clipboard

[Harry Bennett <harry saltyshells com>]

.... coding well above my pay-grade.... :D

what I am trying to do:

Highlight (select?) some text (from the location bar of firefox, for example)

Launch my app.

Have my app `know` what is in the clipboard so that I can make immediate use 
of it (have it populate something if it happens to be a URL).


Issue is that I can't seem to wrap my head around 'clipboard'.

I am not looking for code, per se, but if someone would be kind enough to 
tell me what I need to know to get going... I haven't a clue