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Subject: Re: Using the Clipboard in Linux
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From: Stephen Leake <stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org>
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:52:29 -0500
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Alex <false_email@dontwantspam.com> writes:

> I've written an application in windows that involves writing to the 
> clipboard. I'm trying to write a version to work in Linux (Ubuntu 9.04 is 
> what I'm developing on) and am struggling to get started with Florist.

Linux the operating system kernel doesn't have a clipboard.

X Windows does, and particular window managers may have other
variations on it.

So you need to look in X Windows documentation, not Linux documentation.

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