Ok. I had an idea. Just added a new attribute for IupClipboard:
FORMATDATASTRING [Windows and GTK Only]: sets/gets FORMATDATA and FORMATDATASIZE considering data being a string in the system format. (since 3.29) Best, Scuri Em qui, 7 de mai de 2020 06:32, Jane Taubman <janetaub...@gmail.com> escreveu: > I get the plain text, excluding the html code. When you copy from a > web browser like Chrome you get several different formats. > So if I copy your post from gmail the TEXT is > ------------------------------------------------- > What happen if you simply try using: > > script = clipboard.text > instead of > script = clipboard.formatdata > > Leaving the rest as it is. > ----------------------------------------------------- > but the text/html is > > <div>What happen if you simply try using:<br></div><div><br></div><div> > script = clipboard.text</div><div>instead of</div><div> script = > clipboard.formatdata<br></div><div><br></div><div> Leaving the rest as it > is. </div> > > On Mon, 4 May 2020 at 23:13, Antonio Scuri <antonio.sc...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> What happen if you simply try using: >> >> script = clipboard.text >> instead of >> script = clipboard.formatdata >> >> Leaving the rest as it is. >> >> Best, >> Scuri >> >> >> Em seg., 4 de mai. de 2020 às 13:41, Jane Taubman <janetaub...@gmail.com> >> escreveu: >> >>> I'll try to explain in a clearer way. >>> >>> If I open a file saved in UTF-16 in Lua using the IO library. I can >>> then handle the content of that file to convert each pair of bytes as >>> needed to end up with UTF-8 or even Ascii. All I want to do is to be able >>> to read in the text/html format from the clipboard and process it in lua. >>> >>> However I can not do anything with the Light user Data returned from the >>> Clipboard using Lua, that I can discover. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sun, 3 May 2020 at 21:56, Andrew Robinson <arobinso...@cox.net> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I hate to state the obvious but in a string data type, an >>>> ASCII "character" is one byte in size (char), and a UTF-16 "character" is >>>> two bytes in size (short). >>>> >>>> I apologize if this is out-of-place for your conversation, but I get a >>>> lot of people who confuse a string character with a byte, instead of a >>>> variable number of bytes, but ... you know, just in case that is the real >>>> issue here I wanted to "fix it". >>>> >>>> So I'm not sure whether to say de nada or lo siento, >>>> Andrew >>>> >>>> On 2020-05-03 at 12:02 PM, Antonio Scuri <antonio.sc...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> > The UTF-16 function takes a "string" >>>> >>>> That is weird. UTF-16 strings are *unsigned short** arrays, strings >>>> in Lua are *char** arrays. Something is not right. >>>> >>>> Is there a link for the documentation of that library? >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> Scuri >>>> >>>> >>>> Em dom., 3 de mai. de 2020 às 09:02, Jane Taubman < >>>> janetaub...@gmail.com> escreveu: >>>> >>>>> > "data" can not be converted to a string using "tostring". It must >>>>> use this function you mentioned. >>>>> >>>>> Sorry I did not make myself clear. The UTF-16 function takes a >>>>> "string" and will not work with a "light user data" so I need to know how >>>>> to convert the light user data from the iup.clipboard to a string using >>>>> just lua. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Jane. >>>>> >>>>> Jane Taubman | www.rjt.org.uk | www.taubman.org.uk | www.fhug.org.uk >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Iup-users mailing list >>>>> Iup-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/iup-users >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Iup-users mailing list >>>> Iup-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/iup-users >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Jane. >>> >>> Jane Taubman | www.rjt.org.uk | www.taubman.org.uk | www.fhug.org.uk >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Iup-users mailing list >>> Iup-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/iup-users >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Iup-users mailing list >> Iup-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/iup-users >> > > > -- > Jane. > > Jane Taubman | www.rjt.org.uk | www.taubman.org.uk | www.fhug.org.uk > _______________________________________________ > Iup-users mailing list > Iup-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/iup-users >
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