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From: daveo@hpcvra.cv.hp.com. (Dave Ochs)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer
Subject: Re: Borland C++ Bugs???
Message-ID: <36190005@hpcvra.cv.hp.com.>
Date: 6 May 91 21:53:00 GMT
References: <1991May1.164612.10057@leland.Stanford.EDU>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, OR, USA
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/ hpcvra.cv.hp.com:comp.windows.ms.programmer / johnm@spudge.UUCP (John Munsch) /  4:59 pm  May  3, 1991 /
>In article <1991May1.164612.10057@leland.Stanford.EDU> aaron@jessica.Stanford.EDU (Aaron Wallace) writes:
>>2) Is it a "feature" or a bug that when you copy/cut something, you have to
>>select it in the clipboard before being allowed to paste it?  Or is this some-
>>thing I can configure on my own (I read TFM, but didn't get too far w/it).
>>
>>Thanks in advance!
>>Aaron Wallace
>
>C) Something you can configure on your own.
>
>The option you want is under Options/Environment/Editor and the specific
>option is [ ] Persistent Blocks.  Currently you have it turned off.

This is one solution, but the basic problem is that this is a bug in 
BC++ (suprised?).  If you don't want persistent blocks (which I don't), 
clicking that option on and then turning it off again makes copy/cut/paste
work correctly.  You have to do this each time you start up BC++ :-(.

>John Munsch

Dave Ochs
daveo@cv.hp.com