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from: Mike O`Connor
date: 2004-11-05 10:21:06
subject: Re: CD-ROM - Clipboard - Editor ??? Use e.exe instead!

Don{ald} O. Woodall wrote:

>In , on 11/05/2004 
>   at 11:22 PM, "Mike O'Connor"  said:
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>Mike
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>     Thanks for persisting
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you're welcome!

>>see below - simple at command line!
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>>Hi Don,
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>>Nothing to learn!
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>     Sure there is.   I have to learn to tolerate it.
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>>All you have to do is:
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>>1). at any command-line, run "e  >clipboard>"
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>     Pathspec is never necessary.  I alway change to the directory where
>the file is I want to work with resides.
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No problem!

>>      [e.exe will open up with the file contents visible]
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>>2). press "CTRL-SHIFT-END" to select everything
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>     See, I told you there was something to learn.
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>>3). then "CTRL-INSERT" to put the contents into the
OS/2-eCS clipboard
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>     A second new key stroke.
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>>- you don't have to do your editing with it!!
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>     Now, that is an enlightening thought.
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>     Thanks
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Hi Don,

Those two "new" keystrokes are common to *every* OS/2  application - I 
bet they are also in Q-Edit!!

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Regards,
Mike

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