[Tutor] Cut, Copy, and Paste in Tkinter

[Marv Boyes]

Hello, all. I'm trying to get a Paste function to work in a little 
Tkinter notepad-type application I'm working on (I hate Linux's Knotes 
and want to replace it on my machine). I've been using Martin Ultima's 
PyWord for inspiration and guidance, and I've had success adapting the 
Cut and Copy routines he used, but for some reason I can't manage a Paste.

Here's what I have to define cut and copy (where "text" is the name of 
my text widget); these are working for me:

def cut_text(text):
	try:
		text._clipboard = text.get("sel.first", "sel,last")
		text.delete("sel.first", "sel.last")
	except:
		pass

def copy_text(text):
	try:
		text = text.get("sel.first", "sel.last")
	except:
		pass

[I don't know whether or not it's pertinent, but text cut and/or copied 
from my application successfully pastes into other applications.]

I'm not getting anywhere with paste, no matter what I try. I've tried 
more-or-less copying (in spirit, adapted for my purpose) the PyWord 
paste routine, but that doesn't even work. I've made sure that my 
keybindings are correct. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Many thanks in advance,

Marv
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