__/ [Peter D.] on Thursday 03 November 2005 13:34 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote in alt.os.linux.mandrake:
>
> [snip]
>> So, once again, proprietary cripples communication. Trying to 'fix'
>> this in KNode would not make a fix, but rather a workaround or a hack
>> for non-- standardised bugs that lie elsewhere.
>>
>> It is somewhat like browsers that must tolerate and cope with
>> MSOffice- generated HTML. Firefox appears to do it admirably well,
>> but why should it? Why should developers devour time embracing
>> Microsoft non-standards- compliant HTML?
>>
>> Roy
>
> Sometimes it almost looks as if MS is trying to break standards.
> I wish you all the luck in the world in getting them to fix their
> products. In the meantime...
>
> Presumably it is possible to cut and paste text from, for example,
> a piece of latin1 text into the article you are writing and then
> another piece text this time from a latin2 source. This should be
> "legal" - and confusing. What is KNode supposed to do? If the
> information about which character set is taken with the cut and
> past action then information could be preserved in a utf encoded
> article.
There are several scenarios where I cut and paste information from one ap-
plication to another via intermediates like emacs or kwrite, among others.
It is somewhat of an adaptation that is acquired from experience and re-
peated struggles, which I find rather frustrating.
Examples:
* Firefox 1.x clipboard is limited in size (not always) so need to use
Konqueror or other means for large textareas.
* Copying and pasting certain character encodings to/from LyX (especially
foreign languages with accents).
* aMSN (TCL/TKL) font encoding (years ago).
You see, some applications seem to convert or reduce the number of con-
flicts or gaps. Although these solution are nasty and non-trivial, they
seem to be doing the job. I am not alone in this as I suggested others to
do similar tricks.
Roy
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