XmTextCopy

Motif 2.1 Programmer's Reference

XmTextCopy

A Text function that copies the primary selection to the clipboard

Format

#include <Xm/Text.h>
Boolean XmTextCopy
Widget
widgetTime time

DESCRIPTION

XmTextCopy copies the primary selected text to the clipboard.

This routine calls the XmNconvertCallback procedures, possibly multiple times, with the selection member of the XmConvertCallbackStruct set to CLIPBOARD and with the parm member set to XmCOPY.

widget

Specifies the Text widget ID.

time

Specifies the server time at which the selection value is to be modified. This should be the time of the event which triggered this request. One source of a valid time stamp is the function XtLastTimestampProcessed() .

For a complete definition of Text and its associated resources, see XmText (3).

RETURN

This function returns False if the primary selection is NULL, if the widget does not own the primary selection, if the function is unable to gain ownership of the clipboard selection, or if no data is placed on the clipboard. Otherwise, it returns True.

RELATED

XmText (3).