Re: [libreoffice-users] copy function not working

I have had a similar problem, but it's different enough that I doubt 
that they are the same.

I use a Bible program called Xiphos Bible Guide on Linux Mint 18, with 
LO 6.0.3.

Like you, I typically use Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V for copy and paste. I often 
copy and paste Bible verses from the Bible program to LO. I once found 
that, with the first copy and paste using keyboard shortcuts, everything 
went fine, but with the second copy/paste attempt, I would get Bible 
verse "A" rather than Bible verse "B" (using your nomenclature).

What I concluded was that the Bible program wasn't using Ctrl-C with 
successive copy operations. After the first copy with Ctrl-C, and for 
later text copying, I would have to right-click on the selected text and 
mouse-click on "Edit" > "Copy" to get the second copied text to the 
clipboard.

This behavior was consistent no matter what program I was copying to, so 
I concluded that there was nothing wrong with LO.

Virgil




On 05/14/2018 06:44 AM, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote:
> On 2018/05/12 2:11, Brian Barker wrote:
> > At 20:04 10/05/2018 +0900, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote:
> > > Problem: Select a text portion in one application -> move to Writer 
> > > -> Ctrl+V (paste).
> Sorry, most likely my explanation was not good enough.
> So, I will try it again. My home computer is now on 6.0.4 - which did 
> NOT improve things.
> (if anything, the apparent lack of scaling capability for the 
> interface font makes work only harder)
>
> Use any piece of text: let's use A = help / B = rescue
> * Suppose now I have a text editor open and select "A" on the editor 
> screen and press Ctrl+C (or use the mouse to achieve the same thing)
> * switch to Writer
> * press Ctrl+V (or use the mouse to achieve the same thing)
> * I get "A"
> So far so good.
> * Next I select a different word, like B and perform the same procedure.
> * Having done this a trillion times on "countless" computers using 
> equally "countless" different applications ->
> * I DO expect to get "B" in Writer.
> * However, Writer insists on copying "A". It does not matter how many 
> times I repeat the procedure.
> * This morning it even continued to insist in copying "A" instead of 
> "B" AFTER I shut Writer down and reopened it.
> * When I use the "Ctrl+C" + "Ctrl+V" routine to copy either "A" or "B" 
> into software OTHER than Libreoffice, it works as expected.
>
> I am definitely NOT a computer expert, but I believe I can perform a 
> "copy and paste" action.
> In particular when I do this deliberately and with great care.
> One might argue, that "A" is still on the (Windows) clipboard.
> But if that were true, copying it to other applications should also 
> give me an "A", but I actually get the requested "B".
>
> For that reason I cannot help but assume, that there is something 
> strange going on in Writer.
> While working in Writer I use Calc in parallel to create a list of 
> term and their translations.
> Copying either A or B from other applications into Cals DOES NOT give 
> me this grief. (at least not yet)
> This is a recent event and I don't thing I have had this problem with 
> the computer in my little clinic.
> Even though this may not be any sort of "fatal error", it is 
> nonetheless very annoying during work.
>
> Is this explanation a little better?
> Thomas


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