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

[David B. Lamkins]

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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