Re: [libreoffice-users] copy function not working

[Eddie]

Here's a report from LO 6.0.3.2 (x64) on Windows 10, just after a brand
new Spring Update. The copy 'n paste works fine; it even retrieved the
clipboard contents accurately in between two LO sessions. I also have
LO and Windows 10 (without the spring update, so far) on a Surface. I
have never looked for this specific problem, but I proofread several
articles a month for a magazine (and did during LO 5's tenure as well),
and I would have noticed by now if text had gotten spliced into odd
places.

I wish I could give more insight into Thomas's unusual situation. Maybe
the list would like to know if Thomas is running any background
processes/utilities that aren't standard to Windows (like Dropbox, for
example), or any other applications simultaneously with LO?

Eddie

On Mon, 14 May 2018 23:52:45 +0200
"Roy Reese"  wrote:


> Since the problem does not appear on either Mac or Linux, this would
> seem to be specific to the Windows version of LO. I will try to test
> this on the Win7 side of my machine tomorrow. Perhaps some other
> Windows users (especially Win10) could do the same?

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Re: [libreoffice-users] copy function not working

[Roy Reese]

> A las 12:44 lunes 14 de mayo de 2018 Thomas Blasejewicz escribió:
> De: "Thomas Blasejewicz" 
> 
> 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.
> 
Since the problem does not appear on either Mac or Linux, this would seem to be 
specific to the Windows version of LO. I will try to test this on the Win7 side 
of my machine tomorrow. Perhaps some other Windows users (especially Win10) 
could do the same?

As I recall from the original post this is an intermittent problem? If that is 
the case, might other processes running be interfering somehow?

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Re: [libreoffice-users] copy function not working

[Virgil Arrington]

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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Re: [libreoffice-users] copy function not working

[jomali]

I just did exactly what you described, using a document in a text editor
and LO 6.0.1.1 on a Mac, and the copy-paste from the text editor to LO
worked perfectly. The second text selected was the text pasted the second
time. I can only conclude that there is something wrong with your personal
setup.

On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 6:44 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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Re: [libreoffice-users] copy function not working

[Thomas Blasejewicz]

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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