#Paste Function
27-May-88 16:08:54
Sb: #126148-#Paste Function
Fm: jack radigan 76545,201
To: Ray Lambert 76077,1653
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Ray,
Sorry for the delay in responding. Truthfully, your scheme sounds a bit
complicated, although closing the calculator before pasting sounds good, what
if the user has a few calculations to do in a row? Sort of
calc/paste/calc/paste… and so on?
Second, cursor posistion is pretty elusive too. That is if there even is a
word processor or text editor which will be the target of the pasted data.
What about string gadgets?
Since you plan on using an input event handler I'd look for a mouse button
with one of the other qualifiers, CTRL, SHIFT, ALT or AMIGA to trigger the
paste action. But I'd also leave the calculator on the screen too, even if it
only takes a hot-key to open it I think a user would get tired of having to
open it after each paste. Hope that helps.
-Jack-