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Re: JEditorPane question

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On 12/08/2014 08:47 AM, Martin Gregorie wrote:
> Just a quicky: is there any way to force the newline symbol that
> JEditorPane outputs the the display to take a value that isn't native for
> the OS the application is running on?
>
> Why I'm asking: I need to pass data from a Linux system to Windows-based
> website by copy & paste between a JEditorPane in my Java application and
> an input area on a web page. The web application is expecting CRLF
> newlines. My application uses String.replace() to convert newlines to
> CRLF  before the string is passed to the JEditorPane via its setText()
> method. However, when I copy the displayed text from the screen it always
> has the Linux LF linebreak in it rather than the CRLF.

Just a WAG. Have you looked at TransferHandler et al.
>
> According to the class description that the DefaultEditorKit sets itself
> up to use the first linebreak when data is loaded into it. There are
> hints in the description that the EndOfLineStringProperty can be changed,
> but as its declared final, this is never going to work.

There seems to be a hint that the EndOfLineStringProperty may be changed
using the get and put Property methods.

There also seems to be a statement that despite in/out test that
newlines are always stored internally as \n.

>
> So, my question: does anybody know how to change the linebreaks used by
> the editor after its been started and, particularly, if its possible to
> change the linebreak symbol used in the JEditorPane's on screen display
> area?
>
>
Sorry I can't be more helpful.

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JEditorPane question Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2014-12-08 13:47 +0000
  Re: JEditorPane question Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2014-12-08 17:48 -0500
    Re: JEditorPane question Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2014-12-08 23:30 +0000
      Re: JEditorPane question Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2014-12-08 19:14 -0500
        Re: JEditorPane question Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2014-12-08 19:49 -0500
          Re: JEditorPane question Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2014-12-08 20:48 -0500
            Re: JEditorPane question Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2014-12-08 21:21 -0500
              Re: JEditorPane question Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2014-12-08 21:37 -0500
      Re: JEditorPane question Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2014-12-08 23:11 -0500
        Re: JEditorPane question Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2014-12-08 23:28 -0500
          Re: JEditorPane question Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2014-12-11 18:31 +0000
        Re: JEditorPane question Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2014-12-09 09:41 +0000
        Re: JEditorPane question Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2014-12-09 22:41 -0500
          Re: JEditorPane question Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2014-12-10 00:46 -0500

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