diff --git a/pd/nw/index.js b/pd/nw/index.js
index 95836df6384ce2ef5d301f8764a20964e39d32ef..9c84762a7c92a3f8e33ebee8f9ffcc4c26dd9e31 100644
--- a/pd/nw/index.js
+++ b/pd/nw/index.js
@@ -456,6 +456,7 @@ function nw_create_pd_window_menus(gui, w) {
});
if (osx) {
minit(m.edit.paste, { enabled: false });
+ minit(m.edit.paste_clipboard, { enabled: false });
minit(m.edit.duplicate, { enabled: false });
}
minit(m.edit.selectall, {
diff --git a/pd/nw/locales/de/translation.json b/pd/nw/locales/de/translation.json
index 6a199fbdc9a3be829f02a101dc0e0d7356032e5b..f275b2538bafc1a5086283792b40279d3c5ad527 100644
--- a/pd/nw/locales/de/translation.json
+++ b/pd/nw/locales/de/translation.json
@@ -122,6 +122,8 @@
"copy_tt": "Kopiere die selektierten Objekte in die Ablage",
"paste": "Einfügen",
"paste_tt": "Füge Objekte aus der Ablage in den Patch ein",
+ "paste_clipboard": "Einfügen aus Zwischenablage",
+ "paste_clipboard_tt": "Füge Pd code aus der Zwischenablage in den Patch ein (mit Vorsicht verwenden!)",
"duplicate": "Duplizieren",
"duplicate_tt": "Füge eine Kopie der aktuell selektierten Objekte in den Patch ein (verwendet nicht die Zwischenablage)",
"selectall": "Alles auswählen",
diff --git a/pd/nw/locales/en/translation.json b/pd/nw/locales/en/translation.json
index 2b98e8d02807275d68896ffc345d57f21effe19f..e5cfb44ec8a4c4794de0fd58dacc3c5e06651ac4 100644
--- a/pd/nw/locales/en/translation.json
+++ b/pd/nw/locales/en/translation.json
@@ -122,6 +122,8 @@
"copy_tt": "Copy selected objects to the clipboard",
"paste": "Paste",
"paste_tt": "Add any objects to the canvas which were previously cut or copied",
+ "paste_clipboard": "Paste from Clipboard",
+ "paste_clipboard_tt": "Paste Pd code from the clipboard to the canvas (use with caution!)",
"duplicate": "Duplicate",
"duplicate_tt": "Paste a copy of the current selection on the canvas (doesn't use clipboard)",
"selectall": "Select All",
diff --git a/pd/nw/pd_canvas.js b/pd/nw/pd_canvas.js
index b600fb045db845f3adb8e9b3fdaab6ca2b22c2c2..894a094bd6da336ca8e01074bfea18a4a3621c52 100644
--- a/pd/nw/pd_canvas.js
+++ b/pd/nw/pd_canvas.js
@@ -363,12 +363,6 @@ var canvas_events = (function() {
break;
case 86:
if (cmd_or_ctrl_key(evt)) { // ctrl-v
- // Instead of sending the "paste" message to Pd
- // here, we wait for the "paste" DOM listener to
- // pick it up. That way it can check to see if
- // there's anything in the paste buffer, and if so
- // forward it to Pd.
-
// We also use "cut" and "copy" DOM event handlers
// and leave this code in case we need to change
// tactics for some reason.
@@ -684,81 +678,14 @@ var canvas_events = (function() {
}
});
- // Listen to paste event using the half-baked Clipboard API from HTML5
+ // Listen to paste event
+ // XXXTODO: Not sure whether this is even needed any more, as the
+ // paste-from-clipboard functionality has been moved to its own menu
+ // option. So this code may possibly be removed in the future. -ag
document.addEventListener("paste", function(evt) {
- var clipboard_data = evt.clipboardData.getData("text"),
- line,
- lines,
- i,
- pd_message;
- // Precarious, overly complicated and prone to bugs...
