3.2 Using edit functions

3.2.1 Using the clipboard

If you have used other Windows applications, you will be familiar with the notion of placing text, graphics and other objects in a clipboard for later use. FreeLisp offers the common edit operations which involve the clipboard. There are three:

Copy
Copies the selected text or item onto the clipboard.

Cut
Copies the selected text or item onto the clipboard and removes it from the window it was copied from.

Paste
Copies the contents of the clipboard into the current window.

Use of Copy or Cut followed by Paste lets you transfer items between tools, or to different parts of the same tool. There are several ways in which you can use these commands:


FreeLisp User's Guide - 5 FEB 1996

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