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Subject:	Re: Which C hooks go to which clipboard?
From:	Andrew C Aitchison <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Andrew C Aitchison <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Thu, 9 Mar 2017 07:43:27 +0000
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On Wed, 8 Mar 2017, ToddAndMargo wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Looking at "man XStoreBuffer XFetchBuffer XRotateBuffers",
> which clipboard is the ctrl-c/v clipboard ("clipboard")
> and which is the mouse over and center click clipboard
> ("primary")?

Sorry, it seems that those routines are obsolete hangovers from X10 !

https://www.jwz.org/doc/x-cut-and-paste.html
seems to be particularly clear;

there are also more formal references like:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Window_selection
https://tronche.com/gui/x/xlib/utilities/using-cut-buffers.html
https://tronche.com/gui/x/xlib/window-information/selection.html

Sorry I pointed you in the wrong direction to start with.

-- 
Andrew C Aitchison

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