Thanks >i did actually get stuff into J, by turning crlf's into literal \n's and using >the command line GUI, but i am still trying to get stuff out, ie i need to get >J to set the clipboard. Possibly using file foreign's out of J, and then using >powershell to write that temporary file to the clipboard.
>If i used a temporary file for reading too, i might be able to eschew the >crlf/\n subterfuge >Might work until 11!: is resurrected for Desktops ~greg http://krsnadas.org -- from: David Mitchell <[email protected]> to: [email protected] date: Jun 29, 2020, 11:11 AM subject: Re: [Jprogramming] copy/paste implementation The CLIP command can use files as input so you may be able to use that for the clip part: >clip /? CLIP Description: >Redirects output of command line tools to the Windows clipboard. This text >output can then be pasted into other programs. Parameter List: >/? Displays this help message. Examples: >DIR | CLIP Places a copy of the current directory listing into the >Windows clipboard. >CLIP < README.TXT Places a copy of the text from readme.txt on to the >Windows clipboard. The powershell commands are probably more flexible: get-help Get-Clipboard NAME >Get-Clipboard SYNOPSIS >Gets the current Windows clipboard entry. SYNTAX >Get-Clipboard [-Format {Text | FileDropList | Image | Audio}] [-Raw] >[-TextFormatType {Text | UnicodeText | Rtf | Html | CommaSeparatedValue}] >[<CommonParameters>] DESCRIPTION >The `Get-Clipboard` cmdlet gets the current Windows clipboard entry. RELATED LINKS >Online Version: >https://docs.microsoft.com/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.management/get-clipboard?view=powershell-5.1&WT.mc_id=ps-gethelp >Set-Clipboard REMARKS To see the examples, type: "get-help Get-Clipboard -examples". For more information, type: "get-help Get-Clipboard -detailed". For technical information, type: "get-help Get-Clipboard -full". For online help, type: "get-help Get-Clipboard -online" === > get-help Set-Clipboard NAME >Set-Clipboard SYNOPSIS >Sets the current Windows clipboard entry. SYNTAX >Set-Clipboard [-Append] [-AsHtml] -LiteralPath <String[]> [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] >[<CommonParameters>] >Set-Clipboard [-Append] [-AsHtml] -Path <String[]> [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] >[<CommonParameters>] >Set-Clipboard [-Value] <String[]> [-Append] [-AsHtml] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] >[<CommonParameters>] DESCRIPTION >The `Set-Clipboard` cmdlet sets the current Windows clipboard entry. RELATED LINKS >Online Version: >https://docs.microsoft.com/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.management/set-clipboard?view=powershell-5.1&WT.mc_id=ps-gethelp >Get-Clipboard REMARKS To see the examples, type: "get-help Set-Clipboard -examples". For more information, type: "get-help Set-Clipboard -detailed". For technical information, type: "get-help Set-Clipboard -full". For online help, type: "get-help Set-Clipboard -online" === >I suspect you can use file input and output for the powershell cmdlets also. Cheers, David -- from: bill lam <[email protected]> to: Programming forum <[email protected]> date: Jun 29, 2020, 9:26 AM subject: Re: [Jprogramming] copy/paste implementation >android has foreign 11!:x and has clipboard support, but that are unlikely to >be implemented in desktops J as 11!: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
