Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 07:34:05 -0600
Reply-To: ViAnn Beadle <vab88011@gmail.com>
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From: ViAnn Beadle <vab88011@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: problems with cut and paste in version 19
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There are so many different ways to cut and paste and so many different clipboard formats that reports have to be really specific. Where are you copying from? What are you copying? Where are you pasting? How are you copying (via the menu, a right-button context menu, a toolbar button, or a keyboard shortcut). How are you pasting? What is the selection state in the destination.
For example, I am using Stats 19. When I copy plain text from my little textpad editor via a Ctrl-C and paste it via Ctrl-V into a new syntax window, it pastes the content as expected and the name at the top of the window gets an asterisk which is a symbol for unsaved changes.
It’s really hard for developers to fix problems that they cannot replicate because of incomplete information.
From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Mark W. Andrews
Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 6:46 AM
To: SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Re: problems with cut and paste in version 19
I think that the Synatx editor is a complete mess (v19, windows 7, 32 bit). I had to shut down most of its functionality just to make it somewhat workable and reliable—I almost gave up and went back to v15. I continue to have trouble cutting and pasting, scrambling code from annoying and unnecessary drag and drop functionality, code that exists but is not visible on the screen, and unreliable undo (cntrl z) .
I appreciate the error window on the bottom, but it nearly always is referencing the wrong line number and does not give you enough information to resolve the problem. I am back to combing the output as I did before.
Can’t we just get a decent text editor? How about with wild card find and replace capability?
Ahhh…done venting…feel much better J
Mark
From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Bozena Zdaniuk
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 5:49 PM
To: SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Re: problems with cut and paste in version 19
my main issue with cut and paste in syntax files is that if I just do cut and paste in the file without doing any other changes and click "save" the cut and paste work does not save at all! It's as if spss does not register that any changes were made. I lost a lot of work before i trained myself to always remember to enter and delete a random letter or something like that. This issue is in version 18. Does it persist in v. 19?
bozena
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From: "Gene Maguin" <emaguin@buffalo.edu>
To: SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 2:29:12 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
Subject: Re: problems with cut and paste in version 19
Oh!! I wasn't spcific enough either! What specific OS? Version 19, i understand but 32 or 64 bit? And there might be a few more subtleties, too.
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From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Stone, Eric
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 5:19 PM
To: SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: problems with cut and paste in version 19
About 6 months ago, there was some discussion on the listserv about problems with cut and paste in version 19, but it doesn't look like there were any solutions.
Now that version 19 has been out longer, I was hoping there was some solution that spss has come up with that someone on the list knows about. It's hard to imagine that the program doesn't support such a simple and common function.
Thanks,
Eric
Eric Stone
Department of Psychology
Wake Forest University
estone@wfu.edu
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