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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 useless 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.
Load Loads the previously saved clipboard contents into the
clipboard. The position in the clipboard is restored to the
page when the save command was invoked.
Save Save the contents of the clipboard to `.clipper' file in your
home directory. This file contains information to re-create
your clipboard at a later time. The page position in the
clipboard is also saved.
Print Prints the content of the current page to printer of choice.
The printer name can be set in the resource file.
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
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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 clipboard should wrap around
to the following lines.
-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 structure. The widget class name
is given first, followed by the widget instance name.
XClipboard xclipboard
Form form
Command quit
Command delete
Command new
Command load
Command save
Command prnt
Command next
Command prev
Text text
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(1), xcutsel(1), xterm(1), individual client documentation for how to
make a selection and send it to the CLIPBOARD.
ENVIRONMENT
DISPLAY to get the default host and display number.
XENVIRONMENT
to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global
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resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
FILES
/usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/XClipboard - specifies required resources
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 1988, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
See X(1) for a full statement of rights and permissions.
AUTHOR
Ralph R. Swick, DEC/MIT Project Athena
Chris D. Peterson, MIT X Consortium
Keith Packard, MIT X Consortium
ENHANCEMENTS
Amir H. Vafaei, Apertus Technologies Inc.
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