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From: micja@IDA.LiU.SE (Michael Jansson)
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Subject: Are applications using the Clipboard?
Keywords: IFF, CAT, FTXT, ILBM, Clipboard, Applications.
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Date: 16 Nov 90 10:09:09 GMT
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THE QUESTION:

   IS THERE NO APPLICATIONS THAT SUPPORTS THE CLIPBOARD (PROPERLY)????


I am in the process of writing an application that will use the Clipboard
device (the device that lets you cut some text/picture/data in one
application and move to another application where you paste it in).  I
read the RKRM: Libs&Devs and learned that workbench applications should at
least use clip-data that is text or image (FTXT or ILBM IFF-chunks) and
that they should handle the case that the clip-data may consist of several
representations of the data (a CAT IFF-chunk named CLIP).

I started to write my application with this specification and was able to
cut&paste data within my application. Then I tried to cut&paste data to
other applications. I started with Notepad (remember? the hoplessly slow
pseudo editor that supports proportional fonts ;-). Guess what: It
disliked the data in the clipboard and started to meditate. The clip-data
consisted of text, image and my personal data type. I removed everything
but the text and tried again and it worked very well. (Conclusions? ;-(

I tried the tool 'snap' (written by M.Karlsson) and discovered a similar
phenomena (and managed to talk Micke into handling the clips better ;-).

I failed to find other applications that uses the clipboard.

My conclusions are that I am either the only one that uses the clipboard
the way the manual specifies it or that there is a missprint in my manual.

I would really appreciate if you you would let me know of any applications
that do support the clipboard. Thanks in advance!


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