Epoch and interaction with Openwindows

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2 total messages Started by Andrew McGregor Fri, 20 Nov 1992 00:51

#422

Author: Andrew McGregor
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 00:51

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Has anybody managet to get cut and paste between epoch and openwindows
working correctly? I know it works with athena widgets programs, and
maybe motif, so why not openwindows? If cut and paste can be made to
work at all, it should be easy enough to bind things correctly for
interface consistency, shouldn't it?

Andrew McGregor

Epoch and interaction with Openwindows

#426

Author: 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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