pasteboard

Using the frameworks on OS X, I can use the following to copy a PNG to the pasteboard (in C — obviously I could use NSPasteboard with Cocoa): #include <ApplicationServices/ApplicationServices.h> int copyThatThing(void) { PasteboardRef clipboard; if (PasteboardCreate(kPasteboardClipboard, &clipboard) != noErr) { return -1; } if (PasteboardClear(clipboard) != noErr) { CFRelease(clipboard); return -1; } size_t len; char *pngbuf = createMyPNGBuffer(&len); /* Defined somewhere else */ if (pngbuf == NULL) { CFRelease(clipboard); return -1; } CFDataRef data = CFDataCreateWithBytesNoCopy

According to the man page for pbpaste , -Prefer {txt | rtf | ps} tells pbpaste what type of data to look for in the pasteboard first. As stated above, pbpaste normally looks first for plain text data; however, by specifying -Prefer ps you can tell pbpaste to look first for Encapsulated PostScript. If you spec- ify -Prefer rtf, pbpaste looks first for Rich Text format. In any case, pbpaste looks for the other formats if the preferred one is not found. The txt option replaces the deprecated ascii option, which continues to function as before. Both indicate a preference for plain text. However

Is there a simple way for subclasses of UITableViewCell to show the 'Copy' UIMenuController popup like in the Address book app (see screenshot), after the selection is held for a while? The method before iOS 5 is to get the UIMenuController's shared instance, set the target rect and view and call -setMenuVisible:animated: . Remeber to implement -canPerformAction:withSender: in your responder. The method after iOS 5 (previously available as undocumented feature) is to implement these 3 methods in your data source (see https://developer.apple.com/reference/uikit/uitableviewdelegate#1653389 ). -