XCUTSEL(1) XCUTSEL(1)
NAME
xcutsel - interchange between cut buffer and selection
SYNOPSIS
xcutsel [-toolkitoption...] [-selection selection]
[-cutbuffer number]
DESCRIPTION
This program is currently unsupported. It is provided
in the GSE demos directory as a user convenience.
The xcutsel program is used to copy the current
selection into a cut buffer and to make a selection
that contains the current contents of the cut buffer.
It acts as a bridge between applications that do not
support selections and those that do.
By default, xcutsel uses the selection named PRIMARY
and the cut buffer CUT_BUFFER0. Either or both of
these can be overridden by command line arguments or by
resources.
An xcutsel window has the following buttons:
quit
When this button is pressed, xcutsel exits. Any
selections held by xcutsel are automatically
released.
copy PRIMARY to 0
When this button is pressed, xcutsel copies the
current selection into the cut buffer.
copy 0 to PRIMARY
When this button is pressed, xcutsel converts the
current contents of the cut buffer into the
selection.
The button labels reflect the selection and cut buffer
selected by command line options or through the
resource database.
When the copy 0 to PRIMARY button is activated, the
button remains inverted as long as xcutsel remains the
owner of the selection. This serves to remind you
which client owns the current selection. Note that the
value of the selection remains constant; if the cut
buffer is changed, you must again activate the copy
button to retrieve the new value when desired.
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XCUTSEL(1) XCUTSEL(1)
OPTIONS
xcutsel accepts all the standard X Toolkit command line
options as well as the following:
-selection name
specifies the name of the selection to use. The
default is PRIMARY. The only supported
abbreviations for this option are -select, -sel and
-s, as the standard toolkit option
-selectionTimeout has a similar name.
-cutbuffer number
specifies the cut buffer to use. The default is 0.
X DEFAULTS
This program accepts all the standard X Toolkit
resource names and classes as well as:
selection (class Selection)
specifies the name of the selection to use. The
default is PRIMARY.
cutBuffer (class CutBuffer)
specifies the number of the cut buffer to use. The
default is 0.
WIDGET NAMES
The following instance names may be used when user
configuration of the labels in them is desired:
sel-cut (class Command)
The copy SELECTION to BUFFER button.
cut-sel (class Command)
The copy BUFFER to SELECTION button.
quit (class Command)
The quit button.
SEE ALSO
xclipboard(1), xterm(1)
BUGS
There is no way to change the name of the selection or
the number of the cut buffer while the program is
running.
AUTHOR
Ralph R. Swick, DEC/MIT Project Athena
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