XmClipboard

XmClipboard is also enhanced to be ICCC-compliant in conjunction with the XmText and XmTextField widgets. When text is being put on the clipboard by way of the XmText and XmTextField widgets, the following ICCC protocol is implemented:

When text is being retrieved from the clipboard by way of the XmText and XmTextField widgets, the text from the clipboard is converted to encoding of the current locale from either COMPOUND_TEXT or XA_STRING. All text on the clipboard is assumed to be in either the compound text format or the string format.

If text is put directly on the clipboard, the application needs to specify the format, or encoding type in the form of an atom, along with the text to put on the clipboard. Similarly, if text is retrieved directly from the clipboard, the retrieving application needs to check the format to see what encoding the data on the clipboard is encoded in and take the appropriate action.