Cannot Paste within Fantasy Grounds (Mac osx)

[ddavison]

I don't think this would have any impact, but if you are running FG through Steam, it is also recommended to turn off the Steam Overlay. You change that in the Library | Games | Fantasy Grounds (right-click and choose properties), and then uncheck the box for the Steam Overlay. Again, I don't think it would interfere... but just to be safe.

[Trueshots]

I'm pretty sure that you've misunderstood the way FG works when copying via mac osx. I attempted to copy paste the text manually from the pdf. If you try manually nothing will copy but copying via plain clip allowed me to copy any of the text I wanted to.

Maybe when I think i'm activating plain clip, its not actually activating? When you click (or double click) it doesn't do anything so its hard to tell if its actually started. I'll link a pic a bottom, tell me which options you choose on your Plain Clip. Pretty Pls

Just to clarify when copying manually you need to highlight copy (cmd +c) the text you want from the pdf then move to FG and select a new story entry or whatever and then paste into there. But this time to paste rather than (cmd + v) you need to use (ctrl+v) to paste because it's operating in wine.

Yes, I do it exactly like that. Remember I'm not using Steam, don't know if that matters

Anyway to save time I then ran the entire pdf all 26 pages through an app I have called "PDF to TEXT" and it converted the entire document in seconds. I've emailed it you as a text file. I'll leave you to do the formatting

Thank you much I haven't even checked my email today. I'll look. I used Adobe Acrobat Pro (newest version) to do pdf to word and pdf to text. I still had issues. Since my game is in 24 hours I gotta get to it, I'll use the stuff you sent and worry bout this later.

Thanks for all the help thus far everyone!

[Trueshots]

I forgot to add the screen shot of plain clip. BUT,

Ive tried the methods you spoke of and nothing. I can copy and paste anywhere outside of FG, inside FG does not work. I used the text doc you sent, I made one just like it a day or so ago and I still can not copy from it and paste to FG or copy from it, use plain text, then paste to FG. Nothing is working.

[Trueshots]

My God I'm going to lose it. The other night when I was playing in a game I was trying to copy/paste from the d20pfsrd site to FG chat box. I randomly opened a d20 web page copied and pasted perfectly right into FG story area. I right click, chose copy then hit control +v to paste it in there and it worked perfect. So then I went back to the pdf and the text document and guess what....nothing...again.....

[Trueshots]

I don't think this would have any impact, but if you are running FG through Steam, it is also recommended to turn off the Steam Overlay. You change that in the Library | Games | Fantasy Grounds (right-click and choose properties), and then uncheck the box for the Steam Overlay. Again, I don't think it would interfere... but just to be safe.

I'm not running through steam, I'm actually gaining to delete steam off my computer to see if that changes anything.

[Trenloe]

Can you install a Windows PDF reader within Wine. The open the PDF with this Windows PDF within Wine and do copy/paste all within Wine. It may be that the issue is with the MAC to Wine clipboard interface. If you do all of the copy/paste process within Wine this will at least eliminate that from the equation and narrow down where the issue is if you still have problems.

[damned]

are you using any antivirus?

[Trueshots]

Can you install a Windows PDF reader within Wine. The open the PDF with this Windows PDF within Wine and do copy/paste all within Wine. It may be that the issue is with the MAC to Wine clipboard interface. If you do all of the copy/paste process within Wine this will at least eliminate that from the equation and narrow down where the issue is if you still have problems.

Ummm, I need to be upfront.....I'm clueless about how to use computers, your on another level right now

are you using any antivirus?

Not that I know of.....


Talked with my Buddy Paul, we think its a keyboard issue. Its says my keyboard is set up for US-English. But I also read that on some keyboard versions there is an additional key between the "z" and "shift". But I still don't know why that would affect me anyway....

Who is ready to remote in to my PC? LOL

[HoloGnome]

Trueshots - try a web-based PDF reader. Firefox should work for inline viewing.

Also - may help:
https://forum.winehq.org/viewtopic.php?t=8334

in X11.app preferences, make sure that you have pasteboard and clipboard syncing turned on.
Inside a windows app in Wine, use CTRL+C and CTRL+V .. and back on the Mac side switch back to use CMD+C and CMD+V

[darrenan]

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