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Paste Not Working

Posted by Tandrin on Sat 29 Dec 2012 06:16 PM — 25 posts, 95,632 views.

Tandrin #0
I am using Mushclient 4.84.

For whatever reason, I am unable to paste within Mushclient at all whether I use ctrl v, right click and select paste or attempt to import it.

The items I copy can be done from within Mushclient or other programs. Pasting works normally in a notepad outside of Mushclient, but it simply isn't possible to paste inside Mush.
Fiendish USA Global Moderator #1
Works fine for me. What OS are you using?
Tandrin #2
Windows 7 Pro.
Nick Gammon Australia Forum Administrator #3
Do you mean pasting into the command window (where you type) and/or the notepad window? (press Ctrl+Alt+Space to see one)
Sytren #4
I just got a new laptop with windows 8 on it and ever since have not been able to get paste to work either. I've tried reinstalling a few times and moving the folder out of program files (86) but nothing has worked.
Nick Gammon Australia Forum Administrator #5
Please answer reply #3.
Sytren #6
Yes the command window where you type commands in.
Nick Gammon Australia Forum Administrator #7
I don't have Windows 8, so I'm afraid I can't be of much assistance. And frankly, after reading about the problems people are having with it, I'm not in a hurry to get it.

I presume that somehow MUSHclient (being compiled under a fairly old compiler) is turning into a "legacy app".

However since a new compiler would cost me over $1000, and I don't get any income from it (MUSHclient), I'm not going to upgrade, sorry.
Sytren #8
So its not gonna get fixed? Can you at least point me in a direction of a place that I can a fully functional client? I use paste a lot for the mud I play. Specially for speedwalks.
Nick Gammon Australia Forum Administrator #9
I made some enquiries on Aardwolf, as follows:

Quote:

Tech: Is there anyone using MUSHclient, AND Windows 8? If so, do you have trouble pasting things into the command box?


Responses:

Quote:

Ocea Tech: no

Arorend Tech: no problems

Ocea Tech: windows 8 sucks, but thats not one of its problems


(names changed for privacy).



It would appear that this is not a universal problem with the client, and frankly I would be surprised if a new version of Windows didn't support copy-and-paste.

Are you copying and pasting "straight text"? Or rich text or something like that? To check, paste into something like Notepad, which should discard any "mark-up", re-copy and try pasting that.
Nick Gammon Australia Forum Administrator #10
Perhaps to amplify on my question, where are you copying from? A web page? The output window above the command window? A Word document?

Data on the clipboard can be in multiple formats, eg. plain text, rich text, Unicode, images, folders, table data from a spreadsheet, etc.

The client only really recognizes straight text, it can't handle tables, or images, for example.

So if "paste" isn't available, the data on the clipboard might be an unsupported type.
Sytren #11
I've tried pasting things from the outbox, the website link, and from note pad. I also just found out that I can't paste in other things either. I tried to make a trigger the other day and it wouldn't paste in the trigger box. I've no idea what could be wrong. I've used this for 4 years never a problem like this before and I've reinstalled musch several times since I got the new computer.
Nick Gammon Australia Forum Administrator #12
So, what happens? If you RH click inside a trigger box, do you see the menu come up, but with Paste greyed out?
Sytren #13
No its not greyed out I click paste and the text just doesn't appear
Nick Gammon Australia Forum Administrator #14
Odd.

Template:summary

Please provide a summary of your world configuration:

  • Either use the scripting Immediate window (Ctrl+I) to execute: Debug ("summary")

    or

  • Install the Summary plugin (see "Summary" feature) and type "summary"

Then copy the resulting information from the output window, and paste into a Forum message.

You need version 4.55 onwards of MUSHclient to do this.

Sytren #15
it said error number 0
Run-time error


[string "Immediate"]:1: attempt to call global 'dubug' (a nil value)
stack traceback:
[string "Immediate"]:1: in main chunk
Nick Gammon Australia Forum Administrator #16
Template:summary

Please provide a summary of your world configuration:

  • Either use the scripting Immediate window (Ctrl+I) to execute: Debug ("summary")

    or

  • Install the Summary plugin (see "Summary" feature) and type "summary"

Then copy the resulting information from the output window, and paste into a Forum message.

You need version 4.55 onwards of MUSHclient to do this.



It's Debug not dubug.

