Re: Commit: some cut+paste future fixes

From: msevior@physics.unimelb.edu.au
Date: Thu Jul 17 2003 - 18:35:16 EDT

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    >> However I just want to point out that there is some
    >> really special case
    >> code for copy and pasting lists and tables in the
    >> RTF export/importer.
    >> The difference here is that that what happens after
    >> the paste depends on
    >> the context that the text is being pasted into.
    >>
    >> In the case of lists, the RTF importer attempts to
    >> merge the pasted list
    >> into the current list structure. This required a lot
    >> of specialized
    >> code.
    >>
    >> Without this the a pasted list would not merge with
    >> the current but
    >> would be a seperate entity surrounded by the
    >> previous list.
    >>
    >> Getting all this to work right for every importer
    >> will require a fair
    >> bit of abstracting and reusing code in the RTF
    >> importer.
    >
    > Oh, I'm aware of this. This currently fits the "90%"
    > need. I plan on stealing more of the RTF importer's
    > code and abracting a few more things away as we need
    > it. For right now, you should be able to append/paste
    > sections, tables, paragraphs, spans, images, and text.
    > Which seems like a nice start to me. None of the
    > importers - except maybe .doc - are nearly as
    > sophisticated as the RTF one currently.
    >

    Ah excellent Dom!

    Cheers

    Martin
    > Dom
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