Scratch

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener.*;
import java.awt.datatransfer.*;
import java.io.*;
public class WriterBasic extends Frame
{
String filename;
TextArea tx;
Clipboard clip = getToolkit().getSystemClipboard();
WriterBasic()
{
super("WriterBasic");
setLayout(new GridLayout(1,1));
tx = new TextArea();
add(tx);
MenuBar mb = new MenuBar();
Menu F = new Menu("file");
MenuItem n = new MenuItem("New");
MenuItem o = new MenuItem("Open");
MenuItem s = new MenuItem("Save");
MenuItem e = new MenuItem("Exit");
n.addActionListener(new New());
F.add(n);
o.addActionListener(new Open());
F.add(o);
s.addActionListener(new Save());
F.add(s);
e.addActionListener(new Exit());
F.add(e);
mb.add(F);
Menu E = new Menu("Edit");
MenuItem cut = new MenuItem("Cut");
MenuItem copy = new MenuItem("Copy");
MenuItem paste = new MenuItem("Paste");
cut.addActionListener(new Cut());
E.add(cut);
copy.addActionListener(new Copy());
E.add(copy);
paste.addActionListener(new Paste());
E.add(paste);
mb.add(E);
setMenuBar(mb);


mylistener mylist = new mylistener();
addWindowListener(mylist);
}

class mylistener extends WindowAdapter
{
        @Override
public void windowClosing (WindowEvent e)
{
System.exit(0);
}
}

class New implements ActionListener
{
        @Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
{
tx.setText(" ");
setTitle(filename);
}
}

class Open implements ActionListener
{
        @Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
{
FileDialog fd = new FileDialog(WriterBasic.this, "select File",FileDialog.LOAD);
fd.show();
if (fd.getFile()!=null)
{
filename = fd.getDirectory() + fd.getFile();
setTitle(filename);
ReadFile();
}
tx.requestFocus();
}
}

class Save implements ActionListener
{
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
{
FileDialog fd = new FileDialog(WriterBasic.this,"Save File",FileDialog.SAVE);
fd.show();
if (fd.getFile()!=null)
{
filename = fd.getDirectory() + fd.getFile();
setTitle(filename);
try
{
DataOutputStream d = new DataOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(filename));
String line = tx.getText();
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new StringReader(line));
while((line = br.readLine())!=null)
{
d.writeBytes(line + "\r\n");
d.close();
}
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
System.out.println("File not found");
}
tx.requestFocus();
}
}
}

class Exit implements ActionListener
{
        @Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
{
System.exit(0);
}
}
void ReadFile()
{
BufferedReader d;
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
try
{
d = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(filename));
String line;
while((line=d.readLine())!=null)
            sb.append(line).append("\n");
tx.setText(sb.toString());
d.close();
}
catch(FileNotFoundException fe)
{
System.out.println("File not Found");
}
catch(IOException ioe){}
}

class Cut implements ActionListener
{
        @Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
{
String sel = tx.getSelectedText();
StringSelection ss = new StringSelection(sel);
clip.setContents(ss,ss);
tx.replaceRange(" ",tx.getSelectionStart(),tx.getSelectionEnd());
}
}

class Copy implements ActionListener
{
        @Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
{
String sel = tx.getSelectedText();
StringSelection clipString = new StringSelection(sel);
clip.setContents(clipString,clipString);
}
}

class Paste implements ActionListener
{
        @Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
{
Transferable cliptran = clip.getContents(WriterBasic.this);
try
{
String sel = (String) cliptran.getTransferData(DataFlavor.stringFlavor);
tx.replaceRange(sel,tx.getSelectionStart(),tx.getSelectionEnd());
}
catch(      UnsupportedFlavorException | IOException exc)
{
System.out.println("not string flavour");
}
}
}

public static void main(String args[])
{
Frame f = new WriterBasic();
f.setSize(500,400);
f.setVisible(true);
f.show();
} 
}