, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote:
> Richard Burkett wrote:
> Nice, but not as nice as:
> 
>   copy
> 
> I appreciate that we have the flexibility to do arcane things with the
> Clipboard when needed, but shouldn't the copy command handle the most
> common cases without requiring new users to research and experiment in
> the hope of arriving at the above block of code?

Indeed - the copy command should.

The fact the above can now be written in LiveCode Script means it is 
much easier to work out how to make the copy command 'do the right 
thing'.

Indeed, it wouldn't be too much of a stretch to seriously consider 
implementing most clipboard functionality in script - based around the 
raw clipboard support we have (the clipboardData / fullClipboardData are 
both implemented in terms of the raw clipboard in the engine).

The main missing piece at the moment is the ability to bind the syntax 
to said script handlers, rather than internal C++ engine methods.

Warmest Regards,

Mark.

-- 
Mark Waddingham ~ mark at livecode.com ~ http://www.livecode.com/
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