copy and paste on Mac GnuCash

[Charles Day]

On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 9:54 AM, Ian Smith-Heisters <i at idiosyncra.tc> wrote:

> On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 11:29 PM, Des Dougan <des at douganconsulting.com>
> wrote:
> > Ian,
> >
> > On 26 Apr 2009, at 22:48, Ian Smith-Heisters wrote:
> >
> >> Hey folks,
> >>
> >> I think this probably isn't really a GnuCash question, but...
> >>
> >> I can't cut and paste from native Mac apps, say, OpenOffice (installed
> >> native Cocoa) to GnuCash (installed from MacPorts with +no_static,
> >> +no_x11, -x11, +quartz in variants.conf). Any tips?
> >
> > You don't say what happens when you try; however, I run GnuCash,
> installed
> > via fink. Under X11, I found that I need to use the ctrl key rather than
> the
> > Command key for pasting in GnuCash. I routinely copy and paste from
> native
> > apps (primarily TextEdit) to GnuCash.
> >
>
> Sorry for the lack of clarity. I cmd-c from the cocoa app, and neither
> cmd-v nor ctrl-v (nor any other variants like option-v) work in
> GnuCash. Furthermore, the Edit->Paste menu option is disabled.
>

I have the same experience. I'm also compiling GnuCash without X11. Don't
know what's wrong though, and no time to look at it. :(

-Charles


>
> Part of the problem is that I'm not even sure what to google for. I
> guess that this isn't actually X11, but the Quartz WM (per my compile
> options)? Does anyone know what subsystem this actually is? What's the
> difference between this and X11? Is there a preferences pane for it
> somewhere? What should I google for?
>
> Thanks,
> Ian
>
> > HTH,
> >
> > Des
> >
> >
> >>
> >> TIA,
> >> Ian
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