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Re: how do I get content of clipboard on linux

Måns Rullgård

2004-08-24, 3:18 am

Joona I Palaste <palaste@cc.helsinki.fi> writes:
[vbcol=seagreen]
> ramprasad <ramprasad.ap@gmail.com> scribbled the following:

You can get it using Xlib or whichever toolkit you are using, though
it's not usually called the "clipboard" in X, "selection" being the
proper word.

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Måns Rullgård
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