NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       xcutsel - interchange between cut buffer and selection

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       xcutsel  [-toolkitoption...] [-selection selection] [-cutbuffer
 number]

OPTIONS    [Toc]    [Back]

       xcutsel accepts all of the standard X Toolkit command line
       options  as  well  as the following: This option specifies
       the name of the selection to use.  The default is PRIMARY.
       The  only  supported  abbreviations  for  this  option are
       "-select", "-sel" and "-s", as the standard toolkit option
       "-selectionTimeout" has a similar name.  This option specifies
 the cut buffer to use.  The default is cut buffer 0.

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       The  xcutsel program is used to copy the current selection
       into a cut buffer and to make a  selection  that  contains
       the  current  contents  of  the  cut buffer.  It acts as a
       bridge between applications that do not support selections
       and those that do.

       By  default,  xcutsel will use the selection named PRIMARY
       and the cut buffer CUT_BUFFER0.  Either or both  of  these
       can   be  overridden  by  command  line  arguments  or  by
       resources.

       An xcutsel window has the  following  buttons:  When  this
       button  is pressed, xcutsel exits.  Any selections held by
       xcutsel are automatically released.  When this  button  is
       pressed, xcutsel copies the current selection into the cut
       buffer.  When this button is pressed, xcutsel converts the
       current contents of the cut buffer into the selection.

       The  button  labels  reflect  the  selection and cutbuffer
       selected by command line options or through  the  resource
       database.

       When the "copy 0 to PRIMARY" button is activated, the button
 will remain inverted as long as  xcutsel  remains  the
       owner  of  the selection.  This serves to remind you which
       client owns the current selection.  Note that the value of
       the  selection  remains  constant;  if  the  cutbuffer  is
       changed, you  must  again  activate  the  copy  button  to
       retrieve the new value when desired.

X DEFAULTS    [Toc]    [Back]

       This  program  accepts  all  of  the  standard  X  Toolkit
       resource names and classes as well as: This resource specifies
  the  name  of the selection to use.  The default is
       PRIMARY.  This resource specifies the number  of  the  cut
       buffer to use.  The default is 0.

WIDGET NAMES    [Toc]    [Back]

       The following instance names may be used when user configuration
 of the labels in them  is  desired:  This  is  the
       "copy  SELECTION  to  BUFFER"  button.   This is the "copy
       BUFFER to SELECTION" button.  This is the "quit" button.

BUGS    [Toc]    [Back]

       There is no way to change the name of the selection or the
       number of the cut buffer while the program is running.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

       X(1X),  xclipboard(1X),  xterm(1X), text widget documentation,
 individual client documentation for how  to  make  a
       selection.

AUTHOR    [Toc]    [Back]

       Ralph R. Swick, DEC/MIT Project Athena



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