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EVE BOX_PASTE_INSERT — VMS 5.5-2H4

 BOX PASTE INSERT

 Pastes what you last cut or copied---pushing existing text to the right of
 the box.

 Steps:

    1.  Put the cursor where you want to paste the text---that is,
        where you want the upper left corner of the box.

    2.  Use BOX PASTE INSERT.

 Example:

    The following example shows the effects of BOX PASTE INSERT---the
    pasted box (indicated by uppercase B's) pushes existing text to the
    right.  The cursor position (indicated by X) does not change.

       Before         After BOX PASTE INSERT
       -------        ----------------------
       aaa Xcc        aaa BBBcc
       aaa ccc        aaa BBBccc
       aaa ccc        aaa BBBccc

 Usage notes:

 o  Usually, pasting a box overwrites existing text, depending on your
    settings---same as BOX PASTE OVERSTRIKE.  Use BOX PASTE INSERT to have
    the pasted text push existing text to the right of the box, for
    example, in adding columns to the middle of a table.

 o  Pasting a box converts tab characters to spaces, to the right of the
    box or overlapping the box.  See help on CONVERT TABS.

 o  Depending on your setting, the text is pasted from EVE's Insert Here
    buffer or the DECwindows clipboard.  Default is SET NOCLIPBOARD, which
    uses the Insert Here buffer.

 o  If you copied or cut a standard, linear range (that is, by using COPY,
    CUT, REMOVE or STORE TEXT) and then use BOX PASTE INSERT, the pasted
    box may have a ragged right edge.

 Related topics:

    Ranges And Boxes    BOX PASTE OVERSTRIKE   SET BOX PAD   SET CLIPBOARD

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