- // Basically, if a Pd user copies some Pd source file from another
- // application, we give them a single paste operation to paste the
- // code directly into a window (empty or otherwise). We supply a
- // warning prompt to let the user know this is what's happening, so
- // they could cancel if that's not what they wanted.
-
- // After the prompt, the user can no longer paste that particular
- // string from the OS clipboard buffer. All paste actions
- // will instead apply to whatever has been copied or cut from within
- // a Pd patch. To paste from the OS clipboard again, the user
- // must cut/copy a _different_ snippet of Pd source file than the
- // one they previously tried to paste.
-
- // A temporary workaround to this confusing behavior would be to give
- // external code-pasting its own menu button. Another possibility is
- // to let copy/cut actions within the patch actually get written to
- // the OS clipboard. The latter would involve a lot more work (e.g.,
- // sending FUDI messages from Pd to set the OS clipboard, etc.)
-
- // Also, we check below to make sure the OS clipboard is holding
- // text that could conceivably be Pd source code. If not then the
- // user won't get bothered with a prompt at all, and normal Pd
- // paste behavior will follow.
-
- // From a usability standpoint the main drawback is that
- // you can't try to paste the same Pd source code more than once.
- // For users who want to pasting lots of source code this could be
- // a frustration, but Pd's normal copy/paste behavior remains
- // intuitive and in line with the way other apps tend to work.
-
- // Yet another caveat: we only want to check the external buffer
- // and/or send a "paste" event to Pd if the canvas is in a "normal"
- // state.
if (canvas_events.get_state() !== "normal") {
return;
}
-
- if (might_be_a_pd_file(clipboard_data) &&
- clipboard_data !== pdgui.get_last_clipboard_data()) {
- if (permission_to_paste_from_external_clipboard()) {
- // clear the buffer
- pdgui.pdsend(name, "copyfromexternalbuffer");
- pd_message = "";
- lines = clipboard_data.split("\n");
- for (i = 0; i < lines.length; i++) {
- line = lines[i];
- // process pd_message if it ends with a semicolon that
- // isn't preceded by a backslash
- if (line.slice(-1) === ";" &&
- (line.length < 2 || line.slice(-2, -1) !== "\\")) {
- if (pd_message === "") {
- pd_message = line;
- } else {
- pd_message = pd_message + " " + line;
- }
- pdgui.pdsend(name, "copyfromexternalbuffer", pd_message);
- pd_message = "";
- } else {
- pd_message = pd_message + " " + line;
- pd_message = pd_message.replace(/\n/g, "");
- }
- }
- // This isn't needed, but pd-l2ork did it for some reason...
- pdgui.pdsend(name, "copyfromexternalbuffer");
- }
- pdgui.set_last_clipboard_data(clipboard_data);
- }
// Send a canvas "paste" message to Pd
pdgui.pdsend(name, "paste");
});
@@ -1096,6 +1023,65 @@ function instantiate_live_box() {
}
}
+function canvas_paste_from_clipboard(name, clipboard_data)
+{
+ var line, lines, i, pd_message;
+
+ // This lets the user copy some Pd source file from another application
+ // and paste the code directly into a canvas window (empty or otherwise).
+ // It does a quick check to make sure the OS clipboard is holding text
+ // that could conceivably be Pd source code. But that's not 100% foolproof
+ // and if it's not then the engine might crash and burn, so be careful! :)
+
+ // We only want to check the external buffer and/or send a "paste" event
+ // to Pd if the canvas is in a "normal" state.
