Copying and Pasting Output that has StyleForm
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- Subject: [mg40767] Copying and Pasting Output that has StyleForm
- From: "David Park" <djmp at earthlink.net>
- Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 01:38:58 -0400 (EDT)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
If I define the following function Needs["Graphics`Colors`"] red[symbol_] := StyleForm[symbol, FontColor -> Red] and then write f[red@i] I obtain output that has a red i as an argument. Its FullForm is f[StyleForm[i, Rule[FontColor, RGBColor[1.`, 0.`, 0.`]]]] But if I copy and paste the output with the red i, the pasted copy has a red i, but as soon as I evaluate it the StyleForm is lost. pasted copy with a red i %//FullForm f[i] f[i] Why is the StyleForm lost? Is this an unavoidable feature or a bug? It certainly would be nice if copying and evaluating didn't lose the color information. Is there a way around it? David Park djmp at earthlink.net http://home.earthlink.net/~djmp/