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| author | dkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk> | 2010-03-04 13:32:18 (GMT) |
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| committer | dkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk> | 2010-03-04 13:32:18 (GMT) |
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Added note about transfer types, prompted by question on Tcler's Chat.
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diff --git a/doc/clipboard.n b/doc/clipboard.n index f442e11..b897b65 100644 --- a/doc/clipboard.n +++ b/doc/clipboard.n @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. '\" -'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: clipboard.n,v 1.19 2010/01/13 16:09:25 dkf Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: clipboard.n,v 1.20 2010/03/04 13:32:20 dkf Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH clipboard n 8.4 Tk "Tk Built-In Commands" @@ -91,6 +91,11 @@ the data is to be returned and should be an atom name such as \fBSTRING\fR or \fBFILE_NAME\fR. \fIType\fR defaults to \fBSTRING\fR. This command is equivalent to .QW "\fBselection\fR \fBget \-selection CLIPBOARD\fR" . +.RS +.PP +Note that on modern X11 systems, the most useful type to retrieve for +transferred strings is not \fBSTRING\fR, but rather \fBUTF8_STRING\fR. +.RE .SH EXAMPLES .PP Get the current contents of the clipboard. |