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+.HP +int XStoreBuffer\^(\^Display *\fIdisplay\fP\^, char *\fIbytes\fP\^, int +\^\fInbytes\fP\^, int \fIbuffer\fP\^); +.HP +char *XFetchBytes\^(\^Display *\fIdisplay\fP\^, int *\fInbytes_return\fP\^); +.HP +char *XFetchBuffer\^(\^Display *\fIdisplay\fP\^, int *\fInbytes_return\fP\^, +int \fIbuffer\fP\^); +.HP +int XRotateBuffers\^(\^Display *\fIdisplay\fP\^, int \fIrotate\fP\^); +.SH ARGUMENTS +.ds Fn in which you want to store the bytes \ +or from which you want the stored data returned +.IP \fIbuffer\fP 1i +Specifies the buffer \*(Fn. +.IP \fIbytes\fP 1i +Specifies the bytes, which are not necessarily ASCII or null-terminated. +.IP \fIdisplay\fP 1i +Specifies the connection to the X server. +.IP \fInbytes\fP 1i +Specifies the number of bytes to be stored. +.IP \fInbytes_return\fP 1i +Returns the number of bytes in the buffer. +.IP \fIrotate\fP 1i +Specifies how much to rotate the cut buffers. +.SH 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 +.ZN XFetchBytes . +.LP +.ZN XStoreBytes +can generate a +.ZN BadAlloc +error. +.LP +If an invalid buffer is specified, the call has no effect. +The data can have embedded null characters +and need not be null-terminated. +.LP +.ZN XStoreBuffer +can generate a +.ZN BadAlloc +error. +.LP +The +.ZN 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 +.ZN XFree . +.LP +The +.ZN XFetchBuffer +function returns zero to the nbytes_return argument +if there is no data in the buffer or if an invalid +buffer is specified. +.LP +.ZN XFetchBuffer +can generate a +.ZN BadValue +error. +.LP +The +.ZN 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 +.ZN XRotateBuffers +generates +.ZN BadMatch +errors if any of the eight buffers have not been created. +.LP +.ZN XRotateBuffers +can generate a +.ZN BadMatch +error. +.SH DIAGNOSTICS +.TP 1i +.ZN BadAlloc +The server failed to allocate the requested resource or server memory. +.TP 1i +.ZN BadAtom +A value for an Atom argument does not name a defined Atom. +.TP 1i +.ZN 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. +.TP 1i +.ZN 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. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +XFree(3X11) +.br +\fI\*(xL\fP |