Re: [B2-devel] [PATCH] More clipboard-related fixes for Basilisk / SheepShaver

[Ronald P. R. <ron...@xs...>]

I hope you are not getting annoyed by my investigations into the clipboard and AppleWorks (ClarisWorks) issue. I will stop after this message.

This is what I found with today's (July 9th) SheepShaver 2.4 build.

Definitions:
AW = AppleWorks in OS9
ST = SimpleText in OS9
TE = TextEdit in OSX

In 32-bit mode it works as it did in older builds:

Works (plain text):
- Copy in TE and paste in ST
- Copy in ST and paste in TE

Does not work:
- Copy in AW and paste in TE

Works (plain text)
- Copy in TE and paste in AW
- Copy in AW -> paste in ST -> copy in ST -> paste in TE


In 64-bit mode:

Works (formatted text):
- Copy in TE and paste in ST
- Copy in ST and paste in TE

Does not work:
- Copy in TE and paste in AW
- Copy in AW and paste in TE

Works only once (formatted text):
- Copy in TE -> launch AW for the first time after SheepShaver startup -> paste in AW

Works (formatted text):
- Copy in TE -> choose "Show clipboard" in OS9 Finder Edit menu (you may or may not leave the clipboard window open) -> paste in AW
(Show clipboard can be replaced by paste in ST or paste in ResEdit.)
- Copy in AW -> switch to the OS9 Finder (e.g., click on the OS9 desktop) -> paste in TE
(Switch to the OS9 Finder can be replaced by switch to ST that has at least one window open.)

AppleWorks seems to be special in the way it relates to the clipboard.


Ronald.