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NAME

6       Tk::clipboard - Manipulate Tk clipboard
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SYNOPSIS

9       $widget->clipboardOption?(args)?
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DESCRIPTION

12       This command provides an interface to the Tk clipboard, which stores
13       data for later retrieval using the selection mechanism.  In order to
14       copy data into the clipboard, clipboardClear must be called, followed
15       by a sequence of one or more calls to clipboardAppend.  To ensure that
16       the clipboard is updated atomically, all appends should be completed
17       before returning to the event loop.
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19       The following methods are currently supported:
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21       $widget->clipboardClear
22           Claims ownership of the clipboard on $widget's display and removes
23           any previous contents.   Returns an empty string.
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25       $widget->clipboardAppend(?-format=>format?,?-type=>type?,?--?,data)
26           Appends data to the clipboard on $widget's display in the form
27           given by type with the representation given by format and claims
28           ownership of the clipboard on $widget's display.
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30               Type specifies the form in which the selection is to be
31               returned (the desired ``target'' for conversion, in ICCCM
32               terminology), and should be an atom name such as STRING or
33               FILE_NAME; see the Inter-Client Communication Conventions
34               Manual for complete details.  Type defaults to STRING.
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36               The format argument specifies the representation that should be
37               used to transmit the selection to the requester (the second
38               column of Table 2 of the ICCCM), and defaults to STRING.  If
39               format is STRING, the selection is transmitted as 8-bit ASCII
40               characters.  See the Tk::Selection documentation for
41               explanation of what happens if format is not STRING.  Note that
42               arguments passed to clipboardAppend are concatenated before
43               conversion, so the caller must take care to ensure appropriate
44               spacing across string boundaries.  All items appended to the
45               clipboard with the same type must have the same format.
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47               A -- argument may be specified to mark the end of options:  the
48               next argument will always be used as data.  This feature may be
49               convenient if, for example, data starts with a -.
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51       $widget->clipboardGet( ?-type? );
52           Retrieve data from the clipboard on  widget's  display.  -type
53           specifies the form in which the data is to be returned and should
54           be an atom  name  such  as  STRING  or FILE_NAME.  Type defaults to
55           STRING.  This command is equivalent to "SelectionGet( -selection =>
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KEYWORDS

59       clear, format, clipboard, append, selection, type
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