Cut and Paste MS / Terminal Won't Work????

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gmark - 06 May 2008 08:56 GMT

I have problems cutting and pasting between Safari and MSword and
Terminal. I thought that the clipboard on the Mac was always intended
to be universal -- i. e., regardless of font or other characteristics,
the text of the material would be copied. But no longer, apparently.

Anyone have this experience? Or general rules for cutting and pasting
between apps?

Mark

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Jolly Roger - 06 May 2008 15:50 GMT

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> I have problems cutting and pasting between Safari and MSword and
> Terminal.

What problems exactly?

> I thought that the clipboard on the Mac was always intended
> to be universal -- i. e., regardless of font or other characteristics,
> the text of the material would be copied. But no longer, apparently.

Never, actually. Each application has always been able to decide:

a. What form of data goes onto the clipboard when you copy in that
application

b. What form of data on the clipboard is acceptable when you paste in
that application

> Anyone have this experience? Or general rules for cutting and pasting
> between apps?

What experience?

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TLizard - 06 May 2008 17:56 GMT

> I have problems cutting and pasting between Safari and MSword and
> Terminal. I thought that the clipboard on the Mac was always intended
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>
> Mark

I have found, on any platform, that formatted text (Word, etc.) seldom
pastes exactly as you saw it. I always paste formatted text to a text
editor, select/copy it before pasteing again.

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