Mario,
Thank you for the quick response. I was getting no where with it.
Seems I was grossly over-thinking the problem at hand.
After a trial run, I found that I actually wanted SELECTION_PRIMARY in place
of your suggestion of SELECTION_CLIPBOARD.
Thanks for the help!
Harry_
On Sunday 19 July 2009, Mario Kemper wrote:
> > Issue is that I can't seem to wrap my head around 'clipboard'.
> >
> > I am not looking for code, per se, but if someone would be kind enough to
> > tell me what I need to know to get going... I haven't a clue
>
> Just have a look at the following code:
>
> #! /usr/bin/perl
>
> use strict;
> use warnings;
> use utf8;
>
> use Gtk2 '-init';
>
> my $clipboard = Gtk2::Clipboard->get( Gtk2::Gdk->SELECTION_CLIPBOARD );
>
> my $clipboard_string = $clipboard->wait_for_text;
>
> if ($clipboard_string){
> print "Content of clipboard is: $clipboard_string\n";
> }else{
> print "Content of clipboard is: empty\n";
> }
>
>
>
> Regards
> Mario
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