XPost: alt.comp.software.firefox, comp.sys.mac.system   
   From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Fri, 2/13/2026 12:17 PM, Jim Jackson wrote:   
   > On 2026-02-13, R Daneel Olivaw  wrote:   
   >> Carlos E. R. wrote:   
   >>> On 2026-02-12 21:26, Maria Sophia wrote:   
   >>>> PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I do a lot of research as I generally invest at least an hour or two into   
   >>>> many of my Usenet opening posts, where I currently employ a thousand-line   
   >>>> Windows Notepad++ macro that beautifully cleans up non-ASCII garbage   
   >>>> copied   
   >>>> from both Firefox and Chromium web output, where, only with Chromium   
   >>>> pastes   
   >>>> into Notepad++ was the selection mechanism (i.e., Ctrl+A) inoperative.   
   >>>   
   >>> How do you propose we test this in Linux? There is no notepad++.   
   >>>   
   >>> ...   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Wine?   
   >   
   > Youy mean it can be done if we get drunk?   
   >   
      
   I don't think mixing WINE with Wine is a good   
   idea, as WINE constitutes "heavy machinery". But   
   in this particular case, all the ("SNAP") preparation was   
   done by someone sober. It's actually two wrongs   
   to make a thing, SNAP+WINE=Notepad++   
      
      Paul   
      
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