[squeak-dev] Re: Extended Clipboard

Andreas Raab andreas.raab at gmx.de
Fri Dec 31 14:51:41 UTC 2010


On 12/31/2010 2:34 PM, Esteban Lorenzano wrote:
> it is (was) a changeset inside unix source structure... it is integrated to VMMaker since 207.

Thanks. But oh boy. This is the kind of code that makes me want to just 
break down and cry. Not a single comment. Not a single test. Not even 
indented.

But enough of that. What exactly does "creating" a clipboard mean? 
Opening the system default clipboard (then why is this called "creating" 
a clipboard? and why is it necessary at all?) or really creating a new, 
private clipboard (then where is the appropriate close/destroy method? 
and why would we want to create a private clipboard - shouldn't we be 
using the system default one to allow interactions with other apps?). 
And what are the format strings supposed to be? Mime types?

Cheers,
   - Andreas

> El 31/12/2010, a las 10:15a.m., Andreas Raab escribió:
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>> On 12/31/2010 12:32 PM, Bert Freudenberg wrote:
>>> We use the extended clipboard plugin in Etoys. Copying/pasting bitmaps or rich text between apps works nicely (on Mac and Unix anyway, Windows remains to be implemented).
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>> So where *is* that plugin? I've only pointed this out three times in the past, but I can't seem to find any source code regarding this mythical plugin. There is nothing in VMMaker, there is nothing in squeakvm.org, so where is it?
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>> Cheers,
>>   - Andreas
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