Manual: xcutsel

XCUTSEL(1)					   General Commands Manual					  XCUTSEL(1)

NAME
       xcutsel - interchange between cut buffer and selection

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

DESCRIPTION
       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 don't 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:

	   quit
	       When this button is pressed, xcutsel exits.  Any selections held by xcutsel are automatically released.

	   copy PRIMARY to 0
	       When this button is pressed, xcutsel copies the current selection into the cut buffer.

	   copy 0 to PRIMARY
	       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 data‐
       base.

       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.

OPTIONS
       Xcutsel accepts all of the standard X Toolkit command line options as well as the following:

       -selection name
	       This option specifies the name of the selection to use.	The default is PRIMARY.	 The only supported abbrevi‐
	       ations for this option are ``-select'', ``-sel'' and ``-s'', as the standard toolkit option ``-selectionTime‐
	       out'' has a similar name.

       -cutbuffer number
	       This option specifies the cut buffer to use.  The default is cut buffer 0.

X DEFAULTS
       This program accepts all of the standard X Toolkit resource names and classes as well as:

       selection (class Selection)
	       This resource specifies the name of the selection to use.  The default is PRIMARY.

       cutBuffer (class CutBuffer)
	       This resource specifies the number of the cut buffer to use.  The default is 0.

WIDGET NAMES
       The following instance names may be used when user configuration of the labels in them is desired:

       sel-cut (class Command)
	       This is the ``copy SELECTION to BUFFER'' button.

       cut-sel (class Command)
	       This is the ``copy BUFFER to SELECTION'' button.

       quit (class Command)
	       This is the ``quit'' button.

SEE ALSO
       X(7),  xclipboard(1),  xterm(1),	 text widget documentation, individual client documentation for how to make a selec‐
       tion.

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

AUTHOR
       Ralph R. Swick, DEC/MIT Project Athena

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