"Edward K. Ream" <edream at tds.net> wrote in news:3D1F1A81.95602DE0 at tds.net: > The > following two statements also take exceptions: > > s = app().root.selection_get("clipboard") > s = app().root.selection_get(".") > Did you try this: root.selection_get(selection="CLIPBOARD") Worked for me... Matthias