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40 lines
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What is xcb?
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Do you ever wish you could cut two or more separate pieces of text
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at once from a window? Do you ever need to save the output from one
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command for reuse in several subsequent tasks? Do you ever find
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yourself wanting some easy means of globally exporting data, e.g.
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to a parent shell, to another xterm or application, or to another
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machine or user? If you answer yes to any of these questions, then
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xcb is for you.
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Xcb provides access to the cut buffers built into every X server.
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It allows the buffers to be manipulated either via the command line,
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or with the mouse in a point and click manner. The buffers can be
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used as holding pens to store and retrieve arbitrary data fragments,
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so any number of different pieces of data can be saved and recalled later.
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The program is designed primarily for use with textual data.
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What is so good about this release?
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Release 2.3 fixes a bug found in the XView code that prevented data
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from being pasted from xcb to XView applications such as cmdtool.
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The release also adds a Motif GUI, selectable as a compile-time option.
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Now you can choose between the Athena or the Motif look and feel.
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Blame me. If you have any bug reports, porting problems, comments,
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more comments, suggestions, patches, unwanted cash etc. please tell me.
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I can be reached at the email address below.
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Better still, if you really like xcb, send me a postcard!
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(to P.O. Box 213, Belgrave, Victoria, Australia. 3160).
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Enjoy.
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Farrell McKay (Farrell.McKay@mpx.com.au)
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Nov 1994
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WWW: http://www.goof.com/pcg/marc/xcb.html
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