ok thank you that helps a lot ! > Clemens Zeidler wrote: > > > Hi, > > could anybody tell me how this work? I mean how does the x-server > > know which text is selected? Must every > > application sent a message to the xserver that something is > > selected? > > Or sent the xserver a copy command to the active application when a > > mouse button is released? > > > The burden is entirely on the application to decide what gets > selected > and when it gets updated. Yes, the app has to send a message to the > server with the selection. The clipboard process is more complicated > in > X than it is in Windows. > > If you want to read about it, chapter 10.3 of volume I of the old > O'Reilly books on Xlib describe the process. You can read about > XSetSelectionOwner and XConvertSelection, and the SelectionNotify > event. > > -- > Tim Roberts, timr@xxxxxxxxx > Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc. > > _______________________________________________ > > Devel@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel > _______________________________________________ Devel@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel
