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Reference Cl Memory Required
by the TEXT Paste Buffer
This reference explains the
memory that the TEXT pro-
gram's paste buffer needs to use
to cut and paste or copy and
paste text.
Whenever you cut or copy text,
TEXT puts a copy of that text in
the paste buffer, and the text re-
mains in the paste buffer until
you replace it with something
else. This requires additional
memory—more than you might
at first think is necessary.
For example, assume you want
to cut and paste 5,000 bytes
(characters) of text. To do this,
you need an additional 5,000
bytes of memory for the paste
buffer to use.
• When you "cut" the text,
TEXT moves the 5,000 bytes
from the text file to the paste
buffer.
• When you "paste" the text,
TEXT puts an extra copy of
the 5,000 bytes into the text
file.
As another example, assume you
want to copy and paste 5,000
bytes of text. To do this, you
need an additional 10,000 bytes
of memory—5,000 bytes for the
paste buffer to use and 5,000
bytes for the copy.
• When you "copy" the text,
TEXT puts an extra copy of
the 5,000 bytes into the paste
buffer.
• When you "paste" the text,
TEXT puts an extra copy of
the 5,000 bytes into the text
file.
If you do not have enough
memory to cut and paste or copy
and paste a large block of text,
TEXT will give you a "memory
full" error. An easy solution to
this problem is to simply divide
the large block into smaller
blocks and then work with each
block individually.
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