xclipboard(1) —
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 CLIP_BOARD by other clients. It is typically used to gather together and hold a block of text that has been selected from a variety of different places.
Since xclipboard uses a Text Widget to display the contents of the clipboard, text sent to the CLIP_BOARD may be re-selected for use in other applications.
An xclipboard window has the following button on the top:
quit When this button is pressed, xclipboard exits.
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.
SENDING TO CLIPBOARD
Text is copied to the clipboard whenever a client asserts ownership of the CLIP_BOARD selection. Examples of event bindings that a user may wish to include in his/her resource configuration file to use the clipboard are:
*VT100.Translations: #override \
Button1 <Btn2Down>:select-end(CLIPBOARD) \n\
Button1 <Btn2Up>:ignore()
*Text.Translations: #override \
Button1 <Btn2Down>:extend-end(CLIPBOARD)
X DEFAULTS
This program accepts all of the standard X Toolkit resource names and classes as well as:
wordWrap (class WordWrap)
This resource specifies whether or not lines of text should wrap around to the following lines. The default is no.
SEE ALSO
X(1), xcutsel(1), xterm(1),
individual client documentation specifying how to make a selection and send it to the CLIP_BOARD.
BUGS
The erase button is not yet implemented.
There is no way to specify the file in which the clipboard contents will be saved.
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
\*U — Version 1.0