10.10 Cutting, copying and pasting using the clipboard

The editor provides the standard methods of cutting, copying and pasting text using the clipboard. To select a region of text, click and hold down the select button, and drag the pointer across the region you want to select: the text is highlighted as you select it.

Choose Edit > Select All to select all the text in the buffer, and Edit > Deselect All if you want to deselect it.

Once you have selected a region use either of the following commands:

• Choose Edit > Copy to copy the region to the clipboard. This leaves the selected region unchanged in the editor buffer.
• Choose Edit > Cut to delete the region from the current buffer, and place it in the Common LispWorks clipboard. This removes the selected region from the buffer.

Choose Edit > Paste to copy text from the clipboard into the current buffer. The text is placed at the current cursor position.

These commands are also available from a popup menu that you can display by using the alternate select gesture (usually clicking the right mouse button) over the editor window.

The editor also provides a much more sophisticated system for cutting, copying and pasting text, as described below.