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As of version 2.1 and later, copy and paste can be used to transfer data between Jsesh and other applications. You can :
Launch JSesh twice and cut and paste between the two.
Copy text and signs to a word processor (it works with both openoffice and Word)
Often, one needs two sizes of signs in an application: one for main text, and a smaller one for footnotes. JSesh allows one to keep two configurations for copy and paste. The current size can be selected in the edit menu : simply choose "copy: small size" or "copy: large size".
The corresponding settings can be changed in the preferences. There are two tabs, one for "small" and the other for "large" size.
"Cadrat height" changes the size of the pasted hieroglyphic text. "Export mode" allows you to chose how hieroglyphic text will be pasted. There are three options:
- as one large picture
The whole selected text will be pasted in your word processor as a single picture. This is fine for text in columns, for instance, or if you want to keep the graphical layout. It also seems that most word processor prefer to handle large pictures than lots of small ones.
- grouped cadrats
Adjacent hieroglyphic cadrats will be grouped in one picture. The resulting text will alternate normal text and large pictures.
- one picture per cadrat
The pasted text will contain normal text and pictures for the hieroglyphic text. But then, each cadrat will be rendered as one picture. This is fine for line-cutting, and might be interesting if you mix text and hieroglyphs.
Due to technical issues, we have put a limit on cut and paste. It's not possible to paste very long texts in a word processor (you can "export as RTF instead"). We will try to improve it, but we think it's a minor nuisance, as one typically paste small parts of hieroglyphic texts rather than whole large document (the limit is currently 1000 cadrats).
Don't hesitate to write to the author at
<rosmord@iut.univ-paris8.fr> about this (or other
problems with JSesh).