[vwnc] [Bug] AllEncodings

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Valloud, Andres
> Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 7:18 PM
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: Re: [vwnc] [Bug] AllEncodings
>
> Thank you, AR 54894.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On
> Behalf Of Mike Bielser
> Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 7:07 AM
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: [vwnc] [Bug] AllEncodings
>
> Brief description: pasting unicode characters does not work
> Version: 7.6nc
> Severity: Low
>
>
> Hi
> I loaded the parcel AllEncodings into a "virgin" VWNC 7.6. The release
> notes for VW 7.6 say
>
> "First, open the workspace; you'll see a lot of black rectangles. Then
> load preview/unicode/AllEncodings.pcl and instantly the workspace will
> update to display all the unicode characters that you have loaded. You
> can copy and paste text, for example from MS Word to VW, without
> problems."
>
> The first part (display updating) works; the second part (copy/paste)
> however didn't completely work for me: Using the debugger, I verified
> that copying to the clipboard worked, but pasting (to a different
> workspace sheet or MS Word) didn't work. Debugging revealed that
>
>
> Screen>>getExternalSelectionIfEmpty: aBlock
> "Get the host selection as a String from the window system, or perform
> aBlock if none is available"
>
> ^(self getExternalSelection: nil) ifNil: aBlock
>      ifNotNil: [:sel | IOAccessor convertStringFromPlatform: sel]
>
>
> is the culprit. Changing the body to
>
>
> ^(self getExternalSelection) ifNil: aBlock
>      ifNotNil: [:sel | IOAccessor convertStringFromPlatform: sel]
>
> worked for me. In other words, one has to make sure that
> Screen>>getExternalSelection gets called (that's where the unicode stuff
> is) instead of Screen>>getExternalSelection: nil.
>
> Maybe someone else can verify this so Cincom can fix it; maybe it's just
> wrong on my computer...
>
> Mike
>
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