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From: lev@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (Brian S. Lev)
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Subject: Re: Merging Stacks
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Date: 8 Jun 90 16:20:30 GMT
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In article <1276@urbana.mcd.mot.com>, willcox@urbana.mcd.mot.com (David A Willcox) writes...
>>> I have two 'address' stacks which I'd like to merge.  Does anyone have
>>> a script which will merge the stacks without creating two backgrounds?
> 
>I was under the impression, from something I read some time ago, that
>doing a "Copy Card" in one stack and "Paste Card" multiple times would
>result in the second stack having a bunch of separate backgrounds,
>each with one card.  
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In my (still somewhat limited) experience, each card you copy between stacks
carries a copy of its background; the final result is the sum of the different
backgrounds.  In (hopefully!) clearer terms:

START:	Stack A, bg a, cd A1-An (all cards have bg "a")
	Stack B, bg b, cd B1-Bn (all cards have bg "b")

PROCESS: Copy cards B1-B4 into Stack A

END:	Stack A, bg a&b, cd A1-An+4 (stack now contains 2 backgrounds)
	Stack B, bg b, cd B1-Bn (all cards have bg "b")


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