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Copying and pasting text and graphics

The ICA Client automatically transfers text and graphics between the X Windows and Windows clipboards, so that you can copy or cut and paste freely between X Windows and Windows applications.

To copy text or graphics from Windows to X Windows

  1. Select the text or graphic you want to copy from the Windows application.
  2. Choose Copy from the Windows application's Edit menu. The text or graphic is copied to the Windows clipboard.
  3. Switch to the X application you want to use.
  4. Choose the appropriate command from the X application to paste in the text or graphic you copied.

To copy text or graphics from X Windows to Windows

  1. Select the text or graphics you want to copy.
  2. Choose the appropriate command from the X application to copy the text or graphics. The text or graphic is copied to the Windows clipboard.
  3. Switch to the ICA Client.
  4. Choose Paste from the Edit menu of the Windows application to paste the text or graphic.

Note: The xcapture program is an external helper application to assist the exchange of graphical data between the Citrix server clipboard and non-ICCCM-compliant X-window applications on the X desktop. It operates by importing an image using one protocol, then storing and exporting that image using a (usually) different protocol.

Support is currently included for ICCCM, xv (an X graphics manipulation utility) and screen grab, where a portion of the screen is selected. When screen grab is invoked, the cursor changes to a cross-hair. If the middle button is pressed, the window under the cursor is grabbed. If the left button is dragged over a region, a rubber band indicates the area grabbed. The right mouse button cancels the grab. While both xmag and xv can also do screen grab, they do not cope well with mixed-visual or mixed-colormap regions. xmag does not bother to grab the colormap at the same time as the pixels.

The xcapture program is located in the /usr/lib/ICAClient/util directory.