[REBOL] Re: help!! image => clipboard:// WAS{Re: Re: Ready for REBOL/Core 2.6?}
From: brett:codeconscious at: 9-Mar-2002 11:44
I think clipboard provides a basic manual level of integration with
other software that the user understands - even with its vagaries of
usefulness between applications.
My work with View hasn't seen me do a lot of image transfers to/from
other programs but when I have done them I immediately thought of
clipboard first.
As for handling the content management of clipboard, I don't know what
the other platforms do, but my understanding is that Windows allows
multiple formats to be registered/provided. Providing this level of
functionality is only useful when the programmer takes on the
responsibility to load/serialise/manage the various formats.
Which leads me to another thought. Aside from the non-Rebol
platform/software compatibility issue, Rebol apps can pass information
around easily because of the way that Rebol can/will serialise values.
I wonder whether there is some coordination or conventions that could
make clipboard transfers amongst Rebol applications must more useful
and intelligent? After all, my personal preference goal is to be
productive with Reblet to Reblet sharing rather than currently Reblet
to MS/other.
All in all, View/Link support for clipboard integration with other apps
is probably a necessary evil until users can/will migrate their workflows
to Rebol applications.
Brett.
