Dan Bron wrote:
> R.E.Boss' question and Eric's response made me wonder what other
> conveniences we might be losing by switching to a browser frontend for J
> development, and how we might compensate for them.
> 
> One big loss that springs to mind is wdclipcopy and wdclipread .  J is my
> primary scripting language and general computer utility, so I use these
> verbs all the time, for ad hoc parsing of data (e.g. phone bills), quick
> calculations (e.g. expense report sanity checking), and more.
> 
> Since the server's clipboard is obviously different from the client's, I'm
> worried that I'll lose these tools, and wondering how we can compensate [1],
> and generally what other tools we might be losing.
> 
> Can anyone tell me what other habits I might have to change?  Obviously, any
> broken tools would come at the boundary between J and the machine, because
> J's staying the same, "the machine" has a new definition.  
> 
> -Dan
> 
> [1]  Put a "paste here" frame in the UI?, have the 11!:0 callback ask
> Javascript for favors?
> 

If you are using Windows, you may be interested in this:

http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Scripts/WindowsClipboard

It works for me on Win7 with J602 and J701:

    setcliptext'Mooga Mooga'
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    setclipfiles'This';'is';'files'
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    getclip''
This
is
files

    getcliptext''
0
    getclipfiles''
This
is
files

--
David Mitchell
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