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In article <6357@cbmvax.UUCP> andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel) writes:
>In article <1989Mar19.023257.20564@ziebmef.uucp> cks@ziebmef.UUCP (Chris Siebenmann) writes:
>>[hah. finally got around to commenting on this topic.]
>>sizes of all sub-things inside it) ... at the beginning of itself. And
>>the clipboard.device doesn't appear to support random seeking around
>>to write data (when writing to a file, the IFF routines seek back to
>>the start of a hunk and write the size once they know it).
>
>You're kidding me, right ?  The CMD_WRITE of the clipboard
>device includes an io_Offset field, which you can change
>so you can write bytes anywhere in the clip.  You can even
>extend the clip (padded with 0s) just by settng the io_Offset
>beyond the current clip size.  The docs on CMD_WRITE come
>right out and say this, actually.
[other details omitted]

All true.  I wonder how many people don't use the Clipboard just because
of misinformation like the one Chris shows.

>(I also did an example program for AmigaMail a long time ago.)

I used the code in AmigaMail to add Clipboard support to A-Talk III.
That code works like a champ.  If the source is still around somewhere
maybe it would be a good idea to post the clipboard source from
AmigaMail on the net.

--Marco Papa 'Doc'
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