Re: copy and paste?

[John Darrington]

Firstly, the  operation you are trying to perform is probably better done using
the ADD FILES or UPDATE commands  (see the chapter in the manual entitled 
"Combining 
Data Files").   Cut and Pasting is IMO dangerous at the best of times.  I would
recommend avoiding it if you are doing anything important.  With 50 cases you 
can 
perhaps get away with it, but it's all too easy to drop cases or duplicate them 
without realising.

Regarding your specific issues:  

You should be able to select an entire variable by cliking on the button above 
the column.  

Inability to paste seems to be a problem specific to Windows.  It works 
perfectly on GNU/Linux.  If somebody with a windows installation is prepared 
to spend a bit of time and effort diagnosing the problem, it can probably 
be solved.  But none of the developers use Windows so otherwise the problem
is going to remain unfixed.

J'


On Sat, Nov 06, 2010 at 02:01:20PM -0500, Andrew Malof wrote:
     Hello
     
     I just installed PSPP 0.7.5-g70514b on Windows 7.  I want to revisit a
     thesis project plus use it for various research topics as they come up. 
     
     My immediate issue is with combining variables across columns.  IE, I have
     one class of data with 50 values and another class with 45 values and I 
want
     to combine them into a new class with 95 values by creating the new 
variable
     then pasting values from the two old variables into it.   I cannot select
     values in a column past the window view (what I can see - the select cursor
     will not scroll the window).  What I can select claims to copy, but won't
     paste.  I've also tried a brand new test project with two columns and five
     values.  I can't move values between these variables either.  Also, things
     just seemed generally buggy with mouse movements.  
     
     I downloaded SPSS trial and it worked seamlessly and did what I needed it 
to
     do.  
     
     So, am I missing something?  I've tried two installs from two different
     sources, made sure to reboot, and checked the web and archives from this
     list.
     
     I am a blissfully ignorant end user.  I just want things to work.
     
     Any help is appreciated.
     
     Andrew
     

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