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 CLIP-
       BOARD  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, indenta-
       tion 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 configura-
       tion 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

       /usr/X11R6/lib/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 1.0.1                  XCLIPBOARD(1)