Somehow "Clipstring" hack is able to copy and paste the Plucker data. Kind of a hand-grenade approach but at least it works. :)
> > Is there any way to simply detect a click on a > word to > > allow copying to the clipboard? This to allow a > > paste/find against dictionaries? > > Copy to clipboard has been requested a few times by > others in the past also. As Adam described well, it > is difficult > on the device since they are just raw > pixel data on the screen, not selectable text > anymore. It is a non-> trival thing to solve > though. If it does get solved, one of the features > that can go with it is > that when add a > bookmark, the top line of viewer's visible text is > automatically copied > and pasted into > the add bookmark's edit box as the default new name, > as that is > usually the name of > the bookmark. > > > What tools would I need if I were to do this > myself? > > (e.g. Direct connect to dictionary/memopad.) > > Besides the cygwin and prc-tools you may need some > extra things > for the viewer, to > parse the install scripts, etc. I still have my > cygwin b20 from way > back, but as Dennis > rightly mentioned, there has been a lot of > development since then, > and these extra > tools may have since been included. > > > Care to venture an estimate on how long it would > take > > a n above average C/C++ developer to get his arms > > around Palm development on an NT box? > > Coming in cold, I would say about a half-day to read > up on the cygwin > docs, test stuff, > set up the cygwin environment in the manner you > like, get familiar > with the way the > viewer is laid out, and start modifying. Palm has 2 > large PDFs for > their API: an intro > and a massive function description reference. There > is (was?) a free > O'Reilly book on > Palm programming, and Metrowerks used to have a free > tutorial for > memopad on their > website that showed memopad being built from the > template to > finished product in > about 25 steps. Most of the Palm API is very > straightforward coming > from > programming in other GUI environments (pointers to a > form, showing > a form, etc); > about the only thing that is odd is the database > reading/writing. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/
