Patch #1063914: Add clipboard_get.
diff --git a/Lib/lib-tk/Tkinter.py b/Lib/lib-tk/Tkinter.py
index 5bd7aa9..303c22d 100644
--- a/Lib/lib-tk/Tkinter.py
+++ b/Lib/lib-tk/Tkinter.py
@@ -483,7 +483,24 @@
def bell(self, displayof=0):
"""Ring a display's bell."""
self.tk.call(('bell',) + self._displayof(displayof))
+
# Clipboard handling:
+ def clipboard_get(self, **kw):
+ """Retrieve data from the clipboard on window's display.
+
+ The window keyword defaults to the root window of the Tkinter
+ application.
+
+ The type keyword specifies the form in which the data is
+ to be returned and should be an atom name such as STRING
+ or FILE_NAME. Type defaults to STRING.
+
+ This command is equivalent to:
+
+ selection_get(CLIPBOARD)
+ """
+ return self.tk.call(('clipboard', 'get') + self._options(kw))
+
def clipboard_clear(self, **kw):
"""Clear the data in the Tk clipboard.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 0f70378..9e547fd 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@
Library
-------
+- Patch #1063914: Add Tkinter.Misc.clipboard_get().
+
- Patch #1191700: Adjust column alignment in bdb breakpoint lists.
- SimpleXMLRPCServer relied on the fcntl module, which is unavailable on