Re: clipboard

[TBaehr@xxxxxxxx]

C'mon, folks, we all know about XyWrite's limitations -- without them, we
wouldn't have the pleasure of making work-arounds. And often the work-arounds
are more powerful and elegant than even the wizards in Redmond can think of.

You can have a clipboard limited only to the size of your hard drive. Within
Xy, define keys to do a SAveDef (or SAveSelect; they're identical) to a file;
then MErge the file into your current file at a new location, or a different
file altogether. Many refinements possible, with error checking, automatic
overwrite of the old file, etc. If you want a clipboard that saves
everything, test for the existence of the clip file; if it doesn't exist, SAS
or SAD; if it does exist, Append. You can't simply MErge this file, of
course; you'll have to open it and select the clip you want.

For clipping to non-Xy files, I believe I've shared that process already:
Save and convert to RTF or TXT at the same time (depending on your needs).
The file can be (1) imported into any Windows word processor or (2) opened
and put on the clipboard.

For years we've been accomplishing stuff in XPL that might go in the Editor
as C+ code or assembler. Why let a little old clipboard stop us? (And by
coming up with our own solutions, the main Editor has stayed relatively lean
and fast -- a win/win?)

Tim Baehr