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- From: bobhays@spss.com (Bob Hays)
- Newsgroups: comp.text.frame,comp.windows.x.apps,comp.windows.x.motif
- Subject: Re: cut/copy/paste directly between Motif apps and Framemaker?
- Keywords: Motif, Framemaker, cut buffer
- Message-ID: <C0r9x7.5Eq@spss.com>
- Date: 12 Jan 93 19:24:42 GMT
- References: <rfisel.726447462@aboy> <1993Jan12.185610.25855@rsg1.er.usgs.gov>
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- In article <1993Jan12.185610.25855@rsg1.er.usgs.gov>, dboldt@dsdbqvarsa (David Boldt (x5679)) writes:
- > In article <rfisel.726447462@aboy> rfisel@informix.com (Rick Fisel) writes:
- > >Framemaker for Motif, when running on a SUN sparc IPX, does not use the
- > >standard X/Motif buffers for cut/copy/paste. Thus I can't cut from a text
- > >editor (code) and paste into documentation I'm writing. Is there a way to
- > >configure either Framemaker or the X apps to use the same buffer (using
- > >defaults at run-time)? Frame Tech Support has not been much help on this one.
- >
- > My experience with Frame and X-Windows has been that one can use the
- > standard X buffers, but that this does not keep any of the special
- > formatting (font, bolding, tags, etc..). This is because the buffer
- > used by X-Windows is a text-only buffer. Are you using a Sunview-style
- > copy and paste, or an X-Windows style copy and paste?
-
- My experience (on AIX V. 3.2.2) is that you can use the primary
- selection (which is normally mapped to the second mouse button in
- OSF/Motif) to "paste" information into FrameMaker or from FrameMaker
- into other applications, but that you cannot access the OSF/Motif
- Clipboard from FrameMaker - it seems that Cut/Copy/Paste does not use
- the OSF/Motif clipboard but instead internal-only storage.
-
- Note that the clipboard can contain any data you want. The primary
- selection however is text-limited.
-
- Have fun! - Bob
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