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From: larrys@watson.ibm.com
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Subject: Re: Cut/Paste from a PM Window?
Message-ID: <1991Jun13.131030.13565@watson.ibm.com>
Date: 13 Jun 91 16:08:11 GMT
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In <1991Jun12.182853.11746@watson.ibm.com>, Chuck@watson.ibm.com (Charles M. Oriot) writes:
>
>In <1991Jun10.134341.1@lure.latrobe.edu.au>, ccmk@lure.latrobe.edu.au writes:
>
>>How do I copy/cut and paste in a PM window?  I am not talking about
>>in an editor, such as the sytem editor, but a standard command window.
>>For example, I might wish to take text from one window to the
>>other as part of a command string, or paste part of a directory
>>output into the editor, etc.
>>
>>I also can't seem to get the Mark command to do more than highlight some
>>text.
>
>To copy, go in the system menu, choose Mark, then mark the part of text
>you want.  Then choose Copy from the system menu.
>
>To paste, I know there is a magic manipulation to have the Paste item
>in the system menu, but I can't remember what it is.  Somebody here
>should know.

The black magic needed to get paste in the system menu of a command
prompt is this:

1)  Press Alt-Space to display the system menu.
2)  Use the ARROW KEYS to go to "Mark"
3)  Press Ctrl-Enter

The next windowed command prompt *should* have paste in the system menu.
If it doesn't, someone send me a note, and I'll verify it on someone's
system (I've already done it on my two machines).

Cheers,
Larry Salomon, Jr. (aka 'Q')            LARRYS@YKTVMV.BITNET
OS/2 Applications and Tools             larrys@ibmman.watson.ibm.com
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center         larrys@eng.clemson.edu
Yorktown Heights, NY

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