On 03/08/2017 11:43 PM, Andrew C Aitchison wrote:
> 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.
>

Hi Andrew,

https://tronche.com/gui/x/xlib/utilities/using-cut-buffers.html
is the ctrl-c/v/x clipboard.

But, looking at
    https://tronche.com/gui/x/xlib/window-information/selection.html

He talks a lot about changing the ownership.  Is the the mouse over and
middle click clipboard (primary)?  I may still have the wrong clipboard.
Am I missing something?


Many thanks,
-T


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