[plt-scheme] Does the copy method work differently?

The copy method of an editor% and the copy method of a snip don't have
much to do with each other. The editor% copy method corresponds to the
edit|copy menu item. The editor-snip% copy method is a generic factory
method.

It's true that on some platforms (and I'm not up to date which ones
anymore) the editor's copy method calls some editor-snip%s copy
methods, but it doesn't have to. It may instead marshall the snips
using the write-to-stream and read-from-stream methods.

In general, if you produce a subclass of snip% (incl. editor-snip%)
that does not follow all of the rules listed in the documentation for
snip% (there are several methods to override listed there) then things
may well break in surprising ways. It's hard to track down precisely
what breaks and how.

Robby

At Sun, 14 Dec 2003 20:39:14 -0500, "Mike T. Machenry" wrote:
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> I am confused as to why this program produces false. Does the copy method
> work differently from the way I think it does?
> 
> (define mysnip%
>   (class editor-snip%
>     (inherit get-editor)
>     (define/override (copy)
>       (let ([e (new text%)])
>         (send (get-editor) copy-self-to e)
>         (new mysnip% (editor e))))
>     (super-new)))
> 
> (define e (new text%))
> (define t (new mysnip%))
> (send e insert t)
> (send (send t get-editor) insert "test")
> (send e select-all)
> (send e copy)
> (send e paste)
> (string=? "test" (send (send (send e find-first-snip) get-editor) get-text))
> 
> -mike
>