xclipboard - X clipboard client

xclipboard [ -toolkitoption ... ] [ -w ] [ -nw ]

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.

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

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 ()

X(7), xcutsel(1), xterm(1), individual client documentation for how to make a selection and send it to the CLIPBOARD.

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.

/etc/X11/app-defaults/XClipboard

specifies required resources

Ralph R. Swick, DEC/MIT Project Athena

Chris D. Peterson, MIT X Consortium

Keith Packard, MIT X Consortium