XStoreBytes(3X11)           X Version 11(Release 5)           XStoreBytes(3X11)


NAME
      XStoreBytes, XStoreBuffer, XFetchBytes, XFetchBuffer, XRotateBuffers -
      manipulate cut and paste buffers

SYNTAX
      XStoreBytes(display, bytes, nbytes)
            Display *display;
            char *bytes;
            int nbytes;

      XStoreBuffer(display, bytes, nbytes, buffer)
            Display *display;
            char *bytes;
            int nbytes;
            int buffer;

      char *XFetchBytes(display, nbytes_return)
            Display *display;
            int *nbytes_return;

      char *XFetchBuffer(display, nbytes_return, buffer)
            Display *display;
            int *nbytes_return;
            int buffer;

      XRotateBuffers(display, rotate)
            Display *display;
            int rotate;

ARGUMENTS
      buffer    Specifies the buffer in which you want to store the bytes or
                from which you want the stored data returned.

      bytes     Specifies the bytes, which are not necessarily ASCII or null-
                terminated.

      display   Specifies the connection to the X server.

      nbytes    Specifies the number of bytes to be stored.

      nbytes_return
                Returns the number of bytes in the buffer.

      rotate    Specifies how much to rotate the cut buffers.

DESCRIPTION
      Note that the data can have embedded null characters, and need not be
      null terminated.  The cut buffer's contents can be retrieved later by any
      client calling XFetchBytes.





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      XStoreBytes can generate a BadAlloc error.

      If an invalid buffer is specified, the call has no effect.  Note that the
      data can have embedded null characters, and need not be null terminated.

      XStoreBuffer can generate a BadAlloc error.

      The XFetchBytes function returns the number of bytes in the nbytes_return
      argument, if the buffer contains data.  Otherwise, the function returns
      NULL and sets nbytes to 0.  The appropriate amount of storage is
      allocated and the pointer returned.  The client must free this storage
      when finished with it by calling XFree.

      The XFetchBuffer function returns zero to the nbytes_return argument if
      there is no data in the buffer or if an invalid buffer is specified.

      XFetchBuffer can generate a BadValue error.

      The XRotateBuffers function rotates the cut buffers, such that buffer 0
      becomes buffer n, buffer 1 becomes n + 1 mod 8, and so on.  This cut
      buffer numbering is global to the display.  Note that XRotateBuffers
      generates BadMatch errors if any of the eight buffers have not been
      created.

      XRotateBuffers can generate a BadMatch error.

DIAGNOSTICS
      BadAlloc  The server failed to allocate the requested resource or server
                memory.

      BadAtom   A value for an Atom argument does not name a defined Atom.

      BadMatch  Some argument or pair of arguments has the correct type and
                range but fails to match in some other way required by the
                request.

      BadValue  Some numeric value falls outside the range of values accepted
                by the request.  Unless a specific range is specified for an
                argument, the full range defined by the argument's type is
                accepted.  Any argument defined as a set of alternatives can
                generate this error.

SEE ALSO
      XFree(3X11)
      Xlib - C Language X Interface









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