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From: mikem@ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Cut/Paste from a PM Window?
Message-ID: <1991Jun12.211017.23047@ibmpa,awdpa.ibm.com>
Date: 12 Jun 91 21:10:17 GMT
References: <1991Jun10.134341.1@lure.latrobe.edu.au>
Reply-To: mikem@ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com (Michael MacFaden)
Organization: ISSC Corp, Palo Alto
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Sgnder: news@ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com (News Master)

In article <1991Jun10.134341.1@lure.latrobe.edu.au> ccmk@lure.latrobe.edu.au writes:
>Here is what is probably a silly question, but I am almost at my
>wits end on this.
>
>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.
>
>Can someone help out, please?
>

All control windows in PM support the clipboard by default. By control
windows, I mean entry fields, combo boxes, Multiple Line Entry (MLE).

This means you can cut and copy text between any such window. (I find
this handy when I type into the wrong entry field). To perform a 
clipboard action between control windows, use the *keyboard* accelerators.
   
The accelerators are:
Cut    Shift+Del
Copy   Ctrl+Ins
Paste Shift+Ins

If you forget, these are listed on the Edit pulldown of the system editor. 

Regards, 

Michael R. MacFaden    IBM Palo Alto     Marketing Systems
mikem@ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com, macfaden@paloic1.vnet.ibm.com 
disclaimer:  what I write above is not necessarily my employer's opinion