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From: BAXTER_A@wehi.dn.mu.oz
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Can we salvage the clipboard?
Message-ID: <9796@wehi.dn.mu.oz>
Date: 7 Jul 90 12:27:08 GMT
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In article <3694@tymix.UUCP>, pnelson@hobbes.uucp (Phil Nelson) writes:
> In article <25530@usc.edu> papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) writes:
>>In article <3675@tymix.UUCP> pnelson@hobbes.UUCP (Phil Nelson) writes:
>>|I had this problem cutting from and pasting to A-Talk III Release 1.0e,
>>|it will paste back 256 char max.
>>
>>I just received the latest snap from Mikael, and checked with A-Talk III
>>1.3a (the current version).  It works like a champ.  I "snapped" an entire 
>>page from a file I was "more"-ing on the Amiga, and sent it to
>>my host connected with A-Talk III and running Gnu-Emacs.  It snapped all
>>600+ characters with no problem. I tried with AT-/// Release 1.0e, with same
>>results. Maybe you don't know how to use it :-)
> 
> Maybe. Then again, maybe your program does not like having chars rammed
> down it's input buffer :-)
>

This was what my problem was.
 
> I was able to snap text larger than 256 chars by using the "snap -c20"
> suggested elsewhere (thanks, whoever made the suggestion). 
>

Me too. Thanks also.


Regards Alan