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- Cut/Paste
-
- The cut-paste utility is a resident, install at bootup,
- utility (similar to SideKick). It is quite small, using less
- than 6K of memory. With cut/paste anything which appears on the
- screen may be "cut" out and saved for later "pasting" into an
- application. CutPaste is installed by executing the CP2.COM file
- from either the command line or the AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
-
- CutPaste is functionally very similar to its cousin, NotePad,
- using the same edit keys (and most of the same code). Please
- read the .DOC file for NotePad for an explanation of the edit keys
- before attempting to use CutPaste. Both programs will work
- together (both installed), but will work independently also.
-
- Once installed, CutPaste may be brought up at any time by
- entering Alt-F9. The cursor will move to its position on the
- screen when CutPaste was last exited. Use the arrow keys to move
- the cursor to any place on the screen. The screen may also be
- edited in this mode using the same editting keys as NotePad.
- Place the cursor at one corner of the area to be cut out and
- depress the END key. Notice that the character underneath the
- cursor turns to inverse video. Now move the cursor to the
- opposite corner of the area to be cut out. As the cursor is
- moved the entire area will appear in inverse video. Depress the
- END key one more time and the screen returns to normal. You are
- now "out" of CutPaste. To paste the cut area into the
- application, enter Cntrl-F9. The box cut previously will be
- "typed" into the application, as if reentered from the keyboard,
- starting at the upper left hand corner and proceeding to the
- lower right hand corner. If you wish to exit CutPaste without
- cutting anything, reenter the Alt-F9 key.
-
- CutPaste will add block move capabilities to any word
- processor (or other program) which using BIOS interrupt 16 for
- keyboard input (that's just about everyting except XYWRITE).
- CutPaste has been tested with many other installables, notably
- SideKick and the MicroSoft and Mouse Systems mouse drivers.
- (CutPaste works GREAT with a mouse.)
-
- Notice that CutPaste sprung from the NotePad utility and uses
- the same edit keys (except, of course, for the file related
- keys). Just as with NotePad, CutPaste only works in alphanumeric
- mode. CutPaste is designed to work in combination with NotePad
- and BackScrl. Thus, if something of importance has scrolled off
- of the screen, you may scroll the screen back (using BACKSCRL)
- until the area of importance reappears, open up CutPaste, cut is
- out, open up the NotePad, and paste the area into the NotePad for
- saving. In order for this to work, the order of installation is
- CP, NP and then BACKSCRL.
-
- CutPaste is being offered into the public domain. No
- remuneration is asked for; however, if any improvements are made
- please check with us first. We do not want "buggy" versions
- being passed about. Further, we ask that our names not be
- removed from the source listings or from the .DOC files. Thank
- you.
-
-
- Stephen R. Davis
- Gerry Boyd
- Larry Weiss
- Route 5 Box 107K
- Greenville, Tx 75401
- 214-454-2426
-