clipboard?

[tom]

hi guys,



can newlisp access the x clipboard? (linux?)  May I have an example?

[Lutz]

On Mandrake Linux 9.2 I can copy/paste from/to newLISP running in a Bash shell or when running the newLISP-tk frontend, but I am not sure if it is that what you mean?



If you want to access the X-clipboard from inside a program written in newLISP, there is no built-on function available, but I am pretty sure it is possible to import a 'C' function from the X shared libraries. If you can point me to a 'C' function and also the shared library involved, I could show you how to import it into newLISP.



Lutz

[tom]

I'm having trouble narrowing down the particular library, but am pretty sure it's one of those included in the debian "xlibs" package.  I looked through /lib/ but, well, not all library names are intuitive...:-)  I'm pretty sure it's not "the clipboard" in x, rather, it's the "selection."



Anyway, that's the track I'm on.  Thanks.

[Lutz]

Additionally to the name of the function and the library we will also need a description on how to use this function, parameters to pass, their types etc..



Perhaps a book about X-programming could point you in the right direction.



Lutz