[PD] comment

[tim vets]

Hi,
What seems to work in many cases here (ubuntu) for pasting the clipboard
is clicking both the left and right mouse buttons simultaneously instead of
doing ctrl+v.
gr,
Tim


2010/6/16 Andrew Faraday <jbturgid at hotmail.com>

>  Hey all
>
> Bit OT on this thread, but has anyone seen the help file for comments? Work
> of genius!!!
>
> It would seem a shame to ruin that to try and solve problems like this.
>
> > Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:23:47 -0700
> > From: kim at anechoicmedia.com
> > To: matteosistisette at gmail.com
> > CC: pd-list at iem.at
> > Subject: Re: [PD] comment
>
> >
> > Matteo Sisti Sette wrote:
> > > Kim Cascone escribió:
> > >> is there a way to cut and paste text from the console or some other
> > >> external text source into a comment object?
> > >>
> > >> I'm RTFM and can't seem to find anywhere if this is possible
> > >>
> > >
> > > What version of Pd are you using? Copy-pasting into comments, message
> > > boxes and object boxes didn't work until some recent version (at least
> > > in Windows), but it now does (at least in Windows). I think it was
> > > 0.42.something when it was finally introduced.
> > ah maybe that's the problem I'm using:
> > Pd version 0.41-4extended
> > >
> > > Or am I misunderstanding what you mean? I mean selecting a text
> > > anywhere inside or outside Pd, hitting ctrl+C, and pasting into a
> > > comment, message box or object with ctrl+V.
> > that's correct - that is what I'm trying to do
> > while I CAN copy and paste between comments
> > I cannot paste from the console or a text file
> > nor can I copy from a comment and paste it into a text file
> > >
> > > Oh well you have to create the comment object (or select it) and paste
> > > the text into it: what you cannot do is just pasting and having the
> > > text appear _as_ a new comment. perhaps was this what you meant?
> > >
> > no although that would be nice too!
> > thanks for your help -- I think I'll just have to update my Pd and see
> > if I get that function
> > :)
> >
> >
> >
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