When a table field is active, the 窶廚opy窶 command applies to the currently selected text segment. Thus, e.g., if a field contains the word 窶廸ode窶, and you select the letters 窶椀窶 and 窶賄窶, then the 窶廚opy窶 command places the text string 窶徙d窶 on the clipboard and nothing else.
If none of the table fields are active, the 窶廚opy窶 command will copy the entire table, both as a picture, and as an ASCII text table and place it on the clipboard. The picture can be pasted into any graphical document, while the ASCII text table can e.g., be pasted into a word processor document or spreadsheet.
The 窶弃aste窶 command is only available when one of the table fields is active, and the clipboard contains some text.
If the clipboard contains a single text item, the 窶弃aste窶 command replaces the contents of the current text field with the contents on the clipboard.
If the clipboard contains a table of text items, i.e., text items separated by tabs and returns, then the 窶弃aste窶 command pastes these table data into the current table starting at the active text field. Thus, the first clipboard item is pasted into the active field. If the first clipboard item is followed by a tab character, the second clipboard item is pasted into table field to the right of the active field. If the first item is followed by a return character, the second clipboard item is pasted into table field below the active field. In this way the process continues. Each time a tab character is encountered, the next clipboard item is pasted into the field to the right of the previous field. Each time a return character occurs, the next clipboard item is pasted into the field in the next row below the active field.
If the clipboard table is larger than the part of the current table where the clipboard data is pasted in, all clipboard items falling outside the current table are simply ignored.
If the dimension of the clipboard table is the same as the dimension of the current table, and the active field is located in the first row and column of the table, then the 窶弃aste窶 command will replace the contents of the current table with the clipboard data.
When you paste table data like this, make sure that the current table and the clipboard table have the same column ordering.
Note that if a node table contains more than one alias of the same node, or both an alias and the corresponding 窶彳go窶 node, the effect of a 窶弃aste窶 operation is a bit complex. Assume, e.g., that 窶廸ode A窶 and its alias, appear respectively in say, row 3 and 4 of a node table, and assume that the corresponding rows in the clipboard table contain different data. Then the data in the lowest row, i.e., the row corresponding to the alias, is pasted after the data in the row corresponding to the ego. Obviously the data in the two rows must be the same eventually. As a result, the data in the lower row overwrites the data in the higher row.
Fortunately, if the effect of a 窶弃aste窶 operation in a table was not what you wanted, you can always bring the table back to its previous state, before the entire 窶弃aste窶 operation, by using the 窶弑ndo窶 command.
