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NAME
xclipboard - X clipboard client
SYNOPSIS
xclipboard [ -toolkitoption ... ] [ -w ] [ -nw ]
DESCRIPTION
The xclipboard program is used to collect and display text
selections that are sent to the CLIPBOARD by other clients.
It is typically used to save CLIPBOARD selections for later
use. It stores each CLIPBOARD selection as a separate
string, each of which can be selected. Each time CLIPBOARD
is asserted by another application, xclipboard transfers the
contents of that selection to a new buffer and displays it
in the text window. Buffers are never automatically deleted,
so you'll want to use the delete button to get rid of use-
less items.
Since xclipboard uses a Text Widget to display the contents
of the clipboard, text sent to the CLIPBOARD may be re-
selected for use in other applications. xclipboard also
responds to requests for the CLIPBOARD selection from other
clients by sending the entire contents of the currently
displayed buffer.
An xclipboard window has the following buttons across the
top:
quit When this button is pressed, xclipboard exits.
delete When this button is pressed, the current buffer is
deleted and the next one displayed.
new Creates a new buffer with no contents. Useful in
constructing a new CLIPBOARD selection by hand.
save Displays a File Save dialog box. Pressing the Accept
button saves the currently displayed buffer to the
file specified in the text field.
next Displays the next buffer in the list.
previous
Displays the previous buffer.
OPTIONS
The xclipboard program accepts all of the standard X Toolkit
command line options as well as the following:
-w This option indicates that lines of text that are
too long to be displayed on one line in the clip-
board should wrap around to the following lines.
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-nw This option indicates that long lines of text should
not wrap around. This is the default behavior.
WIDGETS
In order to specify resources, it is useful to know the
hierarchy of the widgets which compose xclipboard. In the
notation below, indentation indicates hierarchical struc-
ture. The widget class name is given first, followed by the
widget instance name.
XClipboard xclipboard
Form form
Command Quit
Command delete
Command new
Command Save
Command next
Command prev
Label index
Text text
TransientShell fileDialogShell
Dialog fileDialog
Label label
Command accept
Command cancel
Text value
TransientShell failDialogShell
Dialog failDialog
Label label
Command continue
SENDING/RETRIEVING CLIPBOARD CONTENTS
Text is copied to the clipboard whenever a client asserts
ownership of the CLIPBOARD selection. Text is copied from
the clipboard whenever a client requests the contents of the
CLIPBOARD selection. Examples of event bindings that a user
may wish to include in a resource configuration file to use
the clipboard are:
*VT100.Translations: #override \
<Btn3Up>: select-end(CLIPBOARD) \n\
<Btn2Up>: insert-selection(PRIMARY,CLIPBOARD) \n\
<Btn2Down>: ignore ()
SEE ALSO
X(7), xcutsel(1), xterm(1), individual client documentation
for how to make a selection and send it to the CLIPBOARD.
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ENVIRONMENT
DISPLAY to get the default host and display number.
XENVIRONMENT
to get the name of a resource file that overrides
the global resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER
property.
FILES
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/XClipboard
specifies required resources
AUTHOR
Ralph R. Swick, DEC/MIT Project Athena
Chris D. Peterson, MIT X Consortium
Keith Packard, MIT X Consortium
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