One of the new capabilities now available is improved data transfer support within and between applications. Data transfer includes two tasks: cut, copy, and paste access to the user or system clipboard and drag-and-drop support. Neither of these features is totally new to the standard library set. However, what you can do with them now in the 1.4 release and how you interact with the features has totally changed. Older programs, designed for the earlier data transfer mechanism, will continue to work fine, but in many cases the source code for the task can be simplified considerably.