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clipboard paste fails in eclipse 3.4.0 [message #331375]

Wed, 03 September 2008 21:04

Eclipse User

All of a sudden my paste (control V) into Replace Text Matches fails.
Every time it wants to paste an old buffer from earlier in the day.

Copy and paste in to the editor works. Paste has worked before today.

I've tried re-copying the text. I've pasted in to other apps no problem.
I've re-booted the OS (winXP) and restarted eclipse. Same problem, same
old buffer.

Now it seems that I get this old buffer of text in every Eclipse text
entry field.

I managed to get the old buffer to change one time but I can't reproduce it.

Any hints? Any workaround? It makes eclipse not very useful to say the
least.

I have PDE and source so any way of debugging would also be welcome.

John

Re: clipboard paste fails in eclipse 3.4.0 [message #331401 is a reply to message #331375]

Thu, 04 September 2008 14:36

Eclipse User

John J Barton wrote:
> All of a sudden my paste (control V) into Replace Text Matches fails.
> Every time it wants to paste an old buffer from earlier in the day.
>
> Copy and paste in to the editor works. Paste has worked before today.
>
> I've tried re-copying the text. I've pasted in to other apps no problem.
> I've re-booted the OS (winXP) and restarted eclipse. Same problem, same
> old buffer.
>
> Now it seems that I get this old buffer of text in every Eclipse text
> entry field.
>
> I managed to get the old buffer to change one time but I can't reproduce
> it.
>
> Any hints? Any workaround? It makes eclipse not very useful to say the
> least.
>
> I have PDE and source so any way of debugging would also be welcome.
>
> John
>
>
More curious info: when I paste and get the old buffer, my editor window
highlights the old text.

Re: clipboard paste fails in eclipse 3.4.0 [message #331404 is a reply to message #331401]

Thu, 04 September 2008 16:22

Eclipse User

John J Barton wrote:
....

Does eclipse support replacing a single line of text with multiple lines
in the Search..Replace function?

To my surprise, the answer maybe no! This explains my problem: when I
paste into the replace field, only the first line shows up, which I
interpreted as an old bit of text (as it accidentally was).

Re: clipboard paste fails in eclipse 3.4.0 [message #331457 is a reply to message #331404]

Mon, 08 September 2008 10:18

Eclipse User

John J Barton wrote:
> John J Barton wrote:
> ...
>
> Does eclipse support replacing a single line of text with multiple
> lines in the Search..Replace function?
Yes.
>
> To my surprise, the answer maybe no! This explains my problem: when I
> paste into the replace field, only the first line shows up,
In fact only the first line is taken and used to search/replace.

Dani
> which I interpreted as an old bit of text (as it accidentally was).
>
>

Re: clipboard paste fails in eclipse 3.4.0 [message #331463 is a reply to message #331457]

Mon, 08 September 2008 17:03

Eclipse User

Daniel Megert wrote:
> John J Barton wrote:
>> John J Barton wrote:
>> ...
>>
>> Does eclipse support replacing a single line of text with multiple
>> lines in the Search..Replace function?
> Yes.
>>
>> To my surprise, the answer maybe no! This explains my problem: when I
>> paste into the replace field, only the first line shows up,
> In fact only the first line is taken and used to search/replace.
>
> Dani
>> which I interpreted as an old bit of text (as it accidentally was).
>>
>>

? How can "only the first line is taken" also be "Yes" its supported?
I'd say its more like "there is a bug: multi line replacements are
ignored and you are not warned".

Re: clipboard paste fails in eclipse 3.4.0 [message #331470 is a reply to message #331463]

Tue, 09 September 2008 02:45

Eclipse User

John J Barton wrote:
> Daniel Megert wrote:
>> John J Barton wrote:
>>> John J Barton wrote:
>>> ...
>>>
>>> Does eclipse support replacing a single line of text with multiple
>>> lines in the Search..Replace function?
>> Yes.
>>>
>>> To my surprise, the answer maybe no! This explains my problem: when
>>> I paste into the replace field, only the first line shows up,
>> In fact only the first line is taken and used to search/replace.
>>
>> Dani
>>> which I interpreted as an old bit of text (as it accidentally was).
>>>
>>>
>
> ? How can "only the first line is taken" also be "Yes" its supported?
> I'd say its more like "there is a bug: multi line replacements are
> ignored and you are not warned".
You can say for pasting but search/replaces works by using regex.

Dani

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