This was what I remembered...although so many years ago I did programming on the Mac:
<https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/StringsTextFonts/Conceptual/TextAndWebiPhoneOS/UsingCopy,Cut,andPasteOperations/UsingCopy,Cut,andPasteOperations.html> Patrik On 31 Aug 2020, at 4:56, Patrik Fältström via mailmate wrote: > Randall, you should know this better than me, but it is when pasting you > choose which one of the buffers one should get data from, not when copying. > Right? > > Patrik > > On 30 Aug 2020, at 21:56, Randall Gellens wrote: > >> Is there perhaps an option in Word to copy as text? My version of Word has >> some "copy as..." options. >> >> --Randall >> >> On 29 Aug 2020, at 0:19, Benny Kjær Nielsen wrote: >> >>> On 28 Aug 2020, at 23:43, Shoshanna Green wrote: >>> >>>> I'm running version 1.13.2 (5712), and when I copy text in Word and paste >>>> it into a message composer window, it turns into an attached .png image >>>> rather than text. >>> >>> I'm pretty sure that only happens because Word puts a png on the pasteboard >>> as an alternative to the text. I guess that's a feature, but it's a bit >>> weird... >>> >>>> (Whereas if I copy text from >>>> TextEdit, it pastes into a message correctly.) If I paste text from Word >>>> as quoted text, with command-option-V, it does paste as text; but then I >>>> have to un-quote and reflow it. >>>> >>>> I know Word is the devil, but it's the unavoidable devil. How can I paste >>>> text from it into a message I'm composing? Or is this another in-progress >>>> feature/issue? >>> >>> It's not a known issue, but it might be tricky to fix without breaking >>> something else. I think the best is probably to add an explicit shortcut >>> for pasting as text allowing the user to force MailMate to pick the text >>> alternative. That would likely be ⌥⇧⌘V. I'll make a note of that. >>> >>> -- >>> Benny >>> https://freron.com/become_a_mailmate_patron/ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> mailmate mailing list >>> mailmate@lists.freron.com >>> https://lists.freron.com/listinfo/mailmate >> _______________________________________________ >> mailmate mailing list >> mailmate@lists.freron.com >> https://lists.freron.com/listinfo/mailmate > > _______________________________________________ > mailmate mailing list > mailmate@lists.freron.com > https://lists.freron.com/listinfo/mailmate
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