xcb_set_selection_owner(3)

1xcb_set_selection_owner(3)       XCB Requests       xcb_set_selection_owner(3)
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NAME

6       xcb_set_selection_owner - Sets the owner of a selection
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <xcb/xproto.h>
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11   Request function
12       xcb_void_cookie_t xcb_set_selection_owner(xcb_connection_t *conn,
13              xcb_window_t owner, xcb_atom_t selection, xcb_timestamp_t time);
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REQUEST ARGUMENTS

16       conn      The XCB connection to X11.
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18       owner     The new owner of the selection.
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20                 The special value XCB_NONE means that the selection will have
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23       selection The selection.
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25       time      Timestamp to avoid race conditions when running X over the
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28                 The selection will not be changed if time is earlier than the
29                 current last-change time of the selection or is later than
30                 the current X server time.  Otherwise, the last-change time
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33                 The special value XCB_CURRENT_TIME will be replaced with the
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DESCRIPTION

37       Makes window the owner of the selection selection and updates the last-
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40       TODO: briefly explain what a selection is.
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RETURN VALUE

43       Returns an xcb_void_cookie_t. Errors (if any) have to be handled in the
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46       If you want to handle errors directly with xcb_request_check instead,
47       use xcb_set_selection_owner_checked. See xcb-requests(3) for details.
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ERRORS

50       xcb_atom_error_t
51                 selection does not refer to a valid atom.
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AUTHOR

57       Generated from xproto.xml. Contact xcb@lists.freedesktop.org for cor‐
58       rections and improvements.
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