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From: lazarus@BOSCO.BERKELEY.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: resource editor gripes
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Date: 29 Apr 88 19:39:00 GMT
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In article <23728@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU# oster@dewey.soe.berkeley.edu.UUCP (David Phillip Oster) writes:

#Once again, I'll explain the point many people miss: if you enter resedit,
#with a PICT on your clipboard, open a file and hit 'paste' ResEdit pastes
#the pict into the file. Same with TEXT. If you select one PICT or TEXT and
#copy it to the clipboard in resEdit, then it will still be on the
#clipboard when you leave resedit.  In resedit sub-editors like the ICON or
#CURSor editor will cut and pate PICTs, if you use the shift key while you
#mousedown and drag, to sweep out a destination rectangle.

All true, and furthermore the original ScrapBook DA can be used
to simplify multiple text/picture pasting. 

andy