Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!spool.mu.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!liuida!slaka!micke From: micke@slaka.sirius.se (Mikael Karlsson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: The Amiga's Future Message-ID: Date: 9 Jun 91 13:03:18 GMT References: <5068@orbit.cts.com> <16647@darkstar.ucsc.edu>,<1308@cbmger.UUCP> <1991Jun7.064750.5770@news.iastate.edu>, <1991Jun7.233654.24493@news.iastate.edu> Organization: Absolut Software Lines: 45 In article <1991Jun7.233654.24493@news.iastate.edu> taab5@isuvax.iastate.edu (Marc Barrett) writes: >[..] > The Amiga's clipboard cannot be fixed, as it is too unsupported and >weak to be fixed. The clipboard needs to be totally replaced by something >that supports transferring of graphic images from one application to >another, independent of resolution or color format. Marc, I think this is the first time I've seen you state something completely inaccurate. I know that others will disagree with me on that point. Never mind that. The Amiga's clipboard most certainly supports any kind of data. It uses IFF. You know, the file format that just about everyone, Microsoft to mention one, is picking up for their multimedia stuff. It supports text, graphics, sound, whatever. Believe me. I know. Why don't you try this: Get the latest version of Snap, 1.61 (Yes, finally a new version!) Copy an area of the screen. Start IconEdit in 2.0. Select Edit Paste. Tada! Perfect for drawing icons in DeluxePaint. >However, even if this >were done, and the clipboard was replaced by something far better, it >would stile pale compared to the clipboard of the Macintosh simply because >the MAC's clipboard is supported by nearly all applications. Here you have a point. If I may humbly say so, Snap has increased the awareness of the Amiga clipboard as a tool for transferring text between applications. Hopefully this new version will do the same for graphics. > / Marc Barrett -MB- | BITNET: XGR39@ISUVAX.BITNET / >/ ISU COM S Student | Internet: XGR39@CCVAX.IASTATE.EDU / /Mikael -- \_/ Mikael Karlsson, Lovsattersvagen 10, S-585 98 LINKOPING, SWEDEN V | micke@slaka.sirius.se | Absolut Software | micke@slaka.UUCP ~~~ | {mcvax,seismo}!sunic!liuida!slaka!micke