On 2 Apr 2010 Richard Porter <r...@minijem.plus.com> wrote: > On 2 Apr 2010 Jim Nagel wrote:
>> why is it that i can copy a URL (as a bit of text) out of an >> Impression document and paste it into Edit, Datapower, Techwriter, and >> various other apps, but i can't paste it into Netsurf's URL bar? >> i can, however, paste it into the Google search box on the Netsurf >> default page. >> if i paste it into Edit, then copy it from there, i CAN paste it into >> Netsurf's URL bar. >> any explanation for the curious phenomenon? > Netsurf is very picky. When you copy text to the clipboard the file > ty[e is copued with it. Netsurf will only accept text, which is a damn > nuisance since if you're copying a URL it's highly likely to come out > of an html page or file. If you paste the text into Edit, and it stays > a Text file then you can copy and paste or save it from there. It > helps to type a random character into the Edit window first so it sets > the filetype to text. > There are similar nasties if you try to paste text into a textarea. > It's quite likely to be rendered as a new page. I regularly do this, and have never had a problem! With best wishes, Peter. -- Peter, \ / \ Prestbury, Cheltenham, Glos. GL52 Anne \ / __ __ \ England. and / / \ | | |\ | / _ \ http://pnyoung.orpheusweb.co.uk family / \__/ \_/ | \| \__/ \______________ pnyo...@ormail.co.uk.