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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
Subject: Re: Clipboard (was Re: The Amiga's Future)
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Date: Sat, 8 Jun 1991 05:30:25 GMT

In article <1991Jun8.010653.21706@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> rjc@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell) writes:
>In article <1991Jun7.233654.24493@news.iastate.edu> taab5@isuvax.iastate.edu writes:
>>   It is very different.  The Amiga's clipboard was originally intended only
>>for transferring straight ASCII text between applications.  It was never 
>>intended to even be used to transfer graphics.  The clipboard on the Mac,
>>however, is very sophisticated.  It transfers text and graphics flawlessly
>>between applications, and nearly all applications support the clipboard.
>
>   Marc, where did you read this? All documentation I have on the
>Clipboard refers to clips as "data" not Ascii. The clipboard is 
>general purpose simular to Matt's FIFO library. The only thing wrong
>with the Amiga's clipboard is that Commodore failed to provide
>a style/interface guide for Apps until recently so developers were
>pretty much free to do anything. Show me where C= documents the
>clipboard as "intended for ascii." I know it works with IFFs
>because I have programs that save IFFs to the clipboard if instructed.
>
	Marc once again doesn't know what he's talking about.
However, I thought the reason no one used it is that no one
wanted to deal with converting to IFF and the other complications
that the clipboard added.

>>   So, even if all Amiga applications supported the clipboard (a very big
>>IF!), the Amiga's clipboard would still not compare at all to the clipboard 
>>on the Macintosh.  The MAC's clipboard is as far above the Amiga's 
>>clipboard as the Amiga's multitasking is above the MAC's multitasking.
>
>  Explain why it is so better (e.g. give an example of the programmers
>interface to it.)
>
	The difference isn't in the clipboard, as Marc implies,
but merely in that the clipboard is used.
	-- Ethan

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