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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 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.

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.  This is the default behavior.

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.



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       XClipboard  xclipboard
            Form  form
                 Command  quit
                 Command  delete
                 Command  new
                 Command  save
                 Command  next
                 Command  prev
                 Label  index
                 Text  text


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 ()



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

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
       /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
       Chris D. Peterson, MIT X Consortium
       Keith Packard, MIT X Consortium









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