Re: Getting a string on the clipboard in OE
Re: Getting a string on the clipboard in OE
- Subject: Re: Getting a string on the clipboard in OE
- From: Nigel Garvey <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 18:37:59 +0100
Jan Pieter Kunst wrote on Sat, 28 Apr 2001 14:06:58 +0200:
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Paul Berkowitz (email@hidden) schreef op 28-04-2001 13:30 :
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> There's a tremendous lot of confusion here. 'copy' is completely the wrong
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> word for the clipboard,
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Quite possible. Like I said, I am new to Applescript, and when I saw "copy"
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used in BBEdit and the Finder, I assumed that was what one is supposed to
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use.
"Copy" is a command in some applications - equivalent to "Copy" in the
Edit Menu. It works on something like text or a picture that has previous
been selected within that application.
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> set the clipboard to x
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> is one of the Standard Additions, which will work just about anywhere.
As Paul says, this is the "Standard Additions" command. It enables
something that's contained *within the script itself* (not within the
application) to be copied to the clipboard. In both cases, the clipboard
is only available to *the frontmost application*. Therefore, to use an
application's "copy" command, you have to activate the application; to
use "set the clipboard to", you have to activate the script (or the
application running it) to bring it to the front.
tell me to activate
set the clipboard to x
NG