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 XmuConvertStandardSelection(Xmu)                   X Version 11 (Release 5)
                                                              6 January 1993


 Name

    XmuConvertStandardSelection - convert standard selection

 Syntax


    cc  . . .  -lXmu


    #include <X11/Xmu/StdSel.h>

    Boolean XmuConvertStandardSelection (w, time, selection, target, type, value,
                                         length, format)
          Widget w;
          Time time;
          Atom *selection, *target, *type;
          caddr_t *value;
          unsigned long *length;
          int *format;


 Arguments


    w          Specifies the widget that currently owns the selection.

    time       Specifies the time at which the selection was established.

    selection  Argument ignored.

    target     Specifies the target type of the selection.

    type       Returns the property type of the converted value.

    value      Returns the converted value.

    length     Returns the number of elements in the converted value.

    format     Returns the size in bits of the elements.


 Description

    The XmuConvertStandardSelection function converts the following standard
    selections:  CLASS, CLIENTWINDOW, DECNETADDRESS, HOSTNAME, IPADDRESS,
    NAME, OWNEROS, TARGETS, TIMESTAMP, and USER.

    XmuConvertStandardSelection returns True if the conversion was success-
    ful, otherwise it returns False.

 See also

    Xlib - C Language X Interface


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