Réf. : Re: CSS Generated content selection

> Nope.  At the same time, a user who tries copy-paste from a web page 
into the
> same web page should also get the same effect (things look just like 
they did).
> This is what makes life hard with general generated content... because 
the
> entity providing the clipboard data has no idea where it will get 
pasted.

Agreed. But don't forget that, under Windows at least, you can usually 
choose
between multiple formats (Edit/Paste special).

I'm not an implementor and I don't know how the "pasted-into" application
decides which is the default format to use when the user "just" pastes,
but the following example scenario makes sense to me:

- For the "paste as plain text" format, add the numbers or roman numerals 
  or whatever

- For the "paste as HTML" format, add the styling information and do NOT
  add the numbers

- And in general, leave out the generated content when the format provides
  an equivalent mechanism to generate the same effect
 
A "bitmap" format can (surprisingly?) be useful too. I'd never have
thought of this if it hadn't been the default format when pasting
from Microsoft Excel into Lotus Notes 5 and earlier.


Les