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From: torrie@cs.stanford.edu (Evan Torrie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: The Amiga's Future
Message-ID: <1991Jun9.184231.4007@neon.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 9 Jun 91 18:42:31 GMT
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barrett@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Dan Barrett) writes:


>>In article <4222.tnews@templar.actrix.gen.nz> jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz (John Bickers) writes:
>>>    Does it do the equivalent of Snap's operation where you clip the
>>>    text from point A using the mouse, then hit a key to insert it into
>>>    point B?

>In article <50207@ut-emx.uucp> awessels@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Allen Wessels) writes:
>>Almost every Mac program that works with data supports copy and paste.  These
>>commands are under the Edit menu of nearly every program I use (minus games
>>and a few others.)  You simply select the text, bitmap, or draw object in
>>your document, select Copy from the Edit menu, switch tasks, and select Paste
                                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>from the Edit menu.

>	That's not what "jbickers" was talking about, though he did not make
>it clear in his above quote.  SNAP allows this kind of pasting between
>applications!  

  I think this is exactly what Allen said, isn't it?

>	For example, I can cut text out of my word processor and paste it
>immediately into my telecommunications program.

  And so can I.  In fact, I've been able to do it since early 1985 with
Switcher, before the Amiga even came out.


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