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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 3/6/2016 3:52 PM, Bernhard Stegmaier wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> as discussed in another mail I fixed the “Save Block” from context menu on OS X (patch to come…).
> 
> Now, I tried to understand how the Cut/Copy/Paste buttons in the toolbar should work to be (hopefully) able to also fix those buttons on OS X.
> I tried 4.0.2 on Linux, but…
> 
> (1) Are these Cut/Copy/Paste icons just intended to work (getting enabled) when a block is selected? 
> ==> I guess so…?
> 
> (2) What is Cut intended to do? In my tests it does
> (2a) Select block, Cut and Copy get enabled
> (2b) Click on Cut
> (2c-1) Selection is deleted, “moving" copy disappears, but Paste is not enabled
>   OR
> (2c-2) Selection is deleted, “moving" copy disappears, but Paste inserts a previous selection
> ==> Looks like a bug?

Indeed it does.  On windows I cannot even paste the cut block.  It's
possible the cut block not getting copied to the clipboard because that
should be what enables the paste button.  If this is not what enables
the paste button then that is a separate bug.

> 
> (3) For Copy:
> (2a) Select block, Cut and Copy get enabled
> (2b) Click on Copy
> (2c) “Moving" copy disappears, Paste is enabled
> (2d) Click on Paste inserts selection as a “moving” copy
> ==> Looks OK.
> 
> 
> Regards
> Bernhard
> 
> 
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