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