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clipboard #

Description:

clipboard provides access to the platform's clipboard mechanism. You can use it to read from the system clipboard, and write to it from your applications.

Examples:

import clipboard

fn main() {
    mut c := clipboard.new()
    println(c.get_text())
}

fn new #

fn new() &Clipboard

new returns a new Clipboard instance allocated on the heap.
The Clipboard resources can be released with free()

fn new_primary #

fn new_primary() &Clipboard

new_primary returns a new X11 PRIMARY type Clipboard instance allocated on the heap.
Please note: new_primary only works on X11 based systems.

fn (Clipboard) check_ownership #

fn (cb Clipboard) check_ownership() bool

check_ownership returns true if the Clipboard has the content ownership.

fn (Clipboard) clear_all #

fn (mut cb Clipboard) clear_all()

clear_all clears the clipboard.

fn (Clipboard) copy #

fn (mut cb Clipboard) copy(text string) bool

copy copies text into the clipboard.

fn (Clipboard) destroy #

fn (mut cb Clipboard) destroy()

destroy destroys the clipboard and frees its resources.

fn (Clipboard) is_available #

fn (cb &Clipboard) is_available() bool

is_available returns true if the clipboard is available for use.

fn (Clipboard) paste #

fn (mut cb Clipboard) paste() string

paste returns current entry as a string from the clipboard.