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Epoch and interaction with Openwindows

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From: Arnold Smith
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 09:29
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> Has anybody managet to get cut and paste between epoch and openwindows
> working correctly? ...
Yes it works easily enough, it's just a little awkward in terms of the
operations required.  Here's the relevant excerpt from my epoch-tailoring
file (I use a Sun SPARCstation IPX running SunOS 4.1.2 and OW):

;; Allow cut and paste selections to come from OpenLook windows, by using
;; CLIPBOARD rather than the default PRIMARY.  From the epoch 4.0 manual...

(setq mouse::selection-atom (intern-atom "CLIPBOARD"))
;; Install handler for selection-clear on this selection
(push-selection mouse::selection-atom 'mouse-clear)

;; The above still doesn't make things entirely simple.  To get text from
;; an epoch window into a cmdtool or shelltool window, select it by wiping
;; the cursor across the source selection while holding down the left
;; mouse key.  Then move the cursor into the destination window and press
;; the "Paste" key on the left-hand side of the keyboard.  To copy text in
;; the other direction, select it similarly in the cmdtool window, press
;; the "Copy" key, move the cursor to the epoch window, and press the
;; middle mouse button where you want the text to appear.  (Sometimes I
;; have to actually hold the middle mouse button down for a fraction of a
;; second---a light click doesn't always seem to register).
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Subject: Epoch and interaction with Openwindows
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