Man page - xcb_set_selection_owner(3)

Packages contains this manual

Package: libxcb-doc
apt-get install libxcb-doc

Manuals in package:

Documentations in package:

Manual

xcb_set_selection_owner

NAME
SYNOPSIS
Request function
REQUEST ARGUMENTS
DESCRIPTION
RETURN VALUE
ERRORS
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR

NAME

xcb_set_selection_owner - Sets the owner of a selection

SYNOPSIS

#include <xcb/xproto.h>

Request function

xcb_void_cookie_t xcb_set_selection_owner (xcb_connection_t * conn , xcb_window_t owner , xcb_atom_t selection , xcb_timestamp_t time );

REQUEST ARGUMENTS


	conn		The XCB connection to X11.
	owner		The new owner of the selection.

The special value XCB_NONE means that the selection will have no owner.

	selection		The selection.
	time		Timestamp to avoid race conditions when running X over the network.

The selection will not be changed if time is earlier than the current last-change time of the selection or is later than the current X server time. Otherwise, the last-change time is set to the specified time.

The special value XCB_CURRENT_TIME will be replaced with the current server time.

DESCRIPTION

Makes window the owner of the selection selection and updates the last-change time of the specified selection.

TODO: briefly explain what a selection is.

RETURN VALUE

Returns an xcb_void_cookie_t . Errors (if any) have to be handled in the event loop.

If you want to handle errors directly with xcb_request_check instead, use xcb_set_selection_owner_checked . See xcb-requests(3) for details.

ERRORS

xcb_atom_error_t

selection does not refer to a valid atom.

AUTHOR

Generated from xproto.xml. Contact xcb@lists.freedesktop.org for corrections and improvements.