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<H2><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM SRC="./Img/ManPageBlue.gif"> selection</H2>
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<I>Manipulate the X selection</I><P><IMG ALIGN=TOP SRC="./Img/line-red.gif">
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<H3><A NAME="M2">SYNOPSIS</A></H3>
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(<B>selection </B><I>option</I> ?<I>arg arg ...</I>?)<BR>
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<H3><A NAME="M3">DESCRIPTION</A></H3>
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This procedure provides a STk interface to the X selection mechanism and
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implements the full selection functionality described in the
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X Inter-Client Communication Conventions Manual (ICCCM).
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The first argument to <B>selection</B> determines the format of the
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rest of the arguments and the behavior of the procedure. The following
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forms are currently supported:
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<DT><A NAME="M4">(<B>selection 'clear</B> ?<B>:displayof</B> <I>window</I>? ?<B>:selection</B> <I>selection</I>?)</A><DD>
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If <I>selection</I> exists anywhere on <I>window</I>'s display, clear it
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so that no window owns the selection anymore. <I>Selection</I>
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specifies the X selection that should be cleared, and should be an
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atom name such as PRIMARY or CLIPBOARD; see the Inter-Client
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Communication Conventions Manual for complete details.
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<I>Selection</I> defaults to PRIMARY and <I>window</I> defaults to ``.''.
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Returns an empty list.
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<DT><A NAME="M5">(<B>selection 'get</B> ?<B>:displayof</B> <I>window</I>? ?<B>:selection</B> <I>selection</I>? ?<B>:type</B> <I>type</I>?)</A><DD>
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Retrieves the value of <I>selection</I> from <I>window</I>'s display and
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returns it as a result. <I>Selection</I> defaults to PRIMARY and
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<I>window</I> defaults to ``*root*''.
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<I>Type</I> specifies the form in which the selection is to be returned
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(the desired ``target'' for conversion, in ICCCM terminology), and
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should be an atom name such as STRING or FILE_NAME; see the
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Inter-Client Communication Conventions Manual for complete details.
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<I>Type</I> defaults to STRING. The selection owner may choose to
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return the selection in any of several different representation
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formats, such as STRING, ATOM, INTEGER, etc. (this format is different
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than the selection type; see the ICCCM for all the confusing details).
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If the selection is returned in a non-string format, such as INTEGER
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or ATOM, the <B>selection</B> procedure converts it to string format as a
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collection of fields separated by spaces: atoms are converted to their
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textual names, and anything else is converted to hexadecimal integers.
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</DL>
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<DT><A NAME="M6">(<B>selection 'handle</B> ?<B>:selection</B> <I>selection</I>? ?<B>:type</B> <I>type</I>? ?<B>:format</B> <I>format</I>? <I>window procedure</I>)</A><DD>
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Creates a handler for selection requests, such that <I>procedure</I> will
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be executed whenever <I>selection</I> is owned by <I>window</I> and
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someone attempts to retrieve it in the form given by <I>type</I>
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(e.g. <I>type</I> is specified in the <B>selection get</B> procedure).
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<I>Selection</I> defaults to PRIMARY, <I>type</I> defaults to STRING, and
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<I>format</I> defaults to STRING. If <I>procedure</I> is an empty string
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then any existing handler for <I>window</I>, <I>type</I>, and
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<I>selection</I> is removed.
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<UL>
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When <I>selection</I> is requested, <I>window</I> is the selection owner,
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and <I>type</I> is the requested type, <I>procedure</I> will be applied
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as a STk procedure with a list of two numbers.
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The two additional numbers
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are <I>offset</I> and <I>maxBytes</I>: <I>offset</I> specifies a starting
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character position in the selection and <I>maxBytes</I> gives the maximum
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number of bytes to retrieve. The procedure should return a value consisting
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of at most <I>maxBytes</I> of the selection, starting at position
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<I>offset</I>. For very large selections (larger than <I>maxBytes</I>)
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the selection will be retrieved using several invocations of <I>procedure</I>
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with increasing <I>offset</I> values. If <I>procedure</I> returns a string
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whose length is less than <I>maxBytes</I>, the return value is assumed to
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include all of the remainder of the selection; if the length of
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<I>procedure</I>'s result is equal to <I>maxBytes</I> then
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<I>procedure</I> will be invoked again, until it eventually
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returns a result shorter than <I>maxBytes</I>. The value of <I>maxBytes</I>
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will always be relatively large (thousands of bytes).
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If <I>procedure</I> returns an error then the selection retrieval is rejected
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just as if the selection didn't exist at all.
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The <I>format</I> argument specifies the representation that should be
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used to transmit the selection to the requester (the second column of
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Table 2 of the ICCCM), and defaults to STRING. If <I>format</I> is
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STRING, the selection is transmitted as 8-bit ASCII characters (i.e.
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just in the form returned by <I>procedure</I>). If <I>format</I> is
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ATOM, then the return value from <I>procedure</I> is divided into fields
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separated by white space; each field is converted to its atom value,
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and the 32-bit atom value is transmitted instead of the atom name.
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For any other <I>format</I>, the return value from <I>procedure</I> is
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divided into fields separated by white space and each field is
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converted to a 32-bit integer; an array of integers is transmitted
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to the selection requester.
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The <I>format</I> argument is needed only for compatibility with
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selection requesters that don't use Tk. If Tk is being
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used to retrieve the selection then the value is converted back to
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a string at the requesting end, so <I>format</I> is
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irrelevant.
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</UL>
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</DL>
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<DT><A NAME="M7">(<B>selection 'own</B> ?<B>:displayof</B> <I>window</I>? ?<B>:selection</B> <I>selection</I>?)</A><DD>
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<DT><A NAME="M8">(<B>selection 'own</B> ?<B>:procedure</B> <I>procedure</I>? ?<B>:selection</B> <I>selection</I>? <I>window</I>)</A><DD>
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The first form of <B>selection own</B> returns the path name of the
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window in this application that owns <I>selection</I> on the display
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containing <I>window</I>, or <B>#f</B> if no window in this
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application owns the selection. <I>Selection</I> defaults to "PRIMARY" and
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<I>window</I> defaults to ``*root*''.
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<BR>
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The second form of <B>selection own</B> causes <I>window</I> to become
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the new owner of <I>selection</I> on <I>window</I>'s display, returning
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an empty list as result. The existing owner, if any, is notified
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that it has lost the selection.
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If <I>procedure</I> is specified, it is a STk script to execute when
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some other window claims ownership of the selection away from
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<I>window</I>. <I>Selection</I> defaults to "PRIMARY".
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