BOX PASTE

  Pastes what you last cut or copied, usually overwriting existing text.

  Steps:

     1.  Put the cursor where you want to paste the text---that is,
         where you want to put the upper left corner of the box.

     2.  Use the BOX PASTE command---or if SET BOX SELECT is in effect, you
         can use either INSERT HERE or PASTE.

  Usage notes:

  o  By default, BOX PASTE overwrites existing text---unless SET BOX NOPAD
     is in effect and you are pasting into an insert-mode buffer:

     Setting            Effects on BOX PASTE
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     SET BOX NOPAD      BOX PASTE depends on the mode of the buffer.  In
                        insert mode, it pushes existing text to the right.
                        In overstrike mode, it overwrites existing text.

     SET BOX PAD        BOX PASTE overwrites existing text, regardless of
     (default)          the mode of the buffer.

  o  To override the settings, forcing one effect or the other without
     having to change your settings, use BOX PASTE INSERT or BOX PASTE
     OVERSTRIKE.

  o  Pasting a box converts tab characters to spaces, to the right of the
     box or overlapping the box. See help on CONVERT TABS.

  o  Depending on your setting, the text is pasted from the INSERT HERE
     buffer or the DECwindows clipboard. Default is SET NOCLIPBOARD.

  o  If you copied or cut a standard, linear range (that is, by using COPY,
     CUT, REMOVE or STORE TEXT) and then use BOX PASTE, the pasted box may
     have a ragged right edge because the copy or cut did not pad the text
     with spaces.

  +----------------------------------------------------------------+
  | Box-editing operations are slow with very long box selections, |
  | particularly if buffer-change journaling is in effect (which   |
  | is the default).                                               |
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  Related topics:

     Ranges And Boxes    BOX PASTE INSERT    BOX PASTE OVERSTRIKE
     SET BOX NOPAD       SET BOX PAD         SET CLIPBOARD