NAME

       Tk_CreateSelHandler, Tk_DeleteSelHandler - arrange to han­
       dle requests for a selection


SYNOPSIS

       #include <tk.h>

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

       Tk_DeleteSelHandler(tkwin, selection, target)


ARGUMENTS

       Tk_Window          tkwin        (in)      Window for which
                                                 proc  will  pro­
                                                 vide   selection
                                                 information.

       Atom               selection    (in)      The  name of the
                                                 selection    for
                                                 which  proc will
                                                 provide   selec­
                                                 tion    informa­
                                                 tion.

       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  selec­
                                                 tion    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

                                                 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 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  Communi­
       cation  Conventions  Manual  (ICCCM)  or any other 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  client­
       Data  argument  given  to Tk_CreateSelHandler.  Typically,
       clientData points to a data structure containing  applica­
       tion-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 terminat­
       ing 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 transmission.  It will do this by call­
       ing proc one or more times, using successively higher val­
       ues 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

       tion 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 for­
       mat 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 sep­
       arated 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.

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

       Tk_DeleteSelHandler  removes  the  handler given by tkwin,
       selection, 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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