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XStoreBytes(3)			XLIB FUNCTIONS			XStoreBytes(3)

NAME
       XStoreBytes,  XStoreBuffer, XFetchBytes,	XFetchBuffer, XRotateBuffers -
       manipulate cut and paste	buffers

SYNTAX

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

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

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

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

       int XRotateBuffers(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-termi-
       nated.  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_re-
       turn  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 stor-
       age 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(3)
       Xlib - C	Language X Interface

X Version 11			 libX11	1.8.12			XStoreBytes(3)

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