Posted by Toby Inkster on 04/23/06 18:20

Jose wrote:

> Sometimes you want to keep something (old) while you select something
> (new) and do something (else) with it.

The corresponding situation on Windows would be:

you copy section A into the clipboard,
then go and make a minor cut/paste edit with section B,
then go to paste section A and find it gone.

The solution is not to do the above, but rather:

go and make a minor cut/paste edit with section B,
then you copy section A into the clipboard,
then go to paste section A and find it works.

On most platforms there is a limit of one thing that can be held on the
main clipboard at once; and certain activities will cause that thing to be
overwritten. Just don't do those things when you've got something
important in clipboard.

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