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From: Jim.Spencer@p510.f22.n282.z1.fidonet.org (Jim Spencer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: This is how you get color icons
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Date: 18 May 91 19:06:19 GMT
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Jonathan Pace writes in a message to All

JP>  Now the strange thing I can't explain. If you highlight an icon 
JP> in ResEdit and do a copy command, you don't get the icon onto 
JP> the clipboard. You can paste inside ResEdit, but it won't go 
JP> into a Get Info window. That's what most people try (myself included) 
JP> and it doesn't work. Maybe some of the technical types out there 
JP> can explain. Any takers?

When you do "Copy" from within ResEdit, what gets copied is the icl8 resource only.  What you have to paste into the Get Info window is a PICT.  When you try to paste the icl8 into the Get Info window, nothing happens because it doesn't know what to do with that resource.  The way to convert the icl8 is to select the bits in the editor and copy them as you suggest.
 
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