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1894 2e3bc2435d68 Convert all files from TXT to RST. Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa@gmail.com> parents: 139 diff changeset	1	.. -- coding: utf-8; --
2e3bc2435d68 Convert all files from TXT to RST. Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa@gmail.com> parents: 139 diff changeset	2	.. include:: HEADER.rst
139 35727a17a437 About x selection. Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	3
1894 2e3bc2435d68 Convert all files from TXT to RST. Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa@gmail.com> parents: 139 diff changeset	4	=====================
2e3bc2435d68 Convert all files from TXT to RST. Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa@gmail.com> parents: 139 diff changeset	5	Clipboard/selection
2e3bc2435d68 Convert all files from TXT to RST. Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa@gmail.com> parents: 139 diff changeset	6	=====================
2e3bc2435d68 Convert all files from TXT to RST. Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa@gmail.com> parents: 139 diff changeset	7	.. contents::
1905 fba288d59662 Include only local subsections into TOC. This prevent duplication of Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa@gmail.com> parents: 1894 diff changeset	8	:local:
139 35727a17a437 About x selection. Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	9
1894 2e3bc2435d68 Convert all files from TXT to RST. Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa@gmail.com> parents: 139 diff changeset	10	MS Windows
2e3bc2435d68 Convert all files from TXT to RST. Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa@gmail.com> parents: 139 diff changeset	11	==========
2e3bc2435d68 Convert all files from TXT to RST. Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa@gmail.com> parents: 139 diff changeset	12
2e3bc2435d68 Convert all files from TXT to RST. Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa@gmail.com> parents: 139 diff changeset	13	X Windows
2e3bc2435d68 Convert all files from TXT to RST. Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa@gmail.com> parents: 139 diff changeset	14	=========
139 35727a17a437 About x selection. Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	15
35727a17a437 About x selection. Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	16	X11 selection transfers (which both PRIMARY and CLIPBOARD are instances of)
35727a17a437 About x selection. Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	17	are done through synthesized X11 events and properties changes.
35727a17a437 About x selection. Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	18
35727a17a437 About x selection. Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	19	The messages used to transfer the selections have a maximum size that's
35727a17a437 About x selection. Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	20	actually quite low (a few kilobytes).
35727a17a437 About x selection. Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	21
35727a17a437 About x selection. Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	22	See
35727a17a437 About x selection. Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	23
35727a17a437 About x selection. Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	24	http://standards.freedesktop.org/clipboards-spec/clipboards-latest.txt
35727a17a437 About x selection. Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	25	http://www.jwz.org/doc/x-cut-and-paste.html
35727a17a437 About x selection. Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	26	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Window_selection
35727a17a437 About x selection. Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	27	http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/CopyAndPaste
35727a17a437 About x selection. Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	28
1894 2e3bc2435d68 Convert all files from TXT to RST. Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa@gmail.com> parents: 139 diff changeset	29	xclipboard
2e3bc2435d68 Convert all files from TXT to RST. Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa@gmail.com> parents: 139 diff changeset	30	==========
139 35727a17a437 About x selection. Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	31
35727a17a437 About x selection. Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	32	The xclipboard command emulates the traditional Macintosh style clipboard by
35727a17a437 About x selection. Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	33	claiming ownership of the CLIPBOARD selection and answering any requests for
35727a17a437 About x selection. Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	34	its value. When it loses the selection, it immediately asks the new owner for
35727a17a437 About x selection. Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	35	the value of the CLIPBOARD selection, makes a local copy, and then reasserts
35727a17a437 About x selection. Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	36	ownership of the CLIPBOARD. This way the clipboard contents can persist after
35727a17a437 About x selection. Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	37	the original application has exited.
35727a17a437 About x selection. Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	38

author	Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa@gmail.com>
	Mon, 22 Feb 2016 12:46:36 +0200
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parent 1894	2e3bc2435d68
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