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> This is known as clipboard delay-rendering Aha, so that's why Word[1] just explicitly asked me if I want to save the current copied image before quitting. It

> This is known as clipboard delay-rendering Aha, so that's why Word[1] just explicitly asked me if I want to save the current copied image before quitting. It's probably asking before loading something big into memory?. [1] https://i.imgur.com/sNfE3Be.png https://i.imgur.com/sNfE3Be.png

bobbylarrybobby 4y ago
Yep, Excel does something similar where it asks you "you have a large selection copied [(marching ants)], do you want to keep it available after closing Excel?"
- dylan604 4y ago
  wow, that's a big selection. after all, it's just text, right? or am i selling it short? I understand when Adobe notifies that the clipboard is large since it's rasterized (typically) image data. what in the world is in the buffer for Excel that size is pushing limts?
  - bobbylarrybobby 4y ago
    A lot of the time it's not just text, but rich text. For instance I'm pretty sure the font is preserved if you paste into a font-aware app.
    - dylan604 4y ago
      okay, but I have way more RAM than even the largest of font's I have encountered (and I've seen a few). also, what an absolute bozo way of doing things to include the font rather than the path to the font
      - ookgfyhfg 4y ago
        The Rich Text Format specifies the font of each word, etc. That is what the GP meant. I don't think there is any implication that font files are being included with the data.
        dylan604 4y ago
        Okay but then that's still text to describe how to write more text. How big can that be?
naikrovek 4y ago
no, it's that what you believe to be in your clipboard is not actually in your clipboard, and Word is asking if you want to have that data after it closes and can no longer populate the clipboard. it has nothing to do with clearing memory.. clearing memory for anticipated use isn't really a thing ever since virtual memory became a thing. (memory isn't prepared for use until after an application actually tries to use it.)

bobbylarrybobby 4y ago

Yep, Excel does something similar where it asks you "you have a large selection copied [(marching ants)], do you want to keep it available after closing Excel?"

dylan604 4y ago
wow, that's a big selection. after all, it's just text, right? or am i selling it short? I understand when Adobe notifies that the clipboard is large since it's rasterized (typically) image data. what in the world is in the buffer for Excel that size is pushing limts?
- bobbylarrybobby 4y ago
  A lot of the time it's not just text, but rich text. For instance I'm pretty sure the font is preserved if you paste into a font-aware app.
  - dylan604 4y ago
    okay, but I have way more RAM than even the largest of font's I have encountered (and I've seen a few). also, what an absolute bozo way of doing things to include the font rather than the path to the font
    - ookgfyhfg 4y ago
      The Rich Text Format specifies the font of each word, etc. That is what the GP meant. I don't think there is any implication that font files are being included with the data.
      - dylan604 4y ago
        Okay but then that's still text to describe how to write more text. How big can that be?

naikrovek 4y ago

no, it's that what you believe to be in your clipboard is not actually in your clipboard, and Word is asking if you want to have that data after it closes and can no longer populate the clipboard. it has nothing to do with clearing memory.. clearing memory for anticipated use isn't really a thing ever since virtual memory became a thing. (memory isn't prepared for use until after an application actually tries to use it.)