SlickEdit User Guide

TEXT EDITING
• To change the view of the tool window, the View menu item on the right-click context menu:
o Auto - When this is selected, the Clipboards tool window switches between Horizontal and
Vertical views automatically as you resize it.
o Horizontal - When this is selected, the clipboard list is displayed above the Preview area.
o Vertical - When this is selected, the clipboard list and Preview area are displayed side-byside.
Named Clipboards
You can create a named clipboard by simply typing the name after the copy_to_clipboard command. For
example, create a selection, then, on the SlickEdit® command line, type: copy_to_clipboard a. A
clipboard named “a” is created. Now, you can use the name with the paste command to insert the named
clipboard without using the Select Text to Paste dialog or Clipboards tool window (for example, paste a).
Note that named clipboards are limited to two characters, and that the cut command is not supported for
this feature.
Clipboards in the Command Line and Text Boxes
Only clipboards of one line can be inserted into the SlickEdit® command line or a text box. Both Ctrl+V
and Ctrl+Shift+V key sequences can be used to insert clipboard text into these fields. The result of
inserting a clipboard into a text box varies depending on the clipboard type.
Setting the Max Number of Clipboards
By default, a stack of the 50 most recently used clipboards is kept. To change the maximum number of
clipboards saved, from the main menu, click Tools > Options, expand Editing and click General, then
enter a value in the Maximum clipboards box.
Advanced Editing
This section describes the following advanced editing features:
• Inserting Lines
• Block Insert Mode
• Hex Mode Editing
Inserting Lines
When pasting lines, they are inserted at the location specified by the Line insert style setting (Tools >
Options > Editing > General)—either Before or After the current line. SmartPaste® is on by default, and
indents the pasted lines according to your language-specific indent settings. See SmartPaste® and
Language-Specific Indent Options for more information.
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