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XtGetSelectionValue

NAME

XtGetSelectionValue, XtGetSelectionValues - obtain selection values

SYNTAX

void XtGetSelectionValue(Widget w, Atom selection, Atom target, XtSelectionCallbackProc callback, XtPointer client_data, Time time);
void XtGetSelectionValues(Widget w, Atom selection, Atom *targets, int count, XtSelectionCallbackProc callback, XtPointer client_data, Time time);

ARGUMENTS

callback Specifies the callback procedure.
client_data Specifies the argument that is to be passed to the specified procedure when .
client_data Specifies the client data (one for each target type) that is passed to the callback procedure when it is called for that target.
count Specifies the length of the targets and client_data lists.
selection Specifies the particular selection desired (that is, primary or secondary).
target Specifies the type of the information that is needed about the selection.
targets Specifies the types of information that is needed about the selection.
time Specifies the timestamp that indicates when the selection .
w Specifies the widget .

DESCRIPTION

The function requests the value of the selection that has been converted to the target type. The specified callback will be called some time after is called; in fact, it may be called before or after returns.
The function is similar to except that it takes a list of target types and a list of client data and obtains the current value of the selection converted to each of the targets. The effect is as if each target were specified in a separate call to The callback is called once with the corresponding client data for each target. does guarantee that all the conversions will use the same selection value because the ownership of the selection cannot change in the middle of the list, as would be when calling repeatedly.

SEE ALSO

XtAppGetSelectionTimeout(3Xt), XtOwnSelection(3Xt)