[jsword-devel] Copy/Paste in Bible Desktop

[DM Smith]

  Justin,
We have an open issue on this from a while back: http://www.crosswire.org:8080/bugs/browse/BD-105
DM
On Feb 2, 2008, at 8:35 PM, DM Smith wrote:

>
> On Feb 2, 2008, at 4:30 PM, Justin Ennis wrote:
>
>> Bear with a newb here, please.  I have to say that I love Bible
>> Desktop (especially the search functions and the quick navigation).
>> Coming from e-Sword, though, I am really missing the copy/paste
>> function which would allow me to paste in different formats (i.e.,
>> as one block of text with no verse differentiation, or with the
>> passage referenced in different ways).  When a copy/paste from Bible
>> Desktop I end up with the verse markings and the footnotes/cross
>> references in the text as well.  This function seems to be the
>> DesktopActions.DoCopy() method, which is:
>>
>> public void doCopy()
>>    {
>>        BibleViewPane view = (BibleViewPane)
>> getDesktop().getViews().getSelected();
>>        SplitBookDataDisplay da = view.getPassagePane();
>>        da.copy();
>>    }
>>
>> Is it correct that this just copies whatever the displayed text is?
>> Would an enhanced copy function have to gain cognizance of the
>> objects making up the text within a selection?
>>
>> Also, is somebody already working on an enhanced copy function?
> Justin,
>
> As far as I know, no one is working on this. Glad to have you on  
> board!
>
> Java also has fundamental copy functionality that when you hit Ctrl-C
> (or Cmd-C on the Mac) it will copy the highlighted text to the
> clipboard. The doCopy() method does that too. While it is redundant,
> it is the way to put the equivalent on the menu.
>
> For me, I set the view options to how I want to copy and I paste it
> into either NotePad (or the like) or OpenOffice (or the like), using
> the option to not paste formatting. I wish MS Word had this feature.
>
> Feel free to enhance it, or even have a couple of entries on the menu
> (e.g. Copy Plain text)
>
> Working together for Christ we accomplish more,
> 	DM
>
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