Selections Functions for transfering data via the X selection mechanism The X selection mechanism provides a way to transfer arbitrary chunks of data between programs. A selection is a essentially a named clipboard, identified by a string interned as a #GdkAtom. By claiming ownership of a selection, an application indicates that it will be responsible for supplying its contents. The most common selections are PRIMARY and CLIPBOARD. The contents of a selection can be represented in a number of formats, called targets. Each target is identified by an atom. A list of all possible targets supported by the selection owner can be retrieved by requesting the special target TARGETS. When a selection is retrieved, the data is accompanied by a type (an atom), and a format (an integer, representing the number of bits per item). See Properties and Atoms for more information. The functions in this section only contain the lowlevel parts of the selection protocol. A considerably more complicated implementation is needed on top of this. GTK+ contains such an implementation in the functions in gtkselection.h and programmers should use those functions instead of the ones presented here. If you plan to implement selection handling directly on top of the functions here, you should refer to the X Inter-client Communication Conventions Manual (ICCCM). The #GdkSelection enumeration contains predefined atom values for several common selections. The #GdkSelectionType enumeration contains predefined atom values used to represent the types of data transferred in response to a request for a target. See the ICCCM for details about what data should be transferred for each of these types. Other atoms can be used, and the recommended practice for GTK+ is to to use mime types for this purpose. However, supporting these types may be useful for compatibility with older programs. The #GdkTarget enumeration contains predefined atom values which are used to describe possible targets for a selection. Other atoms can be used, and the recommended practice for GTK+ is to to use mime types for this purpose. However, supporting these types may be useful for compatibility with older programs. A #GdkAtom representing the PRIMARY selection. A #GdkAtom representing the SECONDARY selection. A #GdkAtom representing the CLIPBOARD selection. A #GdkAtom representing the BITMAP selection target. A #GdkAtom representing the COLORMAP selection target. A #GdkAtom representing the DRAWABLE selection target. A #GdkAtom representing the PIXMAP selection target. A #GdkAtom representing the STRING selection target. A #GdkAtom representing the ATOM selection type. A #GdkAtom representing the BITMAP selection type. A #GdkAtom representing the COLORMAP selection type. A #GdkAtom representing the DRAWABLE selection type. A #GdkAtom representing the INTEGER selection type. A #GdkAtom representing the PIXMAP selection type. A #GdkAtom representing the WINDOW selection type. A #GdkAtom representing the STRING selection type. Sets the owner of the given selection. @owner: a #GdkWindow or %NULL to indicate that the the owner for the given should be unset. @selection: an atom identifying a selection. @time_: timestamp to use when setting the selection. If this is older than the timestamp given last time the owner was set for the given selection, the request will be ignored. @send_event: if %TRUE, and the new owner is different from the current owner, the current owner will be sent a SelectionClear event. @Returns: %TRUE if the selection owner was successfully changed to @owner, otherwise %FALSE. @display: @owner: @selection: @time_: @send_event: @Returns: Determines the owner of the given selection. @selection: an atom indentifying a selection. @Returns: if there is a selection owner for this window, and it is a window known to the current process, the #GdkWindow that owns the selection, otherwise %NULL. Note that the return value may be owned by a different process if a foreign window was previously created for that window, but a new foreign window will never be created by this call. @display: @selection: @Returns: Retrieves the contents of a selection in a given form. @requestor: a #GdkWindow. @selection: an atom identifying the selection to get the contents of. @target: the form in which to retrieve the selection. @time_: the timestamp to use when retrieving the selection. The selection owner may refuse the request if it did not own the selection at the time indicated by the timestamp. @requestor: @data: @prop_type: @prop_format: @Returns: Sends a response to SelectionRequest event. @requestor: window to which to deliver response. @selection: selection that was requested. @target: target that was selected. @property: property in which the selection owner stored the data, or %GDK_NONE to indicate that the request was rejected. @time_: timestamp. @display: @requestor: @selection: @target: @property: @time_: