programmatically access copied contents

seriesx4 · 09-17-2006, 11:15 AM

After copying a text with ctrl+c in KDE, I want to be able to retrieve this text directly in my C++ application (through the KDE API?).

How?

jlliagre · 09-17-2006, 11:35 AM

Not sure about kde apis, but you can directly use X11 ICCCM selections.

xclipboard or xcutsel source code may help understanding how to use them.

seriesx4 · 09-17-2006, 02:01 PM

Seems too lowlevel.

QT's QClipboard can do it.

On my first computer it works fine.

But on my second computer the clip-content won't be updated unless restarting the program.