SlickEdit User Guide

TEXT EDITING
Selection Operation Description Usage
Copy Selection to Clipboard Copies selected text (or the
entire line, if no selection) to
the clipboard. You can also
create a named clipboard with
this operation—see Named
Clipboards.
Copy Selection to Cursor Copies selected text to the
cursor location. Char and
block selections are inserted
before the character at the
cursor, while lines are inserted
at the location specified by the
Line insert style setting
(Tools > Options > Editing >
General).
Cut Selection Deletes a selection and
copies it to the clipboard.
Delete and Append to
Clipboard
Deletes a selection and
appends it to the clipboard.
Execute Selection Executes each line or sub-line
of a selection as if entered on
the command line.
Files: Append Selection to File Appends selected text to the
specified file.
Files: Write Selection to File Writes selected text to the
specified file.
Fill Selection Fills a selection with the
specified key character.
Use the copy_to_clipboard
command (Ctrl+C or Edit >
Copy).
Use the copy_to_cursor
command or press Ctrl+Shift
while holding the right mouse
button
(Ctrl+Shift+RbuttonDn).
Use the cut command (Ctrl+X
or Edit > Cut).
Use the append_cut
command (Ctrl+Shift+X or
Edit > Append Cut).
Use the execute_selection
command or press Alt+=.
Specify a file name with the
append command, or use the
gui_append_selection
command to display a dialog
where you can browse to pick
the file.
Specify a file name with the
put command, or use the
gui_write_selection
command (File > Write
Selection) to display a dialog
where you can browse to pick
the file.
Use the fill_selection
command to be prompted on
the command line for the key,
or use the gui_fill_selection
command (Edit > Fill) to
display a dialog prompt.
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