xcutsel(X)                      19 June 1992                      xcutsel(X)


 Name

    xcutsel - interchange between cut buffer and selection

 Syntax

    xcutsel [ -toolkitoption ...] [-selection selection] [-cutbuffer number]

 Description

    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 will use 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 selec-
                      tions 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 cutbuffer selected by command
    line options or through the resource database.

    When the copy 0 to PRIMARY button is activated, the button will remain
    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 cutbuffer is changed,
    you must again activate the copy button to retrieve the new value when
    desired.

 Options

    xcutsel accepts all of the standard X Toolkit command line options as
    well as the following:

    -selection name   This option specifies the name of the selection to use.
                      The default is PRIMARY.  The only supported abbrevia-
                      tions for this option are -select, -sel and -s, as the
                      standard toolkit option -selectionTimeout has a similar
                      name.

    -cutbuffer number This option specifies the cut buffer to use.  The
                      default is cut buffer 0.


 X defaults

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

    selection (class Selection)
                      This resource specifies the name of the selection to
                      use.  The default is PRIMARY.

    cutBuffer (class CutBuffer)
                      This resource 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)
                      This is the copy SELECTION to BUFFER button.

    cut-sel (class Command)
                      This is the copy BUFFER to SELECTION button.

    quit (class Command)
                      This is the quit button.


 See also

    X(X), xclipboard(X), xterm(X), text widget documentation, individual
    client documentation for how to make a selection.

 Known limitations

    There is no way to change the name of the selection or the number of the
    cut buffer while the program is running.