BOX PASTE INSERT
Pastes what you last cut or copied---pushing existing text to the right of
the box.
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 INSERT command.
Example:
The following example shows the effects of BOX PASTE INSERT---the
pasted box (indicated by uppercase B's) pushes existing text to the
right. The cursor position (indicated by X) does not change.
Before After BOX PASTE INSERT
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aaa Xcc aaa BBBcc
aaa ccc aaa BBBccc
aaa ccc aaa BBBccc
Usage notes:
o Usually, pasting a box overwrites existing text, depending on your
settings---same as BOX PASTE OVERSTRIKE. Use BOX PASTE INSERT to have
the pasted text push existing text to the right of the box, for
example, in adding columns to the middle of a table.
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 INSERT, the pasted
box may have a ragged right edge because the copy or cut did not pad
the text with spaces.
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| 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 OVERSTRIKE SET BOX PAD SET CLIPBOARD