rnpantos@watdragon.waterloo.edu (Roger Pantos) (12/10/90)
Hello,
I was wondering if anyone knows how to do the following in Nisus 3.01:
grab some arbitrarily formatted text from the text layer and move it to a
CAD program, while retaining its formatting. (Obviously this requires it
to be copied to the clipboard as a PICT.)
I've RTFM, and I can't see any way to do it.
(There are those who might be tempted to gleefully point out that "you
can do it in Word". :-) This is an option, but as others have pointed
out, the environment in Nisus is nice enough to make going back to Word
pretty distasteful. Particularly as I write code in QUED/M, and moving
between it and Nisus is fairly painless.)
It would be nice if Nisus checked if the text was formatted before
pasting it into the graphics layer (where "formatted" := more than one
font | style | spacing | etc.), and pasted it as a PICT if it was. I could
then copy the PICT from the graphics layer. However, the graphics layer
seems to accept only raw text.
BTW, I notice people mentioning Nisus 3.04. What are the changes? Is
there any reason why the "diffs" from 3.01 could not be posted to c.b.m.
or mailed to me in the form of a PUP 2.0 change file? (I guess I'm
directing these questions to Jon. (This is what PUP is for, after all.))
All in all though, Nisus is a great product - powerful and cleanly
implemented. (And if you qualify, a steal for $99 educational :-)
Way to go Paragon!
---
Roger Pantos rnpantos@watdragon.waterloo.edu 4A AM Hell :-)
My connection to the U of Waterloo is as a paying customer, not a spokesman.
-+- Bo knows endorsements -+-baumgart@esquire.dpw.com (Steve Baumgarten) (12/13/90)
In article <1990Dec9.205436.20141@watdragon.waterloo.edu>, rnpantos@watdragon (Roger Pantos) writes: > I was wondering if anyone knows how to do the following in Nisus 3.01: >grab some arbitrarily formatted text from the text layer and move it to a >CAD program, while retaining its formatting. (Obviously this requires it >to be copied to the clipboard as a PICT.) There's an option in the Editing Preferences dialog (I think that's the one) that's called "Use MacWrite Clipboard". On the assumption that this means that Nisus will convert its private clipboard into MacWrite format (thus making formatting information available to those applications that support MacWrite's clipboard format) when Nisus is switched out under Multifinder (or quit from in the Finder), it could be worth a try. How's that for a qualified suggestion? :-) -- Steve Baumgarten | "New York... when civilization falls apart, Davis Polk & Wardwell | remember, we were way ahead of you." baumgart@esquire.dpw.com | cmcl2!esquire!baumgart | - David Letterman
ghh@clarity.Princeton.EDU (Gilbert Harman) (12/13/90)
In article <2920@esquire.dpw.com> baumgart@esquire.dpw.com (Steve Baumgarten) writes: ... There's an option in the Editing Preferences dialog (I think that's the one) that's called "Use MacWrite Clipboard". On the assumption that this means that Nisus will convert its private clipboard into MacWrite format (thus making formatting information available to those applications that support MacWrite's clipboard format) when Nisus is switched out under Multifinder (or quit from in the Finder), it could be worth a try. Yes. From the Manual (page 444): USE MACWRITE CLIPBOARD option ... Use this option when moving formatted text between Nisus and other word processors which support the MacWrite Clipboard format. This will enable you to retain the format and attributes of your text which are understood by MacWrite. Otherwise only the text will be preserved. -- Gilbert Harman (ghh@clarity.princeton.edu) Princeton University Cognitive Science Laboratory 221 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ 08542 (609) 258-2824