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If using Brief emulation and a clipboard is wanted when cutting text, bind the commands

cut_word

cut_end_line

, and

cut_line

to the appropriate keys.

A stack of the last 15 (default maximum) of the most recently used clipboards is kept. You can change the
maximum number of clipboards in the General Options dialog box (click

Window

→

Preferences

, expand

SlickEdit

and click

General

in the tree, then double-click the

General

setting. On the General Options

dialog, select the

General Tab

). To see a list of clipboards you have created, press

Ctrl

Shift

(

Edit

→

List Clipboards

list_clipboards

command). The Select Text to Paste dialog box appears.

The numbers on the far left are used to help move the selection cursor. The number following the clip-
board type indicates the number for complete or partial lines of text in the clipboard.

Only clipboards of one line can be inserted into the command line or text box. Both

Ctrl

and

Ctrl

Shift

key sequences insert clipboard text into the text area or the command line. The result of in-

serting a clipboard into the text area varies depending on the clipboard type.

A LINE type clipboard is inserted after the current line by default. If you want LINE type clipboards inser-
ted before the current line, change the line insert style (click

Window

→

Preferences

, expand

SlickEdit

and click

General

in the tree, then double-click the

General

setting. On the General Options dialog, select

the

More Tab

). A BLOCK type clipboard is inserted before the current character and pushes over all text

intersecting with the block. No lines are inserted. A CHAR type clipboard is inserted before the current
character.

Use the

View

button to look at the complete text for the selected condensed clipboard. While viewing the

clipboard, you can copy all or part of it to the operating system clipboard.

Setting the Maximum Number of Clipboards

By default, a stack of your last 50 clipboards are kept, any one of which can be pasted with

Ctrl

Shift

To change the maximum number of clipboards saved, from the main menu, click

Window

→

Prefer-

ences

, expand

SlickEdit

and click

General

in the tree, then double-click the

General

setting. On the

General Options dialog, select the

More Tab

. Enter a value in the

Max clipboards

spin box.

Working with Lines

There are several options for working with lines as described in the following sections.

Clicking Past the End of a Line

To have the ability to place the cursor past the end of a line, from the main menu, click

Window

→

Pref-

erences

, expand

SlickEdit

and click

General

in the tree, then double-click the

General

setting. On the

General Options dialog, select the

General Tab

. Select the option

Click past end of line

Highlighting the Current Line

The current line can be highlighted by having a dotted box drawn around it, making the cursor easier to
see. You can choose to make the highlight a box only, or you can choose a box with tab stops, syntax in-

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