xclipboard(1X) — Commands

X11R6

NAME

xclipboard − X clipboard client

SYNOPSIS

xclipboard [−toolkitoption ...] [−w] [−nw]

OPTIONS

The xclipboard program accepts all of the standard X Toolkit command line options as well as the following:

−wThis 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.

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:

quitWhen this button is pressed, xclipboard exits.

deleteWhen this button is pressed, the current buffer is deleted and the next one displayed.

newCreates a new buffer with no contents. Useful in constructing a new CLIPBOARD selection by hand.

saveDisplays a File Save dialog box. Pressing the Accept button saves the currently displayed buffer to the file specified in the text field.

nextDisplays the next buffer in the list.

previous
Displays the previous buffer.

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 Save
                               Command next
                               Command prev
                               Label index
                               Text text
               TransientShell fileDialogShell
                               Dialog fileDialog
                                             Label label
                                             Command accept
                                             Command cancel
                                             Text value
               TransientShell failDialogShell
                               Dialog failDialog
                                             Label label
                                             Command continue

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 ()

ENVIRONMENT

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.

FILES

<XRoot>/lib/X11/app-defaults/XClipboard
specifies required resources

AUTHOR

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

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