copy text to computer clipboard

alansplace · 01-29-2014, 01:53 PM

I'd be a nice feature if a person could copy raw text from the file preview window to the computer's clipboard.

JimmyR · 01-29-2014, 02:51 PM

I seem to be able to with CTRL-C.

ETA: Nevermimd, It isn't copying raw text. My mistake.

alansplace · 01-29-2014, 03:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JimmyR

I seem to be able to with CTRL-C.

JimmyR · 01-29-2014, 03:23 PM

No problem. It does copy text but retains the formatting. It may not matter depending on where you paste it.

alansplace · 01-29-2014, 03:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JimmyR

I seem to be able to with CTRL-C.

ETA: Nevermimd, It isn't copying raw text. My mistake.

Really?! It just worked fine for me on a Win7 system?!

JimmyR · 01-29-2014, 03:30 PM

see my last post. I thought you meant plain text without the formatting: bold, italics, font sizes, etc.

theducks · 01-29-2014, 03:45 PM

It might be handy to have a: 'Copy with Tags Stripped' which would work in code view

alansplace · 01-29-2014, 03:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JimmyR

see my last post. I thought you meant plain text without the formatting: bold, italics, font sizes, etc.

I do, but maybe because I pasted it into a notepad window. Anyway, it does what I wanted,

DaleDe · 01-29-2014, 07:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alansplace

I do, but maybe because I pasted it into a notepad window. Anyway, it does what I wanted,

That is pretty standard for windows. The copy buffer contains both the raw text and the formatted text and pastes what the recipient can understand. I suspect this one is HTML but some other copies can be in RTF (That is what Internet explorer copies to the buffer).

Dale

mrmikel · 01-30-2014, 06:40 AM

In some programs, there may be a copy special option which would just paste plain text.

BetterRed · 01-31-2014, 05:01 PM

Search for Clipboard Scrubber/Cleaner etc. For Windows I use one called Clipboard Fusion - the free version works fine for me. Its tray application, it works on anything in the clipboard. Pure Text is another (simpler) tool, again its a tray application

On OS/X Flyout is popular

BR

dwig · 01-31-2014, 10:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrmikel

In some programs, there may be a copy special option which would just paste plain text.

When I did the research and spec'd the feature that added this "Copy Special" functionality to Macromedia FreeHand over a decade ago, it seemed to be unique. It still is a rarely seen function. The common "standard" Windows feature is "Paste Special..." which leaves it up to the app doing the paste to provide the user with a choice of paste format.

phossler · 02-03-2014, 10:13 AM

Excel has a 'Paste Special, Values' feature.

Maybe sometime when Kovid is bored, he could add a Shift+Control+C to paste in the clipboard raw text and without <tags> ... </tags>

DaleDe · 02-03-2014, 11:35 AM

Actually I would like to see a smarter paste. One that left out paragraph formatting stuff but kept italics and bolding (simple character stuff) to preserve the authors emphasis.

Dale

01-29-2014, 01:53 PM	#1
alansplace Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,895 Karma: 464403178 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: 33.9388° N, 117.2716° W Device: Kindles K-2, K-KB, PW 1 & 2, Voyage, Fire 2, 5 & HD 8, Surface 3, iPad	copy text to computer clipboard I'd be a nice feature if a person could copy raw text from the file preview window to the computer's clipboard.

01-29-2014, 02:51 PM	#2
JimmyR ɴₐɴ Posts: 421 Karma: 2507940 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: 37.2N 93.3W Device: KV PW4 PW3 PW2	I seem to be able to with CTRL-C. ETA: Nevermimd, It isn't copying raw text. My mistake. Last edited by JimmyR; 01-29-2014 at 03:20 PM.

01-31-2014, 05:01 PM	#11
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 20,929 Karma: 27620688 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	Search for Clipboard Scrubber/Cleaner etc. For Windows I use one called Clipboard Fusion - the free version works fine for me. Its tray application, it works on anything in the clipboard. Pure Text is another (simpler) tool, again its a tray application On OS/X Flyout is popular BR Last edited by BetterRed; 01-31-2014 at 07:29 PM.

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JimmyR ɴₐɴ Posts: 421 Karma: 2507940 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: 37.2N 93.3W Device: KV PW4 PW3 PW2	see my last post. I thought you meant plain text without the formatting: bold, italics, font sizes, etc.

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DaleDe Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,470 Karma: 13095790 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Grass Valley, CA Device: EB 1150, EZ Reader, Literati, iPad 2 & Air 2, iPhone 7	Actually I would like to see a smarter paste. One that left out paragraph formatting stuff but kept italics and bolding (simple character stuff) to preserve the authors emphasis. Dale

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