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• ClipSave Documentation •
General Stuff:
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ClipSave is handy little utility to save the clipboard across boots
(technical jargon for saves the clipboard when you restart). When you
Shut Down or Restart, ClipSave saves your Clipboard in the file ClipSave
Data in the preferences folder in your System Folder. Then, when you run
the application again, it copies whatever is in the file into your
Clipboard.
Instructions:
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ClipSave is an application. When run, it looks for its prefs file,
copies whatever was saved into the Clipboard, installs its save procedure
into the ShutDown Queue, and quits. This means that ClipSave can only
save the Clipboard if you run the application. If you want the Clipboard
saved every time you Restart or Shut Down, and restored every time you
start up, just put ClipSave in the folder called "Startup Items" inside
the System Folder (System 7), or use "Set Startup" to make ClipSave the
startup application (System 6).
Other Uses:
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ClipSave has another handy feature. You can have the same thing put in
the Clipboard every time you start up. To use this feature, do the
following:
• Run ClipSave
• Copy what you want into the Clipboard
• Copy ClipRecover into the Startup Items folder or Set Startup to
ClipRecover, depending on what system you're using
• Restart
Now, the same thing will be put into the Clipboard every time you start up.
Errors:
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In both ClipSave and ClipRecover, beeping indicates an error. If you
hear two beeps when you run either application, that means that the
application failed to find a saved copy of the Clipboard. If ClipRecover
signaled the error, run ClipSave and Restart. Ignore ClipSave's beeping.
If ClipSave signaled the error, just Restart and a copy of the Clipboard
will be saved.
If there were three beeps, an internal application error occurred. The
application could be damaged or out of memory.
Quick recap:
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• ClipSave Restores the old Clipboard and sets up the system to save the
Clipboard upon Restart or Shut Down
• ClipRecover Just restores the old Clipboard
Bugs, Future Versions, and Improvements:
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If there is any demand, I will probably continue to improve this program
until it ceases to be useful. If you have any ideas for improvements,
complaints, or bug reports, please send them to me at the addresses at the
bottom of this document. Feel free to call or write with problems,
questions, comments, etc. Don't hesitate; I don't mind at all, and,
chances are, I'll write back (I <LIKE> mail). If you are sending a bug
report, please give me as much information as possible. Being able to
reproduce the bug is kinda crucial. I already have some ideas for future
versions, such as:
• Control Panel/Extension interface
• Improved memory stuff
• Cooler icons
• etc...
Background:
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ClipSave is my first semi-major project in C. It was written in THINK C
5.0.4 with much help from THINK Reference. I just had a need to save the
clipboard over boots one day, and I decided to write a program to do it,
because, to my knowledge, there wasn't one already in existence.
Technicalities:
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The ClipSave package should include:
ClipSave the application
ClipRecover an application to restore the Clipboard without saving when
you Restart or Shutdown
ClipSave Docs.word this documentation
ClipSave Docs.TEXT this documentation in TEXT format
Other Fun Stuff (Official sounding disclaimer and assorted legal stuff):
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The author, Russ Nelson, is not responsible for anything done by this
program. Use at your own risk. It has been tested somewhat, but no
guarantees are made.
The ClipSave package is free, but it's not public domain. This means that
you can give it to anyone you want, but you can't charge money for it
without prior written authorization from the author, and the distribution
must include the entire package.
The ClipSave package is WhateverWare. If you like it, send me a postcard
or some money, or donate to your favorite charity, or bake some brownies,
or call your grandmother, or whatever. Hence the name.
ClipSave ©1993 Russ Nelson
Bitnet: nelson@catlin Internet: russne@catseq.catlin.edu
SnailMail: US Wurst:
2108 SW Laurel St. 503/222-2494 3PM-10PM PST
Portland, OR 97201
NOTE: The phone # will be valid only until August '93, when <GOD WILLING>
I head off to college. The SnailMail address will still work, but there
will be a long delay because it's actually my parents' address. A new
address should appear on the net in or around September '93. The Email
addresses will still be valid for the next 4 years or more, so don't worry
about using them.
Special Thanks To:
Everyone at Info-Mac/Sumex
Everyone on the Think-C mailing list-esp.
Jim Wintermyre <winter@AI.RL.AF.MIL>, Jim Lynch <jimlynch@netcom.com>,
Mike Crawford <D1620@applelink.apple.com>
The MFC (Don't ask... "Chaim off!")
Chris Chambernuttttt/Smalltime
Vicente Antonio Guzman-Orózco
Dire Straits/Rush/Led Zeppelin/Pink Floyd/Lots of others/KGON/KUFO/The BEAT
Taco Bell/Spunky's/Coffee People/La Patisserie