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 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.

save Displays a File Save dialog box. Pressing the Accept button

saves the currently displayed buffer to the file specified in the text field.

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.

XClipboard xclipboard

Form form

Command Quit
Command delete
Command new
Command Save
Command next
Command prev
Label index
Text text

TransientShell fileDialogShell

Dialog fileDialog

Label label
Command accept
Command cancel
Text value

TransientShell failDialogShell

Dialog failDialog

Label label
Command continue

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(7), 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

/etc/X11/app-defaults/XClipboard

specifies required resources

AUTHOR

Ralph R. Swick, DEC/MIT Project Athena
Chris D. Peterson, MIT X Consortium
Keith Packard, MIT X Consortium

X Version 11 xclipboard 1.1.0 XCLIPBOARD(1)