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NAME

       xcb - X Cut Buffers - Pigeon holes for your cut and paste selections.

SYNOPSIS

       xcb [Xt option] [-l layout] [-n count] [-p|-s|-S list] [-r count]

DESCRIPTION

       Xcb  provides  easy  access  to  the cut buffers built into every X server.  It allows the
       buffers to be manipulated either via the command line, or with the mouse in  a  point  and
       click  manner.   The  buffers  can be used as holding pens to store and retrieve arbitrary
       data fragments.  Any number of cut buffers may be created,  so  any  number  of  different
       pieces  of  data  can be saved and recalled later.  By default, 8 cut buffers are created.
       The program is designed primarily for use with textual data.

       Xcb has two modes of operation.  Normally  xcb  provides  an  array  of  windows  on  your
       display,  one  per  cut  buffer, tiled horizontally, vertically, or in some user specified
       layout.  Each window displays the contents of its respective cut buffer.  Data can be  cut
       from  and  pasted  to  the  windows in a similar manner to xterm.  The buffers can also be
       rotated.

       In task mode, xcb lets you access the cut buffers from the command line.  Cut buffers  can
       be  loaded  from stdin, copied or concatenated to stdout, loaded using the current PRIMARY
       selection, or rotated an arbitrary number of positions.  In this mode  of  operation,  xcb
       performs  the  requested  task  and then exits.  It does not create any windows and has no
       interaction with the mouse or keyboard.

OPTIONS

       Xcb supports the full set of X Toolkit Intrinsics options, as well as those listed  below.
       Xcb  options can appear in any order.  The presence of the -p, -r, -s or -S options causes
       xcb to execute in task mode, described above.

       -l layout
              This option controls the geometry arrangement  of  xcb's  subwindows.   It  is  the
              command line equivalent of the .layout resource, described below.

       -n count
              Create count cut buffers.  Count can be any integer greater than zero.  This option
              is the command line equivalent of the .bufferCount resource, described below.

       -u     Use utf-8 instead of the current locale settings when executing in  task  mode  and
              doing I/O.

       -V     Print the xcb release version number and exit immediately.

       -p list
              Print the contents of the listed buffer(s) on stdout.  The buffered data is printed
              exactly as it is stored in the server.  Selecting  two  or  more  buffers  has  the
              effect of concatenating the data on stdout.  The cut buffers are numbered from 0...
              onwards.  The list can be either a single digit, a comma separated list of  digits,
              a  range of the form m-n, or some combination of lists and ranges.  The buffers are
              printed in listed order, so repeated numbers in the list can be used  to  duplicate
              buffer contents.

       -r count
              Rotate  the  buffers  by  count  positions.   Count can be any integer, positive or
              negative.  This option may be used in conjunction  with  the  -n  count  option  to
              rotate a specific number of buffers.  If the -n option is not used, xcb will rotate
              the number of buffers given by the .bufferCount resource.

       -s list
              Store the data from stdin in the listed buffer(s).  If the list refers  to  two  or
              more  buffers, the input data is duplicated in each buffer.  Refer to the -p option
              for the definition of a list.

       -S list
              Store the current PRIMARY selection data in the  listed  buffer(s).   The  data  is
              converted  to  a string representation.  If the list refers to two or more buffers,
              the PRIMARY selection is duplicated in each buffer.  Refer to the -p option for the
              definition of a list.  Under the -S option xcb waits for the nominated cut buffer's
              contents to change before exiting.  If no change is detected within 3 seconds,  xcb
              exits with a non-zero return code.

WIDGETS and RESOURCES

       The  xcb  widget  hierarchy consists of a collection of custom buffer widgets, one per cut
       buffer.  In the Athena version of the program, these  buffer  widgets  are  all  contained
       within  a  single  Athena form widget.  In the Motif version of the program, they are each
       enclosed by Motif frame widgets, and the frame widgets are all contained within  a  single
       Motif RowColumn widget.

       The  names of the buffer widgets are "buffer0", "buffer1", "buffer2", .... etc., and their
       class name is "Buffer".   Each  buffer  widget  supports  all  the  standard  core  widget
       resources, plus the .foreground and .fontSet resources.

       Application wide resources are as follows:

         .bufferCount (default value 8)
               This is the number of buffer widgets to create.
               Any number of widgets (greater than zero) can be created.

         .layout (default value "h")
               Only the first character of the resource value is significant.
               This is the geometry arrangement to apply in the container widget.
               The layout can be "h" (horizontal), "v" (vertical), or some
               other value to disable the inbuilt geometry code and specify
               the layout via your X resources.  An example is provided in the
               application default resources file.

