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xcutsel(1X)							   xcutsel(1X)

NAME
       xcutsel - interchange between cut buffer and selection

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

OPTIONS
       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
       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  com‐
       mand 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  automati‐
       cally  released.	  When this button is pressed, xcutsel copies the cur‐
       rent selection into the cut buffer.  When this button is pressed, xcut‐
       sel converts the current contents of the cut buffer into the selection.

       The  button labels reflect the selection and cutbuffer selected by com‐
       mand 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
       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
       The following instance names may be used when user configuration of the
       labels  in them is desired: This is the “copy SELECTION to BUFFER” but‐
       ton.  This is the “copy BUFFER  to  SELECTION”  button.	 This  is  the
       “quit” button.

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

AUTHOR
       Ralph R. Swick, DEC/MIT Project Athena

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