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 Tk_CreateSelHandler(3)              Tk               Tk_CreateSelHandler(3)

 Tk Library Procedures                                 Tk Library Procedures





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 NAME
      Tk_CreateSelHandler, Tk_DeleteSelHandler - arrange to handle  requests
      for the primary selection

 SYNOPSIS
      #include <tk.h>

      Tk_CreateSelHandler(tkwin, target, proc, clientData, format)

      Tk_DeleteSelHandler(tkwin, target)

 ARGUMENTS
      Tk_Window          tkwin        (in)      Window for which  proc  will
                                                provide            selection
                                                information.

      Atom               target       (in)       Form  in  which  proc   can
                                                provide  the selection (e.g.
                                                STRING    or     FILE_NAME).
                                                Corresponds      to     type
                                                arguments    in    selection
                                                commands.

      Tk_SelectionProc   *proc        (in)      Procedure to invoke whenever
                                                the  selection  is  owned by
                                                tkwin  and   the   selection
                                                contents  are  requested  in
                                                the format given by target.

      ClientData         clientData   (in)      Arbitrary one-word value  to
                                                pass to proc.

      Atom               format       (in)      If the  selection  requestor
                                                isn't   in   this   process,
                                                format    determines     the
                                                representation    used    to
                                                transmit  the  selection  to
                                                its requestor.
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 DESCRIPTION
      Tk_CreateSelHandler arranges for a particular procedure (proc)  to  be
      called  whenever  the  selection  is  owned by tkwin and the selection
      contents are requested in the form given by target.  Target should  be
      one  of  the  entries  defined  in the left column of Table 2 of the X
      Inter-Client Communication Conventions Manual  (ICCCM)  or  any  other



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      form in which an application is willing to present the selection.  The
      most common form is STRING.

      Proc  should  have  arguments  and  result   that   match   the   type
      Tk_SelectionProc:
           typedef int Tk_SelectionProc(
                ClientData clientData,
                int offset,
                char *buffer,
                int maxBytes);
      The clientData parameter to proc is a copy of the clientData  argument
      given  to Tk_CreateSelHandler.  Typically, clientData points to a data
      structure containing application-specific information that  is  needed
      to  retrieve  the selection.  Offset specifies an offset position into
      the  selection,  buffer  specifies  a  location  at  which   to   copy
      information  about the selection, and maxBytes specifies the amount of
      space available at buffer.  Proc should place a NULL-terminated string
      at  buffer  containing maxBytes or fewer characters (not including the
      terminating NULL), and it should return a count of the number of  non-
      NULL  characters  stored at buffer.  If the selection no longer exists
      (e.g. it once existed but the user deleted  the  range  of  characters
      containing it), then proc should return -1.

      When transferring large selections, Tk will break them up into smaller
      pieces  (typically  a  few  thousand  bytes  each)  for more efficient
      transmision.  It will do this by calling proc one or more times, using
      successively  higher  values of offset to retrieve successive portions
      of the selection.  If proc returns a count less than maxBytes it means
      that  the  entire  remainder  of  the selection has been returned.  If
      proc's return value is maxBytes  it  means  there  may  be  additional
      information  in the selection, so Tk must make another call to proc to
      retrieve the next portion.

      Proc always returns selection information in the form of  a  character
      string.   However,  the ICCCM allows for information to be transmitted
      from the selection owner to the selection requestor in any of  several
      formats,  such  as  a string, an array of atoms, an array of integers,
      etc.  The format argument to Tk_CreateSelHandler indicates what format
      should  be  used  to  transmit the selection to its requestor (see the
      middle column of Table 2 of the ICCCM for examples).  If format is not
      STRING,  then  Tk  will take the value returned by proc and divided it
      into fields separated by white space.  If format is ATOM, then Tk will
      return  the  selection as an array of atoms, with each field in proc's
      result treated as the name of  one  atom.   For  any  other  value  of
      format,  Tk  will  return  the  selection as an array of 32-bit values
      where each  field  of  proc's  result  is  treated  as  a  number  and
      translated  to  a  32-bit  value.   In  any  event, the format atom is
      returned to the selection requestor along with  the  contents  of  the
      selection.



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      If Tk_CreateSelHandler is called when there already exists  a  handler
      for  target on tkwin, then the existing handler is replaced with a new
      one.

      Tk_DeleteSelHandler removes the handler given by tkwin and target,  if  |
      such  a  handler  exists.   If there is no such handler then it has no  |
      effect.                                                                 |


 KEYWORDS
      format, handler, selection, target









































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