     # Copy all currently selected cells into our internal clipboard
     copy_selected_cells: =>
         cells = @store.get('cells')
-        clipboard = immutable.List()
+        global_clipboard = immutable.List()
         for id in @store.get_selected_cell_ids_list()
-            clipboard = clipboard.push(cells.get(id))
-        @setState(clipboard: clipboard)
+            global_clipboard = global_clipboard.push(cells.get(id))
         return
 
     # Cut currently selected cells, putting them in internal clipboard

        else
            before_pos = cells.getIn([cell_before_pasted_id, 'pos'])
            after_pos  = cells.getIn([@store.get_cell_id(+1, cell_before_pasted_id), 'pos'])
        positions = @_positions_between(before_pos, after_pos, clipboard.size)
        clipboard.forEach (cell, i) =>
            cell = cell.set('id', @_new_id())   # randomize the id of the cell
            cell = cell.set('pos', positions[i])
            @_set(cell, false)


{Actions}  = require('../smc-react')

# Used for copy/paste.  We make a single global clipboard, so that
# copy/paste between different notebooks works.
global_clipboard = undefined

###
The actions -- what you can do with a jupyter notebook, and also the
