Re: weird clipboard behaviour
Re: weird clipboard behaviour
- Subject: Re: weird clipboard behaviour
- From: Andy Wylie <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 06:47:01 +1300
on 15/11/01 5:26 AM, Jon Pugh at email@hidden wrote:
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At 8:42 AM -0500 11/14/2001, Dave Johnson wrote:
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> I found this last night and thought I was just sleep deprived. But it is
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> still weird this morning and I've duplicated this on two different machines
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> and in OS 9.1 and 10.1.
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> The script:
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> set test_string to "abcdefghijklmne"
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> display dialog (offset of "e" in test_string)
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> set the clipboard to test_string
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> set test_string2 to the clipboard
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> display dialog (offset of "e" in test_string2)
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> display dialog test_string2
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> The first 'offset of "e"' gives me 5 as I would expect. However after a trip
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> through the clipboard offset can no longer find "e". It returns 0. I've
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> tried many different variations (copy vs set) added "as string" etc. but it
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> comes out the same. Any ideas?
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It looks like a bug in the offset command, although I don't have any idea what
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could be causing it. It looks like the clipboard is definitely involved as
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removing it (i.e. copy the string instead) makes things work, but I don't see
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it having any obvious effect. The strings are the same, with the same length
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and no obvious junk.
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So, I see the behavior too, and have no idea what's happening.
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I recall encountering this weirdness...
set test_string2 to (the clipboard) as string
fails while...
set test_string2 to "" & (the clipboard)
works
_____________________________ Andy