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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View Ref-FileMenu 'Edit'                                                           Thing

  Edit
   Cut                ^X   Cut current window or editable field contents
   Copy               ^C   Copy current window or editable field contents
   Paste              ^V   Insert clipboard to current field
   Delete...        ⇧DEL   Delete selected object/s 
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   Select All         ^A   Select all objects in current window
   Deselect All      ⇧^A   Deselect all objects in current window

This menu is similar to 'Edit' menus in other programs. The operations 
'Copy', 'Cut' and 'Paste' either refer to the window contents (directories, 
groups and Console window) or to the current input field.

With a directory window it is hardly sensible to copy all the files and 
folders complete to the clipboard. Instead, only the filenames are copied 
as text (either all the files displayed in the directory or only the 
selected objects), so that they can be pasted into another program, for 
instance. This makes it very easy to produce table of contents lists etc.

In addition one can use 'Copy'/'Cut' and 'Paste' to copy or move files and 
folders between directory windows.