Bug when pasting PDF graphics on Mac
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- Subject: [mg123473] Bug when pasting PDF graphics on Mac
- From: JUN <noeckel at gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 05:26:04 -0500 (EST)
- Delivered-to: l-mathgroup@mail-archive0.wolfram.com
Hi, I just got confirmation of a bug from Wolfram, so I thought I'd pass it on to the list. It involves pasting PDF (portable document format, not the distribution function...) into Mathematica 8.0.4.0 from other applications on Mac OS X 10.6.8. Pasting the PDF into a notebook produces a graphic that cannot be properly exported as PDF. To verify, create the file test.pdf with Export["test.pdf","test"] Then open test.pdf in Mac Preview.app (the default PDF viewer), choose the Select tool and press Apple-C to copy. With this PDF on the clipboard, go back to Mathematica and type Export["test2.pdf", ] in the space for the second argument, paste the clipboard contents using Apple-V in a new cell. After saving the new file, open it in Preview.app. The display is empty. Recently, this has bothered me enough that I've tried to make a work- around in the form of an alternative "paste button" palette. The current state of my efforts is posted here: http://uoregon.edu/~noeckel/computernotes/Mathematica/pasteExternalPDF.html Jens