XCLIPBOARD(1)                        BSD                         XCLIPBOARD(1)



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 CLIP_BOARD by other clients.  It is typically used
     to gather together and hold a block of text that has been selected from a
     variety of different places.

     Since xclipboard uses a Text Widget to display the contents of the
     clipboard, text sent to the CLIP_BOARD may be re-selected for use in
     other applications.

     An xclipboard window has the following buttons across the top:

         quit
             When this button is pressed, xclipboard exits.

         erase
             When this button is pressed, the contents of the text window are
             erased.

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 clipboard should wrap around to the
             following lines.

     -nw     This option indicates that long lines of text should not wrap
             around.

SENDING TO CLIPBOARD
     Text is copied to the clipboard whenever a client asserts ownership of
     the CLIP_BOARD selection.  Examples of event bindings that a user may
     wish to include in his/her resource configuration file to use the
     clipboard are:

     *VT100.Translations: #override \
          Button1 <Btn2Down>:      select-end(CLIPBOARD) \n\
          Button1 <Btn2Up>:        ignore()

     *Text.Translations: #override \
          Button1 <Btn2Down>:      extend-end(CLIPBOARD)


X DEFAULTS
     This program accepts all of the standard X Toolkit resource names and
     classes as well as:

     wordWrap (class WordWrap)
             This resource specifies whether or not lines of text should wrap
             around to the following lines.  The default is no.

SEE ALSO
     X(1), xcutsel(1), xterm(1), individual client documentation for how to
     make a selection and send it to the CLIP_BOARD.

BUGS
     The erase button is not yet implemented.

     It would be nice to have a way of specifying the file in which the
     clipboard contents are saved.

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