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- * All program code is the copyright of Joris RÖling and the 'borrowing' *
- * any part of it without the permission of the author is prohibited. *
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-
- ReadMe for ClipBoard
-
- v1.06
-
-
-
- The 'writable icon' known to the Archimedes Environment is
- a nice concept. But it misses some crucial word processing
- features as copy & paste to allow fast input. This
- application tries to overcome this limitation.
-
- To be clear, a menu entry which contains the caret as soon
- as you move the pointer over it, is in fact a writeable icon
- too. An example of this is the bottom menu entry of the
- 'Mode' menu of the Palette utility. Other examples of
- 'writeable icons' are:
-
- - In a Save window the box in which you can fill in the
- filename.
- - The menu entry of the ADFS filer in which you can specify
- the disc name.
-
- ClipBoard is a small module allowing you to copy the
- textual contents of writable icons into the modules own
- buffer and vice versa by a few Ctrl-keys.
-
- The keys are defined as follows:
-
- - Ctrl-C will copy the textual contents of an icon into the
- ClipBoard buffer.
-
- - Ctrl-X will copy the textual contents of an icon into the
- ClipBoard buffer, and afterwards it will clear the
- contents. This is also known as 'Moving' the contents.
-
- - Ctrl-V will insert the buffered text (if any) back into
- the icon at carret position.
-
- - Ctrl-Z will replace the textual contents of an icon by
- the buffered text (if any).
-
- To copy (or move or paste or replace) the carret must be in
- a writable icon.
-
- It is very well possible to Copy the text, say, a filename
- out of a save window, and than Paste it into a (writeable)
- menu entry.
-
- ClibBoard is in fact a module task, taking about 2K of
- menory. It will only know the keys where pressed if no
- other task is acting on them before it.
-
- The buffer of ClibBoard is only as long as is needed, in
- fact it starts with having no buffer at all. In this case,
- pressing Ctrl-V or Ctrl-Z will result in a beeb only.
-
- Note that seeing a carret inside a window doesn't mean it
- is actualy inside a icon as well. The carret you see in a
- text window of !Edit for example is driven by !Edit itself
- so it is not possible for ClibBoard to access the text
- there.
-
- Pressing Ctrl-C or Ctrl-X when the icon is empty, has no
- effect. A beeb will will let you know that the clip board
- contents is preserved.
-
- If you have any suggestions, or you found some bug, or if
- you just want to tell me how great you think this program
- is, write a note to the address below.
-
-
-
- To contact the author, write to:
-
- Joris RÖling
- Oudestraat 186
- 8261 CW Kampen
- The Netherlands
-
- Tel:05202-27989
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-