How to use the qtconsole.qt.QtGui.QApplication.clipboard function in qtconsole

def _copy_image(self, name):
        """ Copies the ImageResource with 'name' to the clipboard.
        """
        image = self._get_image(name)
        QtGui.QApplication.clipboard().setImage(image)

def copy_anchor(self, anchor):
        """ Copy anchor text to the clipboard
        """
        QtGui.QApplication.clipboard().setText(anchor)

Parameters
        ----------
        mode : QClipboard::Mode, optional [default QClipboard::Clipboard]

            Controls which part of the system clipboard is used. This can be
            used to access the selection clipboard in X11 and the Find buffer
            in Mac OS. By default, the regular clipboard is used.
        """
        if self._control.textInteractionFlags() & QtCore.Qt.TextEditable:
            # Make sure the paste is safe.
            self._keep_cursor_in_buffer()
            cursor = self._control.textCursor()

            # Remove any trailing newline, which confuses the GUI and forces the
            # user to backspace.
            text = QtGui.QApplication.clipboard().text(mode).rstrip()
            self._insert_plain_text_into_buffer(cursor, dedent(text))

def can_paste(self):
        """ Returns whether text can be pasted from the clipboard.
        """
        if self._control.textInteractionFlags() & QtCore.Qt.TextEditable:
            return bool(QtGui.QApplication.clipboard().text())
        return False