TSE: Copy: Clipboard: CopyToWinClip: In Microsoft Windows + Linux WSL + Linux non-WSL

[knud van eeden]

Hello,

TSE version 4.50.13.

The attached program copies to the system clipboard 

in and Microsoft Windows and Linux WSL and Linux non-WSL.

Compile it and then highlight a block then execute the macro via the menu

or run it using whenever you want to copy to the system

clipboard.

ExecMacro( "tocowblo" )

assign it possibly to a key, e.g. 

 <CTRL C> ExecMacro( "tocowblo" )

In Linux non-WSL you might have to install xclip once

sudo apt xclip

The interesting and aimed for property is thus that it copies to the

system clipboard successfully in the 3 different types of operating systems

using one and the same TSE macro.

E.g. CopyToWinClip() does not work at this moment in Linux WSL

and Linux non-WSL. This TSE macro does that copy thus, so use that

instead whenever you have to do that action.

with friendly greetings

Knud van Eeden

 

[knud van eeden]

Hello,

TSE version 4.50.13.

The attached program paste from the system clipboard 

in and Microsoft Windows and Linux WSL and Linux non-WSL.

Compile it and then put the cursor where you want to paste

then execute the macro via the menu

or run it using whenever you want to copy to the system

clipboard.

ExecMacro( "frompalw" )

assign it possibly to a key, e.g. 

 <CTRL V> ExecMacro( "frompalw" )

In Linux non-WSL you might have to install xclip once

sudo apt xclip

The interesting and aimed for property is thus that it pastes from the

system clipboard successfully in the 3 different types of operating systems

using one and the same TSE macro.

E.g. PasteFromWinClip() does not work at this moment in Linux WSL

and Linux non-WSL. This TSE macro does that paste thus, so use that

[Guy Rouillier]

I'm running 4.50.13 on Ubuntu MATE 24.04.3 LTS (booted, not WSL). Without loading your macro, copying from a Firefox browser window using ctrl-ins and pasting into a TSE running in a MATE Terminal with shift-ins works.  So what does your macro do that is not already in place?

The only issue I see is that when I paste, only part of the text is pasted.  I have to tap the right cursor key for the rest of it to be pasted.

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[Guy Rouillier]

A little more on the paste issue. I got curious, so I tried pasting the same
buffer into vi (a terminal program) and xed (an X/GUI program). Both of them
pasted the entire string.

So, partial pasting of the copy buffer in TSE is unique to it, i.e., a bug.

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Guy Rouillier

[knud van eeden]

If BOTH <Ctrl Ins> and <Shift Ins> for copy to and paste from the system clipboard

work in your MATE terminal then that is a big exception.

In the 'xterm' terminal only one of the two keys work and likely only one can work ever.

in xterm very many (more) keys in TSE for Linux work.

Otherwise to convince yourself try yourself all the keys defined in your .ui file in your MATE terminal using the TSE ShowKey macro and  you will find out that the MAJORITY of those .ui defined keys do NOT work in your TSE MATE terminal).

So I would say at this moment that using my TSE macros it should work on all Linux non-WSL distributions and its terminals where you can install e. g. xclip.

In addition using the same TSE macro it works also on Linux WSL and if you want even on Microsoft Windows.

E.g. define these 2 keys in your .ui and burn

sc32 -b your.ui

on all 3 operating systems.

<Ctrl C> ExecMacro( "tocowblo" )

to copy 

<Ctrl V> ExecMacro( "frompalw" )

to paste

in order to copy to and paste.

Of course if one knows better general solutions let us know or if Semware implements native solutions in TSE for Linux would be the best solution, but at the moment the typical system copy and system paste (e.g. using CopyToWinClip() and PasteFromWinClip() as commands are present in all the TSE menus but do definitely NOT work on Linux WSL and Linux non-WSL or your TSE programs out of the box).

Kind of 'write once, use everywhere' idea.

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[knud van eeden]

According to the tse.ui for TSE for Linux this should happen if you press

those keys:

<Ctrl Ins>              CopyToWinClip()

<Shift Ins>             PasteFromWinClip()

and that is what is default burned in to the TSE e editor

and what is expected to happen if you press

any of those 2 keys when running it in Linux (WSL or non-WSL).

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Note: You are thus *fully right* regarding 

your description of using

 <Shift Ins> 

(and having to click the right cursor button

afterwards to get the full paste information,

which is or looks indeed something like a bug).

That works in TSE for Linux 4.50.13 on non-WSL Linux Ubuntu

between applications.

So using <Shift Ins> is definitely also a method to paste from the system

clipboard in Linux non-WSL into TSE.

That <Shift Ins> action thus definitely pastes from the system clipboard.

But that it works MUST be something on (Linux) Operating System level.

Because pressing <Shift Ins> in TSE showkey macro

does NOT show 

 <Shift Ins> 

as expected, but 

 </> 

instead, so TSE will not react to that.

See the first screenshot below showing that </> after pressing

<Shift Ins> when running the TSE native macro 'showkey'.

I assume thus this working paste is operating system level behavior and NOT 

caused by TSE executing PasteFromWinClip(), because that PasteFromWinClip() is 

NOT implemented at all by Semware at this moment in TSE for Linux non-WSL.

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Regarding its counterpart 

 <Ctrl Ins> 

(=copy to system clipboard) that could thus

actually work in Linux non-WSL.

See the second screenshot below.

Root cause: But Semware has NOT implemented CopyToWinClip() for Linux non-WSL, so that

<Ctrl Ins> key press action does nothing and is thus ignored.

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Screenshot: 

Result of pressing <Shift Ins> (thus paste from system clipboard) in TSE for Linux 4.50.13 running on Linux non-WSL Ubuntu

inside an xterm terminal. It shows thus </> instead of the expected <Shift Ins>

Screenshot: 

Result of pressing <Ctrl Ins> (thus copy to system clipboard) in TSE for Linux 4.50.13 running on Linux non-WSL Ubuntu

inside an xterm terminal. It shows thus as expected <Ctr Ins>.

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[knud van eeden]

CopyToWinClip()

and 

PasteFromWinClip()

do thus not work in TSE for Linux 4.50.13 or lower.

See screenshot

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