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 NAME     
 |  |  |  | getsnarf, putsnarf – window system snarf (cut and paste) buffer 
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 SYNOPSIS     
 |  |  |  | #include <draw.h> 
    
    
    char    *getsnarf(void) 
    
    
    void    putsnarf(char *text) 
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 DESCRIPTION     
 |  |  |  | Getsnarf and putsnarf access the window system’s snarf (cut and
    paste) buffer. 
    
    
    Getsnarf returns a copy of the current buffer; the returned pointer
    should be freed with free (see malloc(3)) when no longer needed.
    
    
    
    Putsnarf sets the buffer to the text string text. 
    
    
    Callers should assume that the snarf buffer is UTF. If the window
    system does not keep the buffer in UTF, getsnarf and putsnarf
    will convert as necessary. 
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 BUGS     
 |  |  |  | On OS X, there are two snarf buffers: the Carbon snarf buffer
    used by native OS X applications, and the X11 snarf buffer, used
    by X11 applications. Whenever new text is written to the Carbon
    snarf buffer, the OS X X11 implementation automatically copies
    that text to the X11 snarf buffer. The reverse is not done automatically,
    arguably a bug in the
    X11 server. To work around this, putsnarf writes to both the Carbon
    snarf buffer and the X11 snarf buffer. To work around this bug
    in remote or non-Plan 9 X11 clients, run snarfer(1). 
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