Advanced game editing--Clipboard operations

XuanXuanGo provides three types of Clipboard operations. The user can copy the entire game into Windows Clipboard, and paste it on other game, overwriting the target game, or paste the game as a node, embedding the pasted game in the target game. The user can copy all child moves of a move into Clipboard, and paste such branches as  child moves. The user can also copy all child moves plus board status and paste them into another game as an embedded game. Following are some typical operations:

1、Embed a game in another one

• Open the source game, and use "Edit |Copy Game" to copy the game into Clipboard.
• Open the destination game, go to where you want to insert the game, and make a NEW move.
• Use menu command "Edit | Paste Board Status And Branches".
• Back one step, mark the new move with a label and write some comments about it.

2、Embed a partial game into another one

• Open the source game, and go to the move where you want to copy as partial game.
• Use "Edit |Copy Board Status And Branches" to copy the game into Clipboard.
• Open the destination game, go to where you want to insert the game, and make a NEW move.
• Use menu command "Edit | Paste Board Status And Branches".
• Back one step, mark the new move with a label and write some comments about it.

3、Copy and paste branches (child moves)

When editing Go problems, this operation may frequently be used. After you've copy the branches of a move into Clipboard, you may need to do some changes to them before pasting them into target game. For example, you may need delete some branches or change the orientation of the moves or even swap the move colors. To do this, you can import the copied game in the Clipboard into a temp game by using "File | Import Game From Clipboard", then delete the unwanted branches and/or rotate or flip the game by and use to make the orientation be default. If you want to swap the move colors, use . After you've done the changes to the branches, copy them back into Clipboard again, using "Copy Branches" command, of cause.

• Open the source game, and go to the move where you want to copy its branches.
• Use "Edit |Copy Branches" to copy the branches into Clipboard.
• If any changes need to be done before pasting, use the methods above.
• Open the destination game, go to where you want to insert the branches as child moves.
• Use menu command "Edit | Paste Branches".