xclipboard(1) manual page
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xclipboard - X clipboard client
xclipboard [ -toolkitoption
...] [-w] [-nw]
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.
- next
- Displays the next buffer in the list.
- previous
- Displays the previous buffer.
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 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.
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 next
Command prev
Text text
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 ()
X11(7)
, xterm(1)
, individual client documentation for how to make
a selection and send it to the CLIPBOARD.
- 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.
/usr/openwin/lib/app-defaults/XClipboard - specifies required
resources
Copyright 1988, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
See X11(7)
for a full statement of rights and permissions.
Ralph R.
Swick, DEC/MIT Project Athena
Chris D. Peterson, MIT X Consortium
Keith Packard, MIT X Consortium
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