[Clippings] current clipboard variable

[Alex Eng]

Sounds like a new user preference that could be implemented.  I'll
have to do research into how to handle different clipboard data types
(text, images, other exotic data formats) in order to do a
save-and-restore.  Something to think about during development for a
future release.

Alex

On 10/3/06, Ricky Moorhouse <ricky at samespirit.net> wrote:
> It would be nice if the replacing of the clipboard was optional, as
> then it would let different people work as they liked. Would this be
> possible?
>
>
> Ricky
>
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> On 10/3/06, Alex Eng <skydaemon at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thanks for your comments. The existing behaviour where Clippings
> > overwrites the current clipboard contents is by design, as you can use
> > Edit -> Paste or CTRL+V to repeatedly paste in clippings.  So really,
> > it's not a bug, it's a feature! =)
> >
> > Having a variable/placeholder inside the clipping content is a great
> > idea. Another variation of this idea would be to prompt the user to
> > enter the value of that variable.  Something to think about, for sure.
> >
> > Alex
> >
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> > On 10/2/06, philip brookes <phil at hostingireland.ie> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I love the clippings tool.
> > >
> > > A cool new feature would be to be able to have 'stephen' in my buffer,
> > > and have a clipping which read 'hello %buff%, How are you?' and when I
> > > selected that to be pasted in, it pasted 'hello stephen, How are you?'
> > > that would be amazing :)
> > >
> > > The only annoyance I can think of, is that I notice when I use
> > > clippings, it replaces my current clipboard, would be nice if that
> > > didn't happen.
> > >
> > > Tis a brilliant program in any case.
> > >
> > > Phil.
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