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Is it possible to have a "Copy and Paste" function like the "Yank and Paste" ?

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Is it possible to have a "Copy and Paste" function like the "Yank and Paste"?

The Yank  function some what is a Copy function except it literaly "cut" what ever is drawn over by a selection box, if you select half of a device using Yank, you'll only get half of it.

Is it possible to have something like this:

- select devices, wires etc. either by selection box (dragging a mouse from 1 point to another) or by selecting individual or by group,

- then which ever you selected, you can "copy it" like a Yank, then you can paste it.

Some uses for it for exmaple:

I've done this with Yank and Paste but i don't know what origin it's using. instead of opening the contact window to instanciate a via, you can just copy a via then when you want a via, just paste it. yes, you can do it manually, select a via then copy, then copy etc. but would it be nice to just copy once then paste it endlessly? 

 

 

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  • Hi Andrew,

    This is what i did: 

    load("/user/me/abCopyPaste.ils")
    hiSetBindKey("Layout" "Ctrl<Key>6" "abCopyPaste->copy()")
    hiSetBindKey("Layout" "Alt<Key>6" "abCopyPaste->paste()")

    but i get this error for copy:

    *Error* dbCopyFig: Invalid point - nil 

    <<< Stack Trace >>>

    dbCopyFig(fig buffer transform)

    foreach(fig geGetSelectedSet(cv) dbCopyFig(fig buffer transform))

    let((fig) foreach(fig geGetSelectedSet(cv) dbCopyFig(fig buffer transform)))

    let((buffer refPoint transform) (buffer = dbOpenCellViewByType((& || &) options[&] options[&] "maskLayout" "w")) unless(buffer error("Could not create copy buffer %s/%s/%s" (& || &) options[&] options[&])) (refPoint = if(options[&] enterPoint(?prompts &) leGetRefPoint(cv))) (transform = list(mapcar(minus refPoint) "R0" 1.0)) ... )

    funcall((abCopyPaste->copy))

    ERROR 

     

     

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  • Hi Andrew,

    This is what i did: 

    load("/user/me/abCopyPaste.ils")
    hiSetBindKey("Layout" "Ctrl<Key>6" "abCopyPaste->copy()")
    hiSetBindKey("Layout" "Alt<Key>6" "abCopyPaste->paste()")

    but i get this error for copy:

    *Error* dbCopyFig: Invalid point - nil 

    <<< Stack Trace >>>

    dbCopyFig(fig buffer transform)

    foreach(fig geGetSelectedSet(cv) dbCopyFig(fig buffer transform))

    let((fig) foreach(fig geGetSelectedSet(cv) dbCopyFig(fig buffer transform)))

    let((buffer refPoint transform) (buffer = dbOpenCellViewByType((& || &) options[&] options[&] "maskLayout" "w")) unless(buffer error("Could not create copy buffer %s/%s/%s" (& || &) options[&] options[&])) (refPoint = if(options[&] enterPoint(?prompts &) leGetRefPoint(cv))) (transform = list(mapcar(minus refPoint) "R0" 1.0)) ... )

    funcall((abCopyPaste->copy))

    ERROR 

     

     

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