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.
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