Clipboard Messages

Clipboard data synchronization messages. More...

Collaboration diagram for Clipboard Messages:

Variables
const char *const	kMsgDClipboard
	Clipboard data transfer.

Detailed Description

Clipboard data synchronization messages.

Variable Documentation

kMsgDClipboard

const char* const kMsgDClipboard

extern

Clipboard data transfer.

Message Code: "DCLP" Direction: Primary ↔ Secondary Format: "DCLP%1i%4i%1i%s" Parameters:

• $1: Clipboard identifier (1 byte)
• $2: Sequence number (4 bytes)
• $3: Mark/flags (1 byte) - For streaming support (v1.6+)
• $4: Clipboard data (string)

Example:

Primary clipboard, sequence 1, no flags, text "Hello World"

"DCLP\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x0BHello World"

Clipboard Identifiers:

• 0: Primary clipboard (Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V)
• 1: Selection clipboard (middle-click on X11)

Sequence Numbers:

• Primary always sends sequence number 0
• Secondary uses sequence number from most recent kMsgCEnter

Streaming (v1.6+): For large clipboard data, the mark byte enables chunked transfer:

• 0: Single chunk (complete data)
• 1: First chunk of multi-chunk transfer
• 2: Middle chunk
• 3: Final chunk

See also

kMsgCClipboard

Since

Protocol version 1.0