I totally agree. On the spectrum of feature<->failure I'd err toward the latter. In fact, as a result of this intriguing exercise, I'm filing before/after under a similar heading as "goto", "eval" and "important!"
So let me say this, Josiah: you need a solution that does not use CSS before/after tricks. On Monday, February 19, 2018 at 11:26:23 AM UTC-6, @TiddlyTweeter wrote: > > As a naive user I find it bizarre that something I can clearly see on > screen as simple text I can't copy as simple text. What happened to it! :-) > > On Monday, 19 February 2018 18:18:24 UTC+1, coda coder wrote: >> >> >> >> On Monday, February 19, 2018 at 10:50:08 AM UTC-6, @TiddlyTweeter wrote: >>> >>> FOOTNOTE ... if you opened the Tiddler in edit mode you may get a bit >>> confused in wondering HOW does the rendered version relate to the source >>> tiddler? :-). Its because I am using BJ's Flexity plugin. The >>> transformations are triggered by the Content Type and performed by >>> https://onepager.tv/tw_reggie.html#rx-mason-tids-jason-RT%201. But all >>> that is beside the point in that at the surface end the problem is the same. >>> >>> >>> >> Yes, I figured that out eventually. >> >> Sorry, I don't have a solution. I was hoping that the dev tools might >> allow some way to capture the *rendered* output, but I wasn't able tto >> find it or even figure out how. >> >> Were I so inclined, I would file a bug with moz/chrome - "Right-click >> SELECT ALL does not work with all rendered output" or similar. But I'm >> not. :/ >> >> The issue is pretty much as you'd expected -- CSS before/after >> selectors/rules seem to live in a universe all their own. >> >> Hmm... I know of a few people that might consider "uncopy-able text" a >> feature. ;) >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/7005531b-ea44-4111-9c18-e3cb8226e42a%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

