Don{ald} O. Woodall wrote:

>Hello Text Editor Users
>
>     This question involves three elements to the problem.
>
>FIRST ELEMENT
>-------------
>
>     The first element involves reading a file from a CD!
>
>     If a file is being read from a hard drive, there is
>no problem.
>
>SECOND ELEMENT
>--------------
>
>     The second element is using a text editor to read a file.
>
>     The text editor I use is "Qedit for OS/2" by Semware.
>
>THIRD ELEMENT
>-------------
>
>     The third element is to paste a portion, or I suppose the whole file,
>to the OS/2 clipboard.
>
>MY PROBLEM
>----------
>
>     Using Qedit, I am unable to paste anything to the clipboard when
>reading a file from a CD-ROM disk.
>
>     I am guessing this is because Qedit can not WRITE to the CD. ???
>
>     My question is:  Is this behavior particular to "Qedit" ?
>
>     Or, is this an OS issue and all editors behave the same way?
>
>     Thanks
>  
>

Hi Don,

Solution is to just copy the file to a holding-area on the HDD, and edit 
it there!
Many editors try to open a "*.bak" file in the location where the 
initial file is located - hence that doesn't work with C-ROMs.

HTH

-- 
Regards,
Mike

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