copy and paste on Mac GnuCash

[Ian Smith-Heisters]

On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 10:01 AM, Charles Day <cedayiv at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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

Seems to have been a problem with dbus. Once I got that running, Ctrl-V worked.

-ISH

>
>>
>> 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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