Use Copy and Paste
The FacetWin DT Copy and Paste feature allows you to transfer text between
host/server applications and Windows applications. Because the terminal emulator
runs character based applications, only text can be copied from or pasted to an
application running in the terminal emulator window. Any time you copy from a
terminal emulator window, it replaces the text on the Windows system
clipboard. Any time there is text on the Windows clipboard, it can be pasted to a
terminal emulator window.
To copy from a FacetWin DT terminal emulator window, you begin by using the
mouse to mark the area you want to copy. The mouse cursor will be an I-beam
cursor when it is capable of marking an area of the screen. You must have the “MouseKeys” mode on the emulation tab of the property sheet turned off in order to mark
text (see Emulation Tab in the Property Sheet Reference section). To mark an area, position the
mouse cursor at the beginning of the area you want to mark, press and hold down the
left mouse button, while moving the mouse cursor to the end of the area you
want to mark. Either a rectangular area or whole lines will be marked depending
on the copy type specified on the copy options tab of the property sheet (see Copy Tab in the Property Sheet Reference section). Once you have marked an area, you
can copy the text that is marked by choosing the Edit/Copy menu item or by
pressing the Copy button on the tool bar. These will be disabled unless some text
is marked. In addition, there are special keys that can be setup to perform a
cut or paste. These must be enabled on the Emulation Tab of the property sheet. Once you have performed the cut operation with one of
these methods, the text will be on the Windows clipboard and will remain there
until something else is copied to the clipboard from the same or a different
window.
When you paste text into a terminal emulator window, it appears to the
application running in that window as though the text was typed in. Therefore, you
must have the application ready to accept whatever is about to be pasted. For
example, if the application has a command mode, and a data entry mode, you must
have the application in its data entry mode before you paste data into it. Once
the application is ready to receive the data, paste it by choosing the
Edit/Paste menu item, or by pressing the Paste button on the tool bar. These will be
disabled, unless there is text available on the Windows clipboard. If you are
pasting a large amount of data, your application might need to have the data
typed into it in smaller portions. This can be accomplished by turning on “Paste pacing” on the paste options tab of the property sheet (see Paste Tab in the Property Sheet Reference section).