Re: commit (HEAD): toward AW native clipboard

From: Alan Horkan (horkana@maths.tcd.ie)
Date: Sun Jun 29 2003 - 07:22:51 EDT

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    On Sun, 29 Jun 2003 msevior@physics.unimelb.edu.au wrote:

    > Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 20:04:37 +1000 (EST)
    > From: msevior@physics.unimelb.edu.au
    > To: tomasfrydrych@yahoo.co.uk
    > Cc: abiword-dev@abisource.com
    > Subject: Re: commit (HEAD): toward AW native clipboard
    >
    > >
    > > changes to the AW imp/exp necessary for use with clipboard;
    > > formatting currently ignored.
    > >
    >
    > Hi Tomas,
    > I should have pointed this out earlier. You can extend RTF to
    > make lossless cut and paste by making {\*\abikeyword ....}
    > extensions. I've used this extensively. It is certainly easier
    > than debugging native abw cut and paste on all the various
    > platforms we support plus the inevitable bugs that will show up
    > in xp cut and paste. It has the added advantage of forcing us to
    > make perfect RTF export/import filters.

    Thanks for the information Martin.

    Sincerely

    Alan Horkan
    http://advogato.org/person/AlanHorkan/

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