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EVE INSERT_HERE — VMS 5.5

 INSERT HERE

 Pastes the range or box you last removed or copied (same as PASTE).

 Keys:  EVE Default        VT100 Keypad        EDT Keypad
        -------------------------------------------------
        INSERT HERE        KP9                 GOLD-KP6

 Steps:

    1.  Put the cursor where you want to paste the text.

    2.  Use INSERT HERE (see key list above).

 Usage notes:

 o  By default, INSERT HERE inserts the text as a linear range, pushing
    existing text to the right and down.

 o  SET BOX SELECT makes INSERT HERE the same as BOX PASTE, usually
    overwriting existing text.  If you used SET BOX NOPAD, pasting a box
    into an insert-mode buffer pushes existing text to the right of the box
    ---useful to add columns in the middle of a table.

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

 o  To view the Insert Here buffer---for example, to check what you last
    copied or removed---use the command BUFFER INSERT HERE.

 o  INSERT HERE does not automatically rewrap text.  Depending on where and
    how much text you paste, your text may go past the right margin or even
    out of view.  To reformat your text, use FILL.

 o  Setting the WPS keypad redefines INSERT HERE on the mini keypad as
    WPS Paste, which can use alternate paste buffers but does not use the
    clipboard.

 Related topics:

    Ranges And Boxes   BOX PASTE         PASTE           REMOVE
    SET BOX PAD        SET BOX SELECT    SET CLIPBOARD   STORE TEXT

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