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XStoreBytes(3X11)
X11R6
NAME
  XStoreBytes, XStoreBuffer, XFetchBytes, XFetchBuffer, XRotateBuffers -
  manipulate cut and paste buffers

SYNOPSIS
  XStoreBytes(display, bytes, nbytes)
	  Display *display;
	  char *bytes;
	  int nbytes;

  XStoreBuffer(display, bytes, nbytes, buffer)
	  Display *display;
	  char *bytes;
	  int nbytes;
	  int buffer;

  char *XFetchBytes(display, nbytes_return)
	  Display *display;
	  int *nbytes_return;

  char *XFetchBuffer(display, nbytes_return, buffer)
	  Display *display;
	  int *nbytes_return;
	  int buffer;

  XRotateBuffers(display, rotate)
	  Display *display;
	  int rotate;

ARGUMENTS
  buffer
      Specifies the buffer in which you want to store the bytes or from which
      you want the stored data returned.

  bytes
      Specifies the bytes, which are not necessarily ASCII or null-
      terminated.

  display
      Specifies the connection to the X server.

  nbytes
      Specifies the number of bytes to be stored.

  nbytes_return
      Returns the number of bytes in the buffer.

  rotate
      Specifies how much to rotate the cut buffers.

DESCRIPTION
  The data can have embedded null characters and need not be null-terminated.
  The cut buffer's contents can be retrieved later by any client calling
  XFetchBytes.

  XStoreBytes can generate a BadAlloc error.

  If an invalid buffer is specified, the call has no effect. The data can
  have embedded null characters and need not be null-terminated.

  XStoreBuffer can generate a BadAlloc error.

  The XFetchBytes function returns the number of bytes in the nbytes_return
  argument, if the buffer contains data. Otherwise, the function returns NULL
  and sets nbytes to 0. The appropriate amount of storage is allocated and
  the pointer returned. The client must free this storage when finished with
  it by calling XFree.

  The XFetchBuffer function returns zero to the nbytes_return argument if
  there is no data in the buffer or if an invalid buffer is specified.

  XFetchBuffer can generate a BadValue error.

  The XRotateBuffers function rotates the cut buffers, such that buffer 0
  becomes buffer n, buffer 1 becomes n + 1 mod 8, and so on. This cut buffer
  numbering is global to the display. Note that XRotateBuffers generates
  BadMatch errors if any of the eight buffers have not been created.

  XRotateBuffers can generate a BadMatch error.

DIAGNOSTICS
  BadAlloc
	  The server failed to allocate the requested resource or server
	  memory.

  BadAtom A value for an Atom argument does not name a defined Atom.

  BadMatch
	  Some argument or pair of arguments has the correct type and range
	  but fails to match in some other way required by the request.

  BadValue
	  Some numeric value falls outside the range of values accepted by
	  the request. Unless a specific range is specified for an argument,
	  the full range defined by the argument's type is accepted.  Any
	  argument defined as a set of alternatives can generate this error.

SEE ALSO
  XFree(3X11)

  Xlib -- C Language X Interface

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