commit ac2c91be02c0cf4129cce8ba1ae0aca130b8bea8
Author: Georg Baum <b...@lyx.org>
Date: Wed Feb 5 21:50:33 2014 +0100
Document paste options (bug #8749)
As discussed in trac. Unformatted Text is removed, since it is too similar
to
Plain text, adn nobody knows why it is needed in the standard menu. The lfun
is kept, so users can easily activate it in private ui files if needed.
diff --git a/lib/doc/UserGuide.lyx b/lib/doc/UserGuide.lyx
index 1b7862e..be6fb36 100644
--- a/lib/doc/UserGuide.lyx
+++ b/lib/doc/UserGuide.lyx
@@ -946,6 +946,26 @@ Paste
\end_inset
You can also copy text between LyX and other programs by cut, copy and paste.
+
+\family sans
+Cut
+\family default
+ and
+\family sans
+Copy
+\family default
+ put text in two versions into the clipboard (formatted and unformatted),
+ so that the recieving program may choose the most suitable form.
+
+\family sans
+Paste
+\family default
+ supports formatted and unformatted text as well, and additionally graphics.
+ It will try to interpret the clipboard contents in an intelligent way,
+ e.g.
+ if the clipboard contains text as in comma separated values format (CSV),
+ and the cursor is inside a table, the text will be placed into individual
+ cells according to the separators.
The submenu of
\family sans
Paste
@@ -958,7 +978,33 @@ Recent
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-The menu
+The submenu
+\family sans
+Edit\SpecialChar \menuseparator
+Paste
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+Special
+\family default
+ contains optional items for specific formats, depending on the clipboard
+ contents.
+ These include HTML, LaTeX, Linkback PDF
+\begin_inset Foot
+status open
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+OS X only
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+, PDF, PNG, JPEG and EMF.
+ These menu items are useful if the clipboard contains the same contents
+ in different formats, and you want to select one format explicitly (e.g.
+ some programs put an image into the clipboard both as graphics contents,
+ and as a short text which is often meaningless).
+ The menu item
\family sans
Edit\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Paste
@@ -980,7 +1026,13 @@ Join
Lines
\family default
- will insert the text in the clipboard so that the whole text is inserted
+ is equivalent to
+\family sans
+Edit\SpecialChar \menuseparator
+Paste
+\family default
+, with the only difference that it acts on text only.
+ It will insert the text in the clipboard so that the whole text is inserted
as one paragraph.
A new paragraph is started when there is a blank line in the file.
Without
@@ -993,6 +1045,38 @@ Lines
\family default
, the text is inserted as Paragraphs, where the line breaks of the text
will start a new paragraph.
+ The items
+\family sans
+Edit\SpecialChar \menuseparator
+Paste
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+Special\SpecialChar \menuseparator
+Selection,
+\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
+\end_inset
+
+Join
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+Lines
+\family default
+ and
+\family sans
+Edit\SpecialChar \menuseparator
+Paste
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+Special\SpecialChar \menuseparator
+Selection
+\family default
+ paste from the primary selection.
+ It contains the currently selected text.
+ This works across different programs if LyX runs on the X Window system
+ (usually if LyX is compiled for unix or cygwin), otherwise it is LyX internal.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
diff --git a/lib/ui/stdmenus.inc b/lib/ui/stdmenus.inc
index 65698cb..cb4a413 100644
--- a/lib/ui/stdmenus.inc
+++ b/lib/ui/stdmenus.inc
@@ -167,9 +167,11 @@ Menuset
Separator
Item "Selection|S" "primary-selection-paste"
Item "Selection, Join Lines|i" "primary-selection-paste
paragraph"
- Separator
- Item "Unformatted Text|U" "clipboard-paste-simple"
- Item "Unformatted, Join Lines|o" "clipboard-paste-simple
paragraph"
+# clipboard-paste-simple is commented because it is irritating (bug 8749)
+# until somebody can explain why it is needed in addition to clipboard-paste
+# Separator
+# Item "Unformatted Text|U" "clipboard-paste-simple"
+# Item "Unformatted, Join Lines|o" "clipboard-paste-simple
paragraph"
End
Menu "edit_pasterecent"
