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It's done! Now xemvt340.library sports "TurboHyperSupra Snap!" No more
boring xemvt340.library support.. now through the power of tremendous lack
of sleep and potential divorce, I've managed to create a version of vt340
that supports clipping to the clipboard.device.
*** Features:
1> Different Units
You may clip text to any one of the 256 different clipboard units
through the 'Clipboard unit' option in the settings, or the 'ClipUnit '0''
setting in the ENV:xemvt340 file.
2> Linear Snapping
You may choose to snap your text in a linear fashion, as demonstrated
below:
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3> Columnar Snapping
You may choose to snap your text in a more columnar fashion, as
demonstrated below:
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4> Word Snapping
You may choose to snap your text by the word, which is similar to
to the linear fashion in that if you go down a line, the text is not
snapped according to the column, but according to chunks of words.
*** How does it work:
1> Start an edge in the window:
A>+ Put the mouse pointer on the first character you'd like to snap.
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+- Press `F8' if you want to snap in linear-mode
+- Press `ALT + F8' if you want to snap in columnar-mode
B>+ Put the mouse pointer on the last character you'd like to snap.
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+- Press `F8' if you want to snap in linear-mode
+- Press `ALT + F8' if you want to snap in columnar-mode
Note: The edges are saved, so you can use it the next time you snap.
BUT: They can be switched each time you press F8. Although
this isn't according to the styleguide, it is the easiest way
of clipping for me to program (and for you to use). Just try it..
2> Copy text to clipboard:
A> Press `F9' to copy the marked text into the clipboard.
B> Press `Shift + F9' to copy the marked text into the clipboard _and_
into the input-stream. (XEROX mode :)
3> Paste from clipboard:
Press `F10' to feed the clipboard contents into the input-stream.
NOTE: To snap a single word:
A> Put the mouse pointer on the word you want to snap.
B> Press `SHIFT + F8'. (The word should be marked now)
C> Copy to clipboard.
D> Paste as often as you'd like.
- Ueli Kaufmann (ukaufman@pax.eunet.ch)
[ thanks to JVANRIPER@UNCA.EDU for his invaluable help. ]