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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2a45f5b --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +clipnotify is a simple program that, using the +[XFIXES](https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/proto/fixesproto/plain/fixesproto.txt) +extension to X11, waits until a new selection is available and then exits. + +It was primarily designed for [clipmenu](https://github.com/cdown/clipmenu), to +avoid polling for new selections. + +Here's how it's intended to be used: + + while true; do + clipnotify # When clipnotify exists, a new selection event was detected. + [do something with the selection] + done + +clipnotify doesn't try to print anything about the contents of the selection, +it just exists when it changes. This is intentional -- X11's selection API is +verging on the insane, and there are plenty of others who have already lost +their sanity to bring us xclip/xsel/etc. Use one of those tools to complement +clipnotify. |