1XCLIPBOARD(1)               General Commands Manual              XCLIPBOARD(1)
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NAME

6       xclipboard - X clipboard client
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SYNOPSIS

9       xclipboard [ -toolkitoption ... ] [ -w ] [ -nw ]
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DESCRIPTION

12       The  xclipboard  program is used to collect and display text selections
13       that are sent to the CLIPBOARD by other clients.  It is typically  used
14       to  save  CLIPBOARD selections for later use.  It stores each CLIPBOARD
15       selection as a separate string, each of which can  be  selected.   Each
16       time CLIPBOARD is asserted by another application, xclipboard transfers
17       the contents of that selection to a new buffer and displays it  in  the
18       text  window.   Buffers are never automatically deleted, so you'll want
19       to use the delete button to get rid of useless items.
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21       Since xclipboard uses a Text Widget to  display  the  contents  of  the
22       clipboard,  text  sent  to  the CLIPBOARD may be re-selected for use in
23       other applications.  xclipboard also responds to requests for the CLIP‐
24       BOARD  selection  from  other clients by sending the entire contents of
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27       An xclipboard window has the following buttons across the top:
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29       quit    When this button is pressed, xclipboard exits.
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31       delete  When this button is pressed, the current buffer is deleted  and
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34       new     Creates  a new buffer with no contents.  Useful in constructing
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37       save    Displays a File Save dialog box.  Pressing  the  Accept  button
38               saves  the  currently displayed buffer to the file specified in
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41       next    Displays the next buffer in the list.
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OPTIONS

47       The xclipboard program accepts all of the standard  X  Toolkit  command
48       line options as well as the following:
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50       -w      This  option  indicates that lines of text that are too long to
51               be displayed on one line in the clipboard should wrap around to
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54       -nw     This  option  indicates that long lines of text should not wrap
55               around.  This is the default behavior.
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WIDGETS

58       In order to specify resources, it is useful to know  the  hierarchy  of
59       the  widgets which compose xclipboard.  In the notation below, indenta‐
60       tion indicates hierarchical structure.  The widget class name is  given
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63       XClipboard  xclipboard
64            Form  form
65                 Command  Quit
66                 Command  delete
67                 Command  new
68                 Command  Save
69                 Command  next
70                 Command  prev
71                 Label  index
72                 Text  text
73            TransientShell  fileDialogShell
74                 Dialog  fileDialog
75                      Label  label
76                      Command  accept
77                      Command  cancel
78                      Text value
79            TransientShell  failDialogShell
80                 Dialog  failDialog
81                      Label  label
82                      Command  continue
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SENDING/RETRIEVING CLIPBOARD CONTENTS

86       Text  is copied to the clipboard whenever a client asserts ownership of
87       the CLIPBOARD selection.  Text is copied from the clipboard whenever  a
88       client  requests  the contents of the CLIPBOARD selection.  Examples of
89       event bindings that a user may wish to include in a resource configura‐
90       tion file to use the clipboard are:
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93            <Btn3Up>:                select-end(CLIPBOARD) \n\
94            <Btn2Up>:                insert-selection(PRIMARY,CLIPBOARD) \n\
95            <Btn2Down>:              ignore ()
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SEE ALSO

100       X(7),  xcutsel(1), xterm(1), individual client documentation for how to
101       make a selection and send it to the CLIPBOARD.
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ENVIRONMENT

104       DISPLAY to get the default host and display number.
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107               to get the name of a resource file that  overrides  the  global
108               resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
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FILES

111       /usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XClipboard
112              specifies required resources
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AUTHOR

115       Ralph R. Swick, DEC/MIT Project Athena
116       Chris D. Peterson, MIT X Consortium
117       Keith Packard, MIT X Consortium
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