Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!think.com!mintaka!ogicse!milton!stevep From: stevep@wrq.com (Steve Poole) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: The Amiga's Future Message-ID: <1991Jun18.214856.7301@milton.u.washington.edu> Date: 18 Jun 91 21:48:56 GMT References: <654.24493@news.iastate.edu>> <4222.tnews@ Sender: news@milton.u.washington.edu (News) Organization: Walker Richer & Quinn, Inc., Seattle, WA Lines: 13 In article matt@vrtwo.UUCP (Matt Buford) writes: >What would happen if say you ran a 20 line BBS and were using your word >processor and something on the BBS used the clipboard at the same time as you >tried to use it between your word processor and paint program? Problem? Why would something on the BBS use the clipboard? It's a mechanism for sharing data between applications, not BBS users. Anyhow, apps maintain private scrap and copy it to the clipboard when they're switched out. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- INTEL 80x86: Just say NOP -- Internet: stevep@wrq.com -- AOL: Spoole -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------