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diff --git a/doc/clipboard.n b/doc/clipboard.n index 442288d..374cbd1 100644 --- a/doc/clipboard.n +++ b/doc/clipboard.n @@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ clipboard \- Manipulate Tk clipboard .SH SYNOPSIS \fBclipboard \fIoption\fR ?\fIarg arg ...\fR? .BE - .SH DESCRIPTION .PP This command provides a Tcl interface to the Tk clipboard, @@ -28,15 +27,9 @@ appends should be completed before returning to the event loop. The first argument to \fBclipboard\fR determines the format of the rest of the arguments and the behavior of the command. The following forms are currently supported: -.PP -.TP -\fBclipboard clear\fR ?\fB\-displayof\fR \fIwindow\fR? -Claims ownership of the clipboard on \fIwindow\fR's display and removes -any previous contents. \fIWindow\fR defaults to -.QW . . -Returns an empty string. .TP \fBclipboard append\fR ?\fB\-displayof\fR \fIwindow\fR? ?\fB\-format\fR \fIformat\fR? ?\fB\-type\fR \fItype\fR? ?\fB\-\|\-\fR? \fIdata\fR +. Appends \fIdata\fR to the clipboard on \fIwindow\fR's display in the form given by \fItype\fR with the representation given by \fIformat\fR and claims ownership of the clipboard on \fIwindow\fR's @@ -47,15 +40,15 @@ display. (the desired .QW target for conversion, in ICCCM terminology), and -should be an atom name such as STRING or FILE_NAME; see the +should be an atom name such as \fBSTRING\fR or \fBFILE_NAME\fR; see the Inter-Client Communication Conventions Manual for complete details. -\fIType\fR defaults to STRING. +\fIType\fR defaults to \fBSTRING\fR. .PP The \fIformat\fR argument specifies the representation that should be used to transmit the selection to the requester (the second column of -Table 2 of the ICCCM), and defaults to STRING. If \fIformat\fR is -STRING, the selection is transmitted as 8-bit ASCII characters. If -\fIformat\fR is ATOM, then the \fIdata\fR is +Table 2 of the ICCCM), and defaults to \fBSTRING\fR. If \fIformat\fR is +\fBSTRING\fR, the selection is transmitted as 8-bit ASCII characters. If +\fIformat\fR is \fBATOM\fR, then the \fIdata\fR is divided into fields separated by white space; each field is converted to its atom value, and the 32-bit atom value is transmitted instead of the atom name. For any other \fIformat\fR, \fIdata\fR is divided @@ -69,8 +62,8 @@ boundaries. All items appended to the clipboard with the same .PP The \fIformat\fR argument is needed only for compatibility with clipboard requesters that do not use Tk. If the Tk toolkit is being -used to retrieve the CLIPBOARD selection then the value is converted back to -a string at the requesting end, so \fIformat\fR is +used to retrieve the \fBCLIPBOARD\fR selection then the value is +converted back to a string at the requesting end, so \fIformat\fR is irrelevant. .PP A \fB\-\|\-\fR argument may be specified to mark the end of options: the @@ -79,21 +72,30 @@ This feature may be convenient if, for example, \fIdata\fR starts with a \fB\-\fR. .RE .TP +\fBclipboard clear\fR ?\fB\-displayof\fR \fIwindow\fR? +. +Claims ownership of the clipboard on \fIwindow\fR's display and removes +any previous contents. \fIWindow\fR defaults to +.QW . . +Returns an empty string. +.TP \fBclipboard get\fR ?\fB\-displayof\fR \fIwindow\fR? ?\fB\-type\fR \fItype\fR? +. Retrieve data from the clipboard on \fIwindow\fR's display. \fIWindow\fR defaults to .QW . . \fIType\fR specifies the form in which -the data is to be returned and should be an atom name such as STRING -or FILE_NAME. \fIType\fR defaults to STRING. This command is +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 get \-selection CLIPBOARD\fR" . +.QW "\fBselection get\fR \fB\-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. .CS if {[catch {\fBclipboard get\fR} contents]} { @@ -146,9 +148,10 @@ bind $c <<Paste>> { } } .CE - .SH "SEE ALSO" interp(n), selection(n) - .SH KEYWORDS clear, format, clipboard, append, selection, type +'\" Local Variables: +'\" mode: nroff +'\" End: |