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diff --git a/doc/protocols b/doc/protocols index cbfca47..52c61bf 100644 --- a/doc/protocols +++ b/doc/protocols @@ -1,110 +1,5 @@ --------------------------------------------------------------------- -Command: clipboard - Read or manipulate a clipboard - -Required header: Level - The clipboard level, an [1, 3] integer: - 1 "primary". Text copied/pasted using - the keyboard or a menu item - 2 "secondary". Text copied/pasted using the rat - 3 "tertiary". Non-text, it is customary for this - data to begin with a line describing - the data type. - -Required header: Action - What to do with the clipboard: - add) Write the message to the clipboard - read) Read the clipboard - clear) Clear all entries on the selected level on the clipboard - set-size) Shrink/grow the clipstack - get-size) Read the size of the clipstack - In the reply, the server will send: - Size: <configured maximum size of the clipstack> - Used: <number of elements currently in the clipstack> - -Conditionally required header: Length - Required if: `Action: add` - Length of the message - -Conditionally required header: Size - Required if: `Action: set-size` - The maximum number of elements in the clipstack - -Conditionally required header: Client ID - Your ID, provided by `ID assignment` - in response to `Command: assign-id`. - Required if: `Action: add` and a header starting with - `Time to live: until-death` - Required if: `Action: read` - Required if: `Action: get-size` - -Conditionally optional header: Index - Available and optional if: `Action: read` - The index of the item in the clipstack, starting at 0 - -Conditionally optional header: Time to live - Available and optional if: `Action: add` - The number of seconds the entry should be available - before it is removed by the server, or: - until-death: remove entry when the client closes - until-death #: remove entry when the client closes, - or # seconds have elapsed - forever: never remove it (default) - The server will always remove the entry when: - 1) it is at the bottom of the clipstack and a new - entry is added to the clipstack - 2) `Action: clear` is issued for the clipstack - The entry will also be removed, unless - `Time to live: forever`, if the server crashes or is - reexecuted. - It is up to the implementation to choose when - the removal actually takes place. For example, - the reference implementation will pop entries - that have timed out when a new entry is added, - the reading on the clipstack is requested or the - server is reexecuted, but another implement may - choose to pop entires asynchronously using another - thread or an alarm an pop when when SIGARLM is - received. - -Message: The content to add to the clipboard - -Purpose: Enable the user to duplicate content from one process - into another process without requiring those processes - to be aware of eathother to any extent - -Compulsivity: optional - -Reference implementation: mds-clipboard - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - -Command: clipboard-info - The clipboard server sends out some information about - what it is doing, such as automatically removing entires - -Included header: Event - pop) An item in the clipstack has been removed - Included headers: - Level: The clipboard level that has been affected - Popped: The index of the item in the clipstack - that has been removed - Size: Configured maximum size of the clipstack - Used: Number of elements currently in the clipstack - crash) The clipboard has been reset because of a software crash - -Purpose: Enable clients to get notification about changes - to the clipboard, that cannot trivially derived - from `Command: clipboard` - -Compulsivity: optional, optional add-on to the - clipboard's functionallity - -Reference implementation: mds-clipboard - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Command: add-tray-icon Add a status icons to the status icon tray The client should keep in mind that there can be any number of |