How to access the text from a file you click or draw ?

Discussion in 'Cadence' started by chentaison, Apr 11, 2009.

  1. chentaison

    chentaison Guest

    Hi All,

    I want to get the text (string) from the clipboard (from a file I
    double click or draw to select )
    like copy & paste , how to do that ?

    Thank you,
    Charley
     
    chentaison, Apr 11, 2009
    #1
  2. I'm not sure I understand what you're asking. You can paste text in with the
    middle mouse button into a text field on a form, but perhaps that's not what
    you're asking.

    I don't know what you mean by a "file you click or draw", for a start...

    Regards,

    Andrew.
     
    Andrew Beckett, Apr 15, 2009
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  3. chentaison

    chentaison Guest


    Hi Andrew,

    Yes , I can paste it into form filed (hiCreateStringField ....)from I
    click or draw to select on a file ?
    Could I get the context to a variable ?

    Thank you,
    Charley
     
    chentaison, Apr 16, 2009
    #3
  4. Hi Charley,

    I'm sure this is just an "English" problem, but I've absolutely no idea what you
    mean here, as the above questions do not make sense.

    Perhaps if you're a bit more verbose and can give an example, it might help
    overcome the limitations in your English?

    I hope you don't see this as rude, but otherwise it's very hard to help you.

    Best Regards,

    Andrew.
     
    Andrew Beckett, Apr 17, 2009
    #4
  5. chentaison

    chentaison Guest

    Hi Andrew,

    Sorry for an unclear question. I don't know how to write it ,
    I just want to manipulate like Window (Copy - (Ctrl + C) & Paste (Ctrl
    +v)) function.

    Thank you,
    Charley
     
    chentaison, Apr 20, 2009
    #5
  6. chentaison

    Riad KACED Guest

    Dear Charley,

    In linux highlighting text will put it into the clipboard. To paste
    this text somewhere, you just need to press the middle mouse button/
    wheel. If your mouse is 2-buttons only then press left and right
    buttons at the same time. This would paste the text as well.
    Otherwise, you could use the Shift-Insert shortcut as another mean to
    paste too (just like Ctrl-V in windows). Ctrl-Insert shortcut does the
    copy (like Ctrl-C in windows). The Ctrl-C shortcut has a different
    meaning when invoked in a Unix X-terminal. In fact, the Ctrl-C
    shortcut should interrupt the running program by sending a stop
    (SIGQUIT) signal to the system. That said, Many applications such as
    OpenOffice also support Windows-like CtlC/CtlV Copy/Paste.
    At the end, I'm wondering whether you want to copy/paste back and
    forth between Linux/Windows (via VNC for example). I'm also wondering
    which window manager you are using, hope not that ugly fvwm ...
    Anyway, there is a good forum you could subscribe to for such
    questions: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.misc/topics

    Hoping this is helping you :)

    Regards,
    Riad.
     
    Riad KACED, Apr 20, 2009
    #6
  7. chentaison

    chentaison Guest

    Hi Raid,

    It's helpful.
    Thank you for the detailed description.

    Charley
     
    chentaison, Apr 20, 2009
    #7
  8. BTW, IC61 supports the use of ctrl-C/ctrl-V to copy/paste. But in IC5141 (with
    Motif widgets) this isn't supported - you have to use the keys that Riad
    mentions above.

    Regards,

    Andrew.
     
    Andrew Beckett, Apr 20, 2009
    #8
  9. chentaison

    Guest Guest

    It's not a good idea to use Ctrl+C for copy in DFII, even if it does work in
    some places in IC6.1. Ctrl+Insert is better since if you enter Ctrl+C in the
    wrong place, it is taken as a user abort.

    -Pete Zakel
    ()

    "Life in the state of nature is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short."

    -Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan
     
    Guest, Apr 21, 2009
    #9
  10. Pete nospam Zakel wrote, on 04/21/09 02:19:
    Good point. Thanks Pete.

    Andrew.
     
    Andrew Beckett, Apr 21, 2009
    #10
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