Topic       : Documentation for Thing
Author      : Arno Welzel/Thomas Binder/TransAction
Version     : thing.hyp 1.27E (23/8/1998)
Subject     : Documentation/Shells
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Desktop: Objects - Clipboard                                          Thing

 Icon in ICONS.RSC: "CLIPBOARD" (⇨ *If, due to the lack of a suitable icon editor, you want
to edit the icons using 'IconCons' from the Ease desktop, 
rename the icon to _CLIPBRD, because the program only 
supports a maximum of eight characters for labels. Thing 
looks for _CLIPBRD if CLIPBOARD is not available.
)
 AV object type:    VA_OB_CLIPBOARD (3)

      The clipboard is always installed on the desktop and represents the
      GEM clipboard. The icon type is fixed but the text label can be
      edited (or removed) by selecting the icon then calling the 'File' > 
'Show Info...' option. Individual objects dragged to the clipboard are 
copied to the clipboard path set in 'Info about Clipboard' dialog and 
renamed 'SCRAP'. The file extender remains unchanged.


      'README.TXT'   copied to the clipboard is renamed 'SCRAP.TXT'
      'RESOURCE.RSC' copied to the clipboard is renamed 'SCRAP.RSC'
      'PROGRAM.PRG   copied to the clipboard is renamed 'SCRAP.PRG'

      Data copied this way may be pasted into other programs that 
      support the clipboard functions.


Dragging the clipboard icon to the trashcan (or using the 'Delete...' 
function in the 'Edit' menu) deletes all files in the clipboard path whose 
names fit the mask 'SCRAP.*'.

If no configuration file with the clipboard path is present, for example 
immediately after installation, Thing uses the currently set path or the 
one specified in the environmental variables 'CLIPBRD' or 'SCRAPDIR'. If 
these variables cannot be found the clipboard path is set to '\CLIPBRD' in 
the root of the boot drive.