Interfacing with the X clipboard

[Russell Shaw]

James Colannino wrote:
> Hi there.  I hope this isn't the wrong list to ask.  I'm interested in 
> learning about how to interface with the X clipboard, but have been 
> searching around and haven't really found anything.  I don't know if 
> perhaps I'm looking for the wrong thing, or if there just isn't that 
> much documentation out there.  Either way, does anybody know of some 
> good documentation that will get me started?  Thanks :)

You'll need to read the icccm. Don't attempt to read it if you're
already a little sleepy;)

http://tronche.com/gui/x/icccm/
http://www.x.org/X11R6.8.1/docs/ICCCM/icccm.pdf