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From: ONM07@DMSWWU1A.BITNET (Julian Reschke)
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Subject: Re:  GEM
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Date: 22 Feb 90 08:03:00 GMT
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In article <5838@blake.acs.washington.edu> Enartloc Nhoj writes:
> It would be nice if we had a clipboard a la mac and
> some standards in data format that would facilitate
> easy importing and exporting of data between programs.
> I think this is one of the virtues of the mac OS/Finder.
> THe above allows for a much more integrated environment
> that tends to foster greater productivity.
>
In fact, there
- IS a GEM clipboard. What do You think is the purpose of scrp_read() and
  scrp_write(). Here in Germany, SOME programs 'already' use it!
- ARE standard file formats. Think of GEM, IMG, CSV, TXT, DIF...

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