Brennan wrote: > > On 18/03/2003 at 12:01 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > Carl West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I've written a little piece that takes the text from the > > clipboard, processes it and writes the result back to the > > clipboard. > >... > > BUT! If I put the projector or an alias of it into the Apple > > Menu Items folder and actually access it through the Apple > > Menu...
>... I've observed - especially > in more recent versions of OS9 - that 'old' clipboard text sometimes hangs > around on a per-app basis. Yeah, come to think of it, I've seen that. >... I use a neat little utility called OSA Menu which > allows me to run scripts from the menu bar at any time. Interestingly, all > clipboard operations run from this menu fail. It's a known issue, and may be > related in some way to what you are seeing. > > ... (Maybe you should > switch to Applescript, which is arguably more suitable for tweaking strings > than launching a whole multimedia engine). There's that. I'm swatting a mosquito with a shovel, but, hey, I'm pretty good with a shovel. > Sorry I can't be of more help. Pointing out to me that I'm not actually missing something and that it really is a wall that I'm beating my head against is a huge help. I'm just going to leave my shovel on the desktop. It's not quite as convenient, but it _works_ from there. -- Carl West [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://eisen.home.attbi.com I have no superfluous leisure; my stay must be stolen out of other affairs; but I will attend you awhile. - Isabella, Measure for Measure, Act 3 Scene 1 - [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
