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From: marc@ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com (Marc Pawliger)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: cutting from info into vi
Message-ID: <1990Oct11.123213@ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com>
Date: 11 Oct 90 19:32:13 GMT
References: <101090.094243.heise1@ibm.com>
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Reply-To: marc@ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com (Marc Pawliger)
Organization: IBM Advanced Workstations Division, Palo Alto
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In article <101090.094243.heise1@ibm.com>, RAH@IBM.COM ("Russell A. Heise") writes:
|> 
|>  rds95@leah.Albany.Edu (Robert Seals) writes:
|> 
|>  > I been tryin to paste example gl programs from infoexplorer
|>  > into vi, but there seems to be some limit on the size
|>  > of the cut buffer. If one exceeds the limit, all that gets
|>  > pasted is a number, like "4040". The info database is
|>  > on another machine. Is there a better way?
|> 
|>  The 'cut' buffer for InfoExplorer appears to be of fixed size.  However,
|>  you can get around the problem through careful use of the queueing
|>  system. [....]

There was a bug in the way Info handled the INCR protocol for cut and paste
such that when the protocol was requested it wouldn't work.  "The INCR
protocol" is an X mechanism for cutting and pasting large selections
so that the server doesn't get too bogged down when doing large cuts and
pastes.

This is fixed in the "post-July" update, which will/is be called the
"September Update".

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