xcb_get_selection_owner_reply(3)

1xcb_get_selection_owner(3)       XCB Requests       xcb_get_selection_owner(3)
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NAME

6       xcb_get_selection_owner - Gets the owner of a selection
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <xcb/xproto.h>
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11   Request function
12       xcb_get_selection_owner_cookie_t
13              xcb_get_selection_owner(xcb_connection_t *conn,
14              xcb_atom_t selection);
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16   Reply datastructure
17       typedef struct xcb_get_selection_owner_reply_t {
18           uint8_t      response_type;
19           uint8_t      pad0;
20           uint16_t     sequence;
21           uint32_t     length;
22           xcb_window_t owner;
23       } xcb_get_selection_owner_reply_t;
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25   Reply function
26       xcb_get_selection_owner_reply_t
27              *xcb_get_selection_owner_reply(xcb_connection_t *conn,
28              xcb_get_selection_owner_cookie_t cookie,
29              xcb_generic_error_t **e);
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REQUEST ARGUMENTS

32       conn      The XCB connection to X11.
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34       selection The selection.
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REPLY FIELDS

37       response_type
38                 The type of this reply, in this case XCB_GET_SELECTION_OWNER.
39                 This field is also present in the xcb_generic_reply_t and can
40                 be used to tell replies apart from each other.
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42       sequence  The sequence number of the last request processed by the X11
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45       length    The length of the reply, in words (a word is 4 bytes).
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47       owner     The current selection owner window.
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DESCRIPTION

50       Gets the owner of the specified selection.
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52       TODO: briefly explain what a selection is.
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RETURN VALUE

55       Returns an xcb_get_selection_owner_cookie_t. Errors have to be handled
56       when calling the reply function xcb_get_selection_owner_reply.
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58       If you want to handle errors in the event loop instead, use xcb_get_se‐
59       lection_owner_unchecked. See xcb-requests(3) for details.
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ERRORS

62       xcb_atom_error_t
63                 selection does not refer to a valid atom.
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AUTHOR

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