XtGetSelectionValue(3Xt)    X Version 11(Release 3)    XtGetSelectionValue(3Xt)


NAME
      XtGetSelectionValue, XtGetSelectionValues - obtain selection values

SYNTAX
      void XtGetSelectionValue(w, selection, target, callback, client_data,
      time)
            Widget w;
            Atom selection;
            Atom target;
            XtSelectionCallbackProc callback;
            XtPointer client_data;
            Time time;

      void XtGetSelectionValues(w, selection, targets, count, callback,
      client_data, time)
            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.





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XtGetSelectionValue(3Xt)    X Version 11(Release 3)    XtGetSelectionValue(3Xt)


      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
      becaues the ownership of the selection cannot change in the middle of the
      list, as would be when calling XtGetSelectionValue repeatedly.

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
































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