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From: benji@hpfcdq.HP.COM (Jeff Benjamin)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: How does X11 handle cut buffers?
Message-ID: <890034@hpfcdq.HP.COM>
Date: 31 Mar 89 00:33:41 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard - Fort Collins, CO
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How does X11 deal with the global cut buffers, and how many are there?
I have X10 documentation that says there are 8 of them.

I know you read and write the current buffer 0 with XStoreBytes/XFetchBytes
and can manually rotate the buffers with XRotateBuffers.  Does X do
any buffer rotating on its own, or can I be guaranteed that the buffers
won't rotate unless I say so?

I'm looking to write an application that merely displays the text currently
in the cut buffer.  I realize that this will be dependent on the terminal
emulator (I'm using HP's hpterm), but I'd like to know how X11 handles
the cut buffer itself.

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Jeff Benjamin                         {ucbvax,hplabs}!hpfcla!benji
Graphics Technology Division          benji%hpfcla@hplabs.HP.COM
Hewlett Packard Co.                   Fort Collins, Colorado