X has a mechanism called "selection" that supports cut and
paste. Selection associates data with a named buffer for transferring
between applications; you can name a buffer anything you want, but two
names have special meaning:
CLIPBOARD - this is the buffer used by applications that provide butt
On Sun, 15 Apr 2001, Dick Repasky wrote:
>
> Why doesn't a call to getSystemClipboard give me what's in the
> system clipboard?
[snip]
> So, if Java's system clipboard isn't really the system clip
> board, what is it?
I'm not clear on the exact details since I'm not an X11 developer.
X11 su