+ if (canvas_events.get_state() !== "normal") {
+ return;
+ }
+
+ // Maybe we want a warning prompt here? Then uncomment the line below. I
+ // disabled this for now, as the paste-from-clipboard command now has its
+ // own menu option, so presumably the user knows what he's doing. -ag
+ if (!might_be_a_pd_file(clipboard_data)
+ //|| !permission_to_paste_from_external_clipboard()
+ ) {
+ return;
+ }
+
+ // clear the buffer
+ pdgui.pdsend(name, "copyfromexternalbuffer");
+ pd_message = "";
+ lines = clipboard_data.split("\n");
+ for (i = 0; i < lines.length; i++) {
+ line = lines[i];
+ // process pd_message if it ends with a semicolon that
+ // isn't preceded by a backslash
+ if (line.slice(-1) === ";" &&
+ (line.length < 2 || line.slice(-2, -1) !== "\\")) {
+ if (pd_message === "") {
+ pd_message = line;
+ } else {
+ pd_message = pd_message + " " + line;
+ }
+ pdgui.pdsend(name, "copyfromexternalbuffer", pd_message);
+ pd_message = "";
+ } else {
+ pd_message = pd_message + " " + line;
+ pd_message = pd_message.replace(/\n/g, "");
+ }
+ }
+ // This signals to the engine that we're done filling the external buffer,
+ // so this might conceivably call some internal cleanup code. At present
+ // it doesn't do anything, though.
+ pdgui.pdsend(name, "copyfromexternalbuffer");
+ // Send a canvas "paste" message to Pd
+ pdgui.pdsend(name, "paste");
+ // Finally, make sure to reset the buffer so that next time around we
+ // start from a clean slate. (Otherwise, the engine will just add stuff to
+ // the existing buffer contents.)
+ pdgui.pdsend(name, "reset_copyfromexternalbuffer");
+}
+
// Menus for the Patch window
var canvas_menu = {};
@@ -1242,6 +1228,15 @@ function nw_create_patch_window_menus(gui, w, name) {
enabled: true,
click: function () { pdgui.pdsend(name, "paste"); }
});
+ minit(m.edit.paste_clipboard, {
+ enabled: true,
+ click: function () {
+ var clipboard = nw.Clipboard.get();
+ var text = clipboard.get('text');
+ //pdgui.post("** paste from clipboard: "+text);
+ canvas_paste_from_clipboard(name, text);
+ }
+ });
minit(m.edit.duplicate, {
enabled: true,
click: function () { pdgui.pdsend(name, "duplicate"); }
diff --git a/pd/nw/pd_menus.js b/pd/nw/pd_menus.js
index dead27ceb16d8e995715070fcccd341cbb0a8bef..d1fcf91188e485e951c8d035ac07999a946101c2 100644
--- a/pd/nw/pd_menus.js
+++ b/pd/nw/pd_menus.js
@@ -184,12 +184,6 @@ function create_menu(gui, type) {
tooltip: l("menu.copy_tt")
}));
if (canvas_menu) {
- // The nwjs menubar keybindings don't propagate down
- // to the DOM. Here, we need the DOM to receive the
- // "paste" event in case we want to paste a Pd file
- // from an external buffer. So unfortunately we can't
- // do the keybindings here. The side-effect is that
- // "Ctrl-V" isn't displayed in the menu item.
edit_menu.append(m.edit.paste = new gui.MenuItem({
label: l("menu.paste"),
key: "v",
@@ -203,6 +197,10 @@ function create_menu(gui, type) {
// part of the builtin Edit menu...
if (canvas_menu) {
+ edit_menu.append(m.edit.paste_clipboard = new gui.MenuItem({
+ label: l("menu.paste_clipboard"),
+ tooltip: l("menu.paste_clipboard_tt")
+ }));
edit_menu.append(m.edit.duplicate = new gui.MenuItem({
label: l("menu.duplicate"),
key: "d",
diff --git a/pd/nw/pdgui.js b/pd/nw/pdgui.js
index ef3c25aa76efe3c2e4235fb1de8a116b19a05d62..09244de1fc77db09573b31da760769c28d572ce3 100644
--- a/pd/nw/pdgui.js
+++ b/pd/nw/pdgui.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
var pwd;
var gui_dir;
var lib_dir;
-var last_clipboard_data;
var pd_engine_id;
exports.set_pwd = function(pwd_string) {
@@ -67,14 +66,6 @@ function gui_set_gui_preset(name) {
skin.set(name);
}
-exports.set_last_clipboard_data = function(data) {
- last_clipboard_data = data;
-}
-
-exports.get_last_clipboard_data = function() {
- return last_clipboard_data;
-}
-
// Modules
var fs = require("fs"); // for fs.existsSync