You have to spell it right and get the capitals right.
Sytren #17
Ok got it this time


-------------- MUSHclient summary --------------

MUSHclient version: 4.84
Compiled: Sep 30 2012.
Time now: Wednesday, February 20, 2013, 9:48 AM
Client running for:  0d 00h 01m 16s
World opened for:    0d 00h 01m 10s
World connected for: 0d 00h 01m 09s
Operating system: Unknown (Platform 2, Major 6, Minor 2)
Libraries: Lua 5.1.4, PCRE 8.31, PNG 1.5.12, SQLite3 3.7.14, Zlib 1.2.5
World name: 'The Gathering', ID: c6a6dbc21bfdeea98e5d1f19
-- Scripting --
Script language: Lua, enabled: yes
Scripting active: yes
Lua sandbox is 127 characters, DLL loading allowed: yes
Scripting prefix: ''. External editor in use: NO.
Scripting for: 0.000047 seconds.
-- Triggers, aliases, timers, variables --
** Triggers: 1 in world file, triggers enabled: yes. [Triggers]
   1 enabled, 0 regexp, 146 attempts, 0 matched, 0.000156 seconds.
** Aliases: 0 in world file, aliases enabled: yes.
   0 enabled, 0 regexp, 0 attempts, 0 matched, 0.000000 seconds.
** Timers: 1 in world file, timers enabled: yes. [Timers]
   1 enabled, 0 fired.
   Timers checked every 0.1 seconds.
** Variables: 3. [Variables]
-- MCCP --
MCCP active, took 0.001939 seconds to decompress
MCCP received 4440 compressed bytes, decompressed to 32268 bytes.
MCCP compression ratio was:   13.8% (lower is better)
-- Plugins (Processing order) --
** Plugins: 0 loaded, 0 enabled.
-- Comms --
Connect phase: 8 (Open). NAWS wanted: NO
Received: 4490 bytes (4 Kb)
Sent: 9038 bytes (8 Kb)
Received 13 packets, sent 16 packets.
Total lines received: 236
This connection: Sent 6 lines, received 187 lines.
Telnet (IAC) received: DO: 1, DONT: 0, WILL: 5, WONT: 1, SB: 3 [Telnet]
-- MXP --
MXP active: yes, Pueblo mode: NO, Activated: On command
MXP tags received: 674
MXP entities received: 4
MXP errors: 0
-- Commands --
Commands in command history: 4
Speed walking enabled: NO. Speed walking prefix: #
Command stacking enabled: NO. Command stack character: ';'
Accelerators defined: 0
-- Miniwindows --
** Miniwindows: 0 loaded, 0 shown.
-- Output window --
Output pixels: width 1341, height: 525, font width: 8, font height: 15
               can show 167 characters, wrapping at column 80, height 35 lines.
Output buffer: 254 of 5000 lines.
-- Miscellaneous --
Logging: NO, tracing: NO
** SQLite3 databases: 0
Sound buffers in use: 0

---------------------- End summary ----------------------

Amended on Wed 20 Feb 2013 08:32 PM by Nick Gammon
Nick Gammon Australia Forum Administrator #18
I can't see anything that would cause the problem, sorry.

However as I said, other Windows 8 users of MUSHclient are not having this problem.
Sytren #19
Is there anything else I can do to try and fix it?
Nick Gammon Australia Forum Administrator #20
I don't know what else to suggest. For example, if I copy an image to the clipboard, and RH click in the command window, Paste is greyed out, as it can't paste an image. But if I copy text, I can (paste).

I can only guess that the Edit control supplied with Windows 8 is somehow incompatible with pasting, why, I don't know.

However, try Googling:


"windows 8" +"cannot paste"


I got 2.4 million hits. :)

There seems to be suggestions about some sort of security "feature" that disallows copying and pasting between secure and insecure threads. Try running MUSHclient with administrator privileges, just to confirm that, at least.

Failing that, read some of those threads. There may be a way of elevating MUSHclient's privileges so you can paste into it.
Kahryl #21
I just started getting this problem today.

I have happily been using MUSHClient (yes I donated!) FOR OVER TEN YEARS and have never had this issue before.

I am using Windows 7. I have been using MUSHClient in Windows 7 specifically for over a year with no problems.

The problem is as follows: The "paste" command works as normal, except it does not actually paste anything into the command entry window. If there is something on my clipboard, and I rightclick on command entry, the "Paste" function is black (available), but clicking it does nothing (other than close the pop up menu).

"Cut" and "copy" both work fine. I have cut text from the command window and tried pasting it using ctrl-v and rightclick->Paste and Edit->Paste. All those commands are available but they do nothing.

Paste functionality still works fine in other applications.
Restarting MUSHclient had no effect on the issue.
Kahryl #22
Update: Running MUSHClient as admin did NOT fix this problem.
Kahryl #23
Update: Google Chrome appears to be causing this problem. Restarting the computer, and then opening MUSHclient, the paste command worked. Then opening Chrome, it stopped working again. Closing Chrome (and deleting its remaining process in the task manager) re-fixed the problem.
Nick Gammon Australia Forum Administrator #24
Weird.

And I found yesterday that I can't reply to comments on my YouTube videos unless I start using my "real name" (where a "real name" can be any name I care to make up).

Some strange stuff is happening with Google.

[EDIT]

Moved videos to Vimeo to work around this problem.

Nick Gammon's videos on Vimeo