System and method for two tier paste buffer and display
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsCary L. Bates, Gilford F. Martino, John M. Santosuosso, Vincent T. Timon III
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Abstract
A system and method is provided for inserting into a display material copied to a clipboard. A user selects material to be copied the clipboard. The system selects and copies to the clipboard additional material. The user selects an insertion point for the user selected material, and the system displays to the user the user selected material and selective additional material. The system selected material is, in accordance with a more specific embodiment, that material which is needed to render the user selected material syntactically correct in the context of the insertion point.
Claims37
A method for copying display material, comprising the steps of:
- displaying to a user first display material;
- accepting from said user a first portion of said first display material;
- storing said first portion to a clipboard;
- identifying and storing to said clipboard a second portion of said first display material;
- accepting from said user an insertion point in second display material;
- and
- displaying to said user said first portion and said second portion at said insertion point.
A system for displaying material copied to a clipboard, comprising:
- a display for displaying said material;
- a selector operable by a user for designating a first portion of said material for copying and pasting to an insertion point;
- a clipboard for temporarily storing material to be pasted to said insertion point;
- and
- a controller for displaying to a user first display material;
- accepting from said user a first portion of said first display material;
- storing said first portion to said clipboard;
- identifying and storing to said clipboard a second portion of said first display material;
- accepting from said user an insertion point in second display material;
- and displaying to said user said first portion and said second portion at said insertion point.
A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by a machine to perform method steps for copying display material, said method steps comprising:
- displaying to a user first display material;
- accepting from said user a first portion of said first display material;
- storing said first portion to a clipboard;
- identifying and storing to said clipboard a second portion of said first display material;
- accepting from said user an insertion point in second display material;
- and
- displaying to said user said first portion and said second portion at said insertion point.
A computer program product or computer program element method for copying display material according to the steps of:
- displaying to a user first display material;
- accepting from said user a first portion of said first display material;
- storing said first portion to a clipboard;
- identifying and storing to said clipboard a second portion of said first display material;
- accepting from said user an insertion point in second display material;
- and
- displaying to said user said first portion and said second portion at said insertion point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.