clipboard<%>

There is one clipboard<%> object, the-clipboard, which manages the contents of the system-wide clipboard for cut-and-paste.

Data can be entered into the clipboard in one of two ways: by setting the current clipboard string, or by installing a clipboard-client% object. When a client is installed, requests for clipboard data are directed to the client.

Data is always retrived from the clipboard as a string. When retreiving clipboard data, a data type string speficies the format of the data string. The availability of different clipboard formats is determined by the current clipboard owner.

Methods

• get-clipboard-client
• get-clipboard-data
• get-clipboard-string
• set-clipboard-client
• set-clipboard-string