At 18:03 02.05.01 +0200, Philip Van Hoof wrote: >On 2001.05.02 16:30:24 +0200 Sven Neumann wrote: > >> > I am trying to get the copied selection in thegimp > [...] > >> There's no way for you to get the contents of gimps >> internal buffer thru X since it is not broadcasted. > >I am not a plugin developper, but would it be possible >to write a plugin or- a module for thegimp that passes >or sets the data of the internal gimp-buffer available >to other applications ? There is a win32 version of your plug-in available in gimp cvs (plug-ins/common/winclipboard.c). The Gimp plug-in part isn't really complex but I never managed to create floating selections with the pdb interface. Fell free to rip of the win32 specific stuff for creating xclipboard.c >Or should I not even think about trying to write something >like that? Or is it way to difficult anyway.. ? Or maybe >other suggestions ? > If you ever developed in C and know how to use X Clipboard API - if there is one - it should be rather straightforward. Have Fun, Hans -------- Hans "at" Breuer "dot" Org ----------- Tell me what you need, and I'll tell you how to get along without it. -- Dilbert
