X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/~mdw/sgt/utils/blobdiff_plain/3ffcf184b808ec0f3bd668288628ea455e92d831..HEAD:/xcopy/xcopy.but diff --git a/xcopy/xcopy.but b/xcopy/xcopy.but index 912ae72..e02bfcb 100644 --- a/xcopy/xcopy.but +++ b/xcopy/xcopy.but @@ -1,10 +1,12 @@ \cfg{man-identity}{xcopy}{1}{2004-08-02}{Simon Tatham}{Simon Tatham} +\define{dash} \u2013{-} + \title Man page for \cw{xcopy} \U NAME -\cw{xcopy} - read and write text to/from an X selection from the +\cw{xcopy} \dash read and write text to/from an X selection from the command line \U SYNOPSIS @@ -119,12 +121,40 @@ debugging X applications or X selection issues. contents corresponding to some particular user-specified target type. The target type can be anything listed by \cq{xcopy -r -t}. -\U BUGS +\dt \cw{-v} + +\dd Causes \cw{xcopy}, in read mode only, to produce a verbose +commentary on the progress of reading the X selection. Can be useful +for debugging interactions with other programs. + +\dt \cw{-F} + +\dd Causes \cw{xcopy} not to fork, when in write mode. Instead the +original \cw{xcopy} process will continue to run until the selection +is taken away from it. Probably only useful when debugging +\cw{xcopy} itself, although it's just possible that it might turn +out to be useful for some other special purpose (e.g. having the +process waiting for it know when the selection owner has changed). + +\dt \cw{-d} \e{size} -Occasionally \cw{xcopy -r} completely fails to notice selection data -owned by another process. I have not yet reproduced this reliably; -if anyone can, some work with \cw{xmon}(1) would be much -appreciated... +\dd Alters the maximum size of data transferred in one lump by +\cw{xcopy}. (Probably most useful for diagnostic purposes.) + +\dt \cw{-I} + +\dd Inhibits \cw{xcopy}, in write mode, from using the \cw{INCR} +mechanism for transferring large amounts of selection data a piece at +a time and waiting for the recipient to acknowledge each chunk before +sending the next. (Just in case a client doesn't support it.) + +\dt \cw{-B} + +\dd Inhibits \cw{xcopy}, in write mode, from storing its data in the +persistent \q{cut buffers} on the root window as well as using the +peer-to-peer selection mechanism. + +\U BUGS Automatic conversion between compound text and UTF-8 is not currently supported. There are Xlib functions to do it, although