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Notes on Copy/Paste Operation

When you make a copy of a section of the screen or the entire screen using the Copy/Cut feature in FacetTerm, you have a couple of options of what to do with the information in the Copy/Cut buffer. Usually, you will be Pasting the Cut buffer to another window or wanting to print the information to a system printer. Sometimes, you will want to send the Cut buffer contents to a file so that a shell script or other program can utilize this information. If FacetTerm beeps when you attempt to write to a file, something is not working correctly. Here is a list of common problems and what can be done to fix them.

  1. FacetTerm cannot perform the Paste command correctly if there is nothing in the Cut buffer. There are two easy tests that you can perform to see if you have anything in your Cut buffer.

    1. Print the contents of the Cut buffer. Perform ^W>p or through the FacetTerm Menu, go into the Print option.

    2. From a UNIX shell, type in cat and then press Enter. This will take you to the next line. Press ^Wp or from the main FacetTerm Menu, select Copy & Paste and then select the Paste option. This should print all of the lines twice from the Cut buffer.

  2. If you have specified any sub-directories in your file pathname, one of the directories you have specified does not have the proper permissions for you to write to. You will need to check the permissions and make sure that all of the directories that you have specified have write permissions for your login.

  3. If you have specified any sub-directories in your file pathname, one of the directories you have specified does not exist. Check the pathname you specified

  4. If you are trying to use the Paste to File - New... option, the file that you name must NOT exist. If the file exists, FacetTerm will beep and not perform the action.

  5. If you are trying to use the Paste to File - Append... option, the file that you are trying to append to must already exist; otherwise, FacetTerm will beep and not perform the action.

  6. If you are trying to use the Paste to File - Overwrite... option, the file that you are trying to overwrite must already exist; otherwise, FacetTerm will beep and not perform the action.