08-12-2015, 01:19 AM | #1 |
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Error with Clip Editor
I've been using Sigil for some time now and I'm fairly good with it.
Recently, however, it has developed a bug I'm not sure how to fix. I use the clip editor to store several bits of code I use a great deal. Every time I add one now I get an error message: 'Sigil has encountered a problem. Please report it on the issue tracker, including the details from this dialog.' The link takes me to a page that no longer exists, so I'm trying to get help here. The information in the details is this: Error info: Critical: OleSetClipboard: Failed to set mime data (text/plain) on clipboard: COM error 0x800401d0 (Unknown error 0x0ffffffff800401d0) (The parameter is incorrect.) Sigil version: 0.8.4 Runtime Qt: 5.4.0 Compiled Qt: 5.4.0 Platform: Windows SysInfo ID 176 Can anyone help? Thanks, Cleo |
08-12-2015, 02:19 AM | #2 |
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Perhaps the clips file is corrupted. Delete the clips file (back it up first), so Sigil will create a new one. Then you can add the old clips in the new file one by one.
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08-12-2015, 02:45 AM | #3 | |
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Did you copy the clips from a third party app. e.g., an HTML editor? Can you post an example of a clip that causes this message to be displayed? |
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08-12-2015, 10:20 PM | #4 | |
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No, I wrote the clips myself. They include completely innocuous things such as the clip for a extra space ( ), a dash ( – ), and a line break ( <p class="line">____________________</p> ). What you see there in the parenthesis is exactly what's in those particular clips. |
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08-12-2015, 10:30 PM | #5 |
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Hi,
According to a Google search .. See the bottom of this posts thread on the Qt forum: https://forum.qt.io/topic/55491/auto...elected-text/6 That error actually comes from the Windows clipboard and is not caused by Sigil or Qt. On Windows the Windows clipboard can be shared by other applications. Please try closing other open applications. You might want to restart your machine to force the Windows clipboard to be cleaned out. KevinH Last edited by KevinH; 08-12-2015 at 10:36 PM. |
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08-13-2015, 12:42 AM | #6 | |
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Use one of of these ==>> http://lmgtfy.com/?q=windows+clear+clipboard+ IMO adding a right click menu item to Desktop is 'neatest', requires registry editing, otherwise a shortcut. You could even use AHK to make it a keyboard shortcut. BR Last edited by BetterRed; 08-13-2015 at 12:51 AM. |
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08-13-2015, 06:42 AM | #7 |
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Amazing.
(When I clicked on the Imgtfy link, then marched back, I got this message: Thought that was cool? Try the iPhone App or Grab Some Stickers. Yeah, it was cool.) |
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08-13-2015, 02:11 PM | #9 |
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No. I got the lmgtfy app ad when I hit the back button too. This being the internet, however, I thought very little of it.
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08-13-2015, 08:24 PM | #10 |
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Interesting, for me the end of search bar text has focus so backspace does a rubout, but the back button takes me to the ad - browser addons probably come into play.
@notjohn - I hadn't come across term 'march back' before - must be merrycanese. I interpreted it as 'retreat', as in 'get me outta here pronto' BR |
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That seems to have solved the problem. I now have a short cut for clearing the clipboard and the error message is all gone.
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Clearing the clipboard has done the trick. Who knew. No more error message. |
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I run three clipboard enhancers - persistent history, scrubber, and searcher. I cut and paste a lot (a hell of a lot) from multiple applications including to/from Sigil, and I use the Sigil clips feature quite a lot. I don't have this problem. Clearing the clipboard for me would be a disaster - my history buffer is 400 entries long - it's my memory enhancer. And, of course the clipboard is shared by applications - that's what the N billion Windows use it for. I don't doubt there is something wrong but my bet is that it's in Qt. Windows clipboard code hasn't changed in decades - more's the pity, I wouldn't need all these gadgets is they enhanced it a bit BR Last edited by BetterRed; 08-14-2015 at 01:26 AM. |
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