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XSetSelectionOwner(3)		 XLIB FUNCTIONS 	   XSetSelectionOwner(3)

NAME
     XSetSelectionOwner, XGetSelectionOwner, XConvertSelection - manipulate win-
     dow selection

SYNTAX
     int XSetSelectionOwner(Display *display, Atom selection, Window owner, Time
	    time);

     Window XGetSelectionOwner(Display *display, Atom selection);

     int  XConvertSelection(Display  *display, Atom selection, Atom target, Atom
	    property, Window requestor, Time time);

ARGUMENTS
     display   Specifies the connection to the X server.

     owner     Specifies the owner of the specified  selection	atom.	You  can
	       pass a window or None.

     property  Specifies the property name.  You also can pass None.

     requestor Specifies the requestor.

     selection Specifies the selection atom.

     target    Specifies the target atom.

     time      Specifies  the time.  You can pass either a timestamp or Current-
	       Time.

DESCRIPTION
     The XSetSelectionOwner function changes the owner and last-change time  for
     the  specified selection and has no effect if the specified time is earlier
     than the current last-change time of the specified selection  or  is  later
     than  the current X server time.  Otherwise, the last-change time is set to
     the specified time, with CurrentTime replaced by the current  server  time.
     If  the  owner window is specified as None, then the owner of the selection
     becomes None (that is, no owner).	Otherwise, the owner  of  the  selection
     becomes the client executing the request.

     If  the new owner (whether a client or None) is not the same as the current
     owner of the selection and the current owner is not None, the current owner
     is sent a SelectionClear event.  If the client that is the owner of  a  se-
     lection  is  later terminated (that is, its connection is closed) or if the
     owner window it has specified in the request is later destroyed, the  owner
     of the selection automatically reverts to None, but the last-change time is
     not affected.  The selection atom is uninterpreted by the X server.  XGetS-
     electionOwner  returns  the owner window, which is reported in SelectionRe-
     quest and SelectionClear events.  Selections are global to the X server.

     XSetSelectionOwner can generate BadAtom and BadWindow errors.

     The XGetSelectionOwner function returns the window ID associated  with  the
     window  that  currently  owns the specified selection.  If no selection was
     specified, the function returns the constant None.  If  None  is  returned,
     there is no owner for the selection.

     XGetSelectionOwner can generate a BadAtom error.

     XConvertSelection requests that the specified selection be converted to the
     specified target type:

     *	  If  the  specified selection has an owner, the X server sends a Selec-
	  tionRequest event to that owner.

     *	  If no owner for the specified selection exists, the X server generates
	  a SelectionNotify event to the requestor with property None.

     The arguments are passed on unchanged in either of the events.   There  are
     two predefined selection atoms: PRIMARY and SECONDARY.

     XConvertSelection can generate BadAtom and BadWindow errors.

DIAGNOSTICS
     BadAtom   A value for an Atom argument does not name a defined Atom.

     BadWindow
	       A value for a Window argument does not name a defined Window.

SEE ALSO
     Xlib - C Language X Interface

X Version 11			  libX11 1.8.13 	   XSetSelectionOwner(3)

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