The Editor provides the standard methods of cutting, copying and pasting text using the clipboard. To select a region of text, click and hold down the select button, and drag the pointer across the region you want to select: the text is highlighted using the Region Highlight text style as you select it.
Choose
Edit > Select All
or
Command+A
to select all the text in the buffer, and
Edit > Deselect All
if you want to deselect it.
Once you have selected a region use either of the following commands:
Command+C
to copy the region to the clipboard. This leaves the selected region unchanged in the editor buffer.
Command+X
to delete the region from the current buffer, and place it in the Common LispWorks clipboard. This removes the selected region from the buffer.
Choose
Edit > Paste
or
Command+V
to copy text from the clipboard into the current buffer. The text is placed at the current cursor position.
These commands are also available from a popup menu that you can display by using the alternate select gesture (usually clicking the right mouse button) over the editor window.
The Editor also provides a much more sophisticated system for cutting, copying and pasting text, as described below.