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Re: [Bug-apl] aplwrap needs to be able to edit paste lines


From: David B. Lamkins
Subject: Re: [Bug-apl] aplwrap needs to be able to edit paste lines
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 12:45:12 -0700

My supposition about the lock key(s) turned out to be correct. I was
able to reproduce Blake's issue by engaging Caps Lock.

Chris, I'll send you a patch.

On Fri, 2014-09-12 at 10:00 -0700, David B. Lamkins wrote:
> I just did a pull and recompile. The copy/paste works as expected.
> 
> 
> 
> Hmmm... thinking... looking at the code... 
> 
> I'll bet you have a lock key (shift lock? num lock?) engaged.
> 
> I'll have to go through and mask those out. Sorry...
> 
> Might not get to this until tonight...
> 
> 
> On Fri, 2014-09-12 at 12:52 -0400, Chris Moller wrote:
> > It all works fine here: 
> > 
> > Fedora release 20 (Heisenbug)
> > 
> > kernel 3.14.5-200.fc20.x86_64 #1 SMP GNU/Linux 
> > 
> > gtk3-3.10.9-1.fc20.x86_64
> > 
> > 
> > On 09/12/14 12:43, Blake McBride wrote:
> > 
> > > Dear David, 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I am using the latest git on aplwrap but the backspace on paste
> > > still doesn't work for me. 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Glad to hear someone else is getting the crash error.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Thanks.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Blake
> > > 
> > > On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 11:38 AM, David B. Lamkins
> > > <address@hidden> wrote:
> > >         To be clear: this patch is for the copy/paste behavior.
> > >         
> > >         There's still the crash on exit; I'll write about that in
> > >         the other
> > >         thread.
> > >         
> > >         On Fri, 2014-09-12 at 12:27 -0400, Chris Moller wrote:
> > >         > I just applied that patch and pushed it to github.  Blake,
> > >         can you try
> > >         > it and see if you still get errors?
> > >         >
> > >         > Thx
> > >         >
> > >         >
> > >         > On 09/12/14 12:20, David B. Lamkins wrote:
> > >         >
> > >         > > I sent Chris a patch for this issue.
> > >         > >
> > >         > > On Fri, 2014-09-12 at 07:51 -0700, David B. Lamkins
> > >         wrote:
> > >         > > > I noticed that last night.
> > >         > > >
> > >         > > > The GTK+ framework preserves text attributes during
> > >         copy and paste.
> > >         > > > Since the transcript text is not editable, neither is
> > >         a pasted copy of
> > >         > > > some selection of that text.
> > >         > > >
> > >         > > > I'll see whether I can figure out how to override that
> > >         behavior.
> > >         > > >
> > >         > > > Meanwhile, you can use aplwrap's "copy-down" feature.
> > >         Select some text
> > >         > > > in the transcript and press Enter; the selection will
> > >         be copied down to
> > >         > > > the input area; this copy is editable.
> > >         > > >
> > >         > > > On Fri, 2014-09-12 at 07:32 -0500, Blake McBride
> > >         wrote:
> > >         > > > > Greetings,
> > >         > > > >
> > >         > > > >
> > >         > > > > If I type a line, before I hit enter I can backspace
> > >         or arrow around
> > >         > > > > the line to edit it.  This is very convenient when
> > >         you type in a long
> > >         > > > > line and realize you made a typo somewhere in the
> > >         middle.  You are
> > >         > > > > able to correct the problem without retyping the
> > >         rest of the line.
> > >         > > > >
> > >         > > > >
> > >         > > > > Unfortunately, sometime you want to copy from
> > >         somewhere else, paste
> > >         > > > > the line where you are, and then make a small edit
> > >         to it.  Aplwrap
> > >         > > > > will allow you to edit a line you type but not a
> > >         line you paste.
> > >         > > > >  Treating the paste like a typed in line is very
> > >         beneficial.
> > >         > > > >
> > >         > > > >
> > >         > > > > Thanks.
> > >         > > > >
> > >         > > > >
> > >         > > > > Blake
> > >         > > > >
> > >         > > > >
> > >         > >
> > >         > >
> > >         > >
> > >         >
> > >         
> > >         
> > >         
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
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