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

X Version 11                                    xclipboard 1.1.4                                   XCLIPBOARD(1)