Cut Buffers
Cut buffers are another mechanism to transfer data, in particular selected text. They are window properties of the root window, named CUT_BUFFER1, etc. Unlike selections, cut buffers do not involve a direct interaction between clients. Rather, when text is selected in a window, the window owner copies this text into the property of the root window called CUT_BUFFER1. When the user pastes the text in another window, the window owner reads this property of the root window.
The xcutsel program transfers data between selections and cut buffers, and the xcb program allows various kinds of access to the cut buffers.
Cut buffers are considered obsolete.
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—Bible: Hebrew, Job 14:7-10.