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- CLIP-HANDLER 0.16 by Supervisor Software © 1991
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- This little handler allows you to copy files to/from the clipboard device.
- For example, you may copy a file to CLIP: and then paste it into a text
- you are editing with your favourite text editor. Or, you may cut a block
- of text and type it in a CLI window or save it into a file.
-
- This program was placed in the public domain and it is freely distributable
- as long as this readme file is included with the distribution.
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- USAGE:
- ~~~~~~
-
- First, add the supplied mountlist entries to your devs:mountlist and copy
- clip-handler to your L: directory.
-
- Type "mount clip:" and you are ready to go. Try list clip: or type clip:
- to see how it works. The comment field of 'CLIP:' file displays the
- handler's version number. You may add the mount command to your startup-
- sequence to mount clip-handler automatically whenever you boot your machine.
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- Examples:
- To copy a file ram:test to clipboard device:
- copy ram:test clip:
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- To print all text in clip:
- copy clip: prt:
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- NOTE:
- Clip-handler understands IFF text chunks only. Other data types will return
- a read-length of zero.
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- Technical info:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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- Clip-handler supports ACTION_DIE packets and unloads its segment list when
- such a packet is received. However, if other packets are received at the
- same time, a lockup is possible. As ACTION_DIE was implemented for handler
- development only, this was not considered to be a problem.
-
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- WB 2.0 notes:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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- Since some CLI commands of WB 2.0 don't seem to work well with handlers
- that support only part of dos file system packets a STUPID mode was added
- to clip-handler. In this mode, only ACTION_FIND_INPUT/OUTPUT, ACTION_READ,
- ACTION_WRITE, ACTION_END, and ACTION_DIE packets are supported. Use STUPID
- mode when working under 2.0 to get better results.
-
- To activate STUPID mode add line
- Startup = stupid
- in your mountlist entry (see the one supplied for CLIP1:).
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- If STUPID mode is not used under 2.0:
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- * LIST command doesn't output anything (LIST CLIP1:)
- * TYPE command doesn't work
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- but:
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- * most other directory utilities work properly.
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- Note that the same problem is with names assigned to files, eg.:
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- echo >ram:testfile "This is a test"
- assign tf: ram:testfile
- list tf: ; doesn't output anything (a bug in list, maybe?)
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- All CLI commands should work properly under 1.2 / 1.3.
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- Any comments and bug reports may be sent to
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- jmarin@uku.fi
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- Jukka Marin
- Metsurintie 17 B 8
- 70150 Kuopio
- FINLAND
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