[MlMt] Copy Text from LibeOffice Calc

John Cooper mailmate2 at coopercontent.com
Mon Aug 5 18:45:37 EDT 2024


Does MailMate's Paste as Plain Text (⌥⇧⌘V) command work around the 
issue?

Scott wrote (at 2:53 PM on Monday, August 5, 2024):

> On 6 August 2024, at 0253, Matthias Schmidt via mailmate wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> how do I copy text frm LibreOPfffice Calc to Mailmate?
>> When I copy and paste, I get a picturepath:
>> [ "PastedImage.png" ]
>> when I paste the same thin in BBEdit I get the expected text, 
>> Text-Edit keeps even all formats.
>
>
> For what it is worth, I've had this type of issue for quite a while 
> with MailMate.  "Something" in the original text makes MM think that 
> the content is some sort of a binary object and the only way to 
> "paste" is to make it an image, as you have seen.
>
> For a year or two I've had to paste text into something like Sublime 
> Text first, then re copy it to the clipboard before pasting it into 
> MailMate.
>
> I reported it a while back, and Benny was the one who pointed out that 
> whatever was in the original document/copy action was potentially 
> confusing the process.
>
> I don't think it's just LibreOffice, or any specific application, it 
> happens all the time with plain ASCII text in web applications I use 
> (well, what *appears* as plain ASCII to my eyes, but, who knows).
>
> Regards,
>
> Scott
>
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