XtGetSelectionValue(3) XT FUNCTIONS XtGetSelectionValue(3)

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 that is to be called when
the selection value has been obtained.

client_data
Specifies the argument that is to be passed to the
specified procedure when it is called.

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
value is desired.

w Specifies the widget that is making the request.

DESCRIPTION

The XtGetSelectionValue function requests the value of the selection
that has been converted to the target type. The specified callback
will be called some time after XtGetSelectionValue is called; in
fact, it may be called before or after XtGetSelectionValue returns.

The XtGetSelectionValues function is similar to XtGetSelectionValue
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 XtGetSelectionValue. The callback is called once
with the corresponding client data for each target.
XtGetSelectionValues 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
XtGetSelectionValue repeatedly.

SEE ALSO

XtAppGetSelectionTimeout(3), XtOwnSelection(3)
X Toolkit Intrinsics - C Language Interface
Xlib - C Language X Interface

X Version 11 libXt 1.1.5 XtGetSelectionValue(3)