how to generate a paste command without eventap.keyStroke?

[dmg]

hi everybody,

I am trying to write a function to replace the currently selected text
with different text.

The problem is that if I use

hs.eventtap.keyStrokes(result)

the selected text is not overwritten.

If I use a clipboard:

hs.pasteboard.setContents(result)
hs.eventtap.keyStroke({"cmd"}, "v")

it works as expected, but... it does not work in applications that
have override cmd-V (for example emacs)

is there a way to generate the paste event directly?

thank you,


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[M N]

1) Send a deleted with sendkeys before the keysteokes to delete

2) you can do a Workaround to find the menu item for pasting an fire this