EVENTS and TRANSLATIONS

       Xcb's  input  semantics  are coded into a Toolkit translation table.  The default bindings
       have been chosen to conform with the default configuration of other cut and paste clients,
       such  as  xterm.   The bindings may be altered or overridden according to your needs.  The
       actions functions provided by xcb are:-

       cut()           causes the contents of the chosen cut buffer to become
                       the PRIMARY selection.  The window contents, if any,
                       are highlighted, and can then be pasted into other
                       cut buffers or applications.

       paste()         causes the value of the PRIMARY selection to be
                       converted into text and pasted into the chosen cut
                       buffer, overwriting any previous buffer contents.
                       If no PRIMARY selection is present, xcb pastes
                       the contents of cut buffer zero into the chosen buffer.

       clear()         clears the chosen cut buffer.

       rotate(NN)      rotates the cut buffers by NN positions.  NN may
                       be any positive or negative number.

       refresh()       causes the cut buffer window to be cleared and redrawn.

       selreq()        this action function handles paste requests
                       from other clients, or other xcb windows.
                       It should always be bound to SelectionRequest events.

       selclear()      this action function responds to the loss of
                       ownership of the PRIMARY selection property.
                       It should always be bound to SelectionClear events.

       quit()          causes xcb to terminate.

       The default bindings are as follows:-

       <Btn1Down>:         cut() \n\
       Shift <Btn2Down>:   clear() \n\
       <Btn2Down>:         paste() \n\
       Shift <Btn3Down>:   rotate(-1) \n\
       <Btn3Down>:         rotate(1) \n\
       <Key>Left:          rotate(-1) \n\
       <Key>Right:         rotate(1) \n\
       <Key>Up:            rotate(-1) \n\
       <Key>Down:          rotate(1) \n\
       <Key>q:             quit() \n\
       <SelReq>:           selreq() \n\
       <SelClr>:           selclear()

EXAMPLES

       The following are some examples of xcb task mode usage:-

       xcb -s 0-7 < /dev/null
       This clears the first 8 cut buffers in your server.

       echo "G'day." | xcb -display bigears:0.0 -s 1,3,5,7
       This loads the string "G'day." into four of the cut buffers on the display "bigears".

       xsendevent -win buffer5 '<Btn1Down>'
       This uses the program xsendevent  to  send  a  synthetic  mouse  click  event  to  an  xcb
       subwindow, thereby making that window the owner of the PRIMARY selection.

       ls `xcb -p 2,3`
       This produces a listing of all the files named in cut buffers 2 and 3.

       xcb -p 0-7 | xcb -s 0
       This concatenates the values in the first 8 cut buffers, and places the result back in cut
       buffer zero.

       xcb -S 0 && xcb -p 0
       The first command copies the current PRIMARY selection into the first cut buffer.  If  the
       copy succeeds, then the second command prints that data on stdout.

       for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
       do
               xcb -p $i > $HOME/.xcb/$i
       done
       for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
       do
               xcb -s $i < $HOME/.xcb/$i
       done
       This  first  loop  saves  the contents of each of the cut buffers in a separate file under
       your home directory.  The second loop restores the cut buffer contents from  those  files.
       When  placed  in  your  .logout and .login scripts respectively, the commands are a simple
       method of preserving your cut buffers across login sessions.

       function g {
               echo "$1\\c" | xcb -s 7
               grep "$@"
       }
       function vg {
               vi +/`xcb -p 7` "$@"
       }
       These two shell functions exemplify a simple mechanism  for  saving  and  reusing  regular
       expressions.  The first function saves the regex used for grep-ing into cut buffer 7.  The
       second function reuses the most recent grep regex as a search command  in  vi.   There  is
       considerable scope for expanding and improving these ideas.

SEE ALSO

       xterm(1), xcutsel(1), xclipboard(1), xprop(1)
       Athena Widget Set - C Language Interface
       Motif Programmers Reference Guide

AUTHORS

       Current Maintainer (I18n version)
       Marc Lehmann
       E-mail: pcg@goof.com

       Original Author
       Farrell McKay
       E-mail: Farrell.McKay@mpx.com.au

       XView modifications provided by Danny Vanderryn
       E-mail: dvanderr@us.oracle.com

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 1992,1993,1994 by Farrell McKay.

       Permission  to  use,  copy, modify, and distribute this software and its documentation for
       any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided that the  above  copyright  notice
       appears  in  all  copies  and  that  both that copyright notice and this permission notice
       appear in supporting documentation.  This software is provided "as is" without express  or
       implied warranty.

BUGS :-)

       Xlib's  underlying  protocol  for  moving  selection  data  between  client and server can
       sometimes be slow, depending  on  the  amount  of  data  involved.   Do  not  expect  fast
       performance if your selections are big or you want to store big files in your cut buffers!
       ("big" means, say, over 10k bytes - but your mileage may vary).