Edith Manual           Clipboards         19th May 1994


The CLIPBOARD PANEL displays the contents of the  three
text blocks:

   the CUT/PASTE/REPLACE buffer
   the DELETE/TEXTOP buffer
   the ALL PURPOSE buffer

and three icons:

   the DISK (file selector)
   the TRASH CAN
   the SHREDDER

The CUT/PASTE/REPLACE buffer is used by the  Cut, Copy,
Paste, Overlay  and  search/replace  operations.    The
DELETE/TEXTOP buffer is used by Delete, Delete Line and
all operations  in  the  TEXT menu.   The  ALL  PURPOSE
buffer is there for the user.

Blocks can be DRAGGED and DROPPED onto  eachother, onto
the disk, trash  can  and  shredder  icons, onto  other
Edith  windows, and  when  using  MultiTOS, also   onto
windows  belonging  to   other  applications  such   as
MINIWIN.

Drag a block onto the  disk icon to save a  block; drag
the disk icon onto  a block to load  it.  Drag a  block
onto the trash can to move  it to the trash can.   Drag
anything onto the shredder to permanently discard it.

DOUBLE CLICK on a text block  or the trash can to  open
it into a window.

** The upper two  text blocks are  marked with a  small
   black dot  when  the  information  they  contain  is
   `vital', which is to say that if that information is
   lost, it cannot be found  elsewhere.  When MOVE  OLD
   BUFFERS TO  TRASH  CAN  is selected  in  the  EDITOR
   OPTIONS dialog,  vital  data is automatically  saved
   to the trash can whenever it is overwritten.

** The trash  can window  is editable; the  text  block
   windows are read-only.



Edith Manual           Clipboards         19th May 1994