copy and paste should preserve formatting between different LyX instances
Currently you can only copy and paste simple text between different LyX
instances ("Paste external"). You must open both documents in the same LyX
instance if you wnat to copy wth formatting, but then you can't display them
side by side. It would be nice if it would be possible to copy and paste any
LyX content with formatting from one LyX instance to another.
Change History
(11)
| op_sys: |
other → All
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| Severity: |
enhancement → normal
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| Version: |
1.4.0cvs → 1.4.0
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| Severity: |
normal → enhancement
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| Keywords: |
fixedintrunk added
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| Milestone: |
→ 1.5.0
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| Resolution: |
→ fixed
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| Status: |
new → closed
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| Keywords: |
fixedintrunk removed
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If technically possible, it would be great to fix the whole
copy/paste-from-the-OS-clipboard-issue at the same time.
I believe the external-copy/paste shortcoming is very serious because I cannot
think of any other app with less support for system-wide copying and pasting.
For most users, the shortcuts Ctrl-c,x,v are the first (and sometimes the only
ones) they ever learn, no matter whether they are on Linux, Win, or Mac. It
seems likely that many of them discard Lyx after their first
copy/paste-experience. (Ok, this is a bit speculative...)
(obligatory anti-flame disclaimer: apart from that, lyx is great)
-Sven