xcb_set_selection_owner - Sets the owner of a selection
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Description
Makes window the owner of the selection selection and updates the last-change time of the specified se‐
lection.
TODO: briefly explain what a selection is.
Errors
xcb_atom_error_tselection does not refer to a valid atom.
Name
xcb_set_selection_owner - Sets the owner of a selection
Request Arguments
conn The XCB connection to X11.
owner The new owner of the selection.
The special value XCB_NONE means that the selection will have no owner.
selection The selection.
time Timestamp to avoid race conditions when running X over the network.
The selection will not be changed if time is earlier than the current last-change time of the
selection or is later than the current X server time. Otherwise, the last-change time is set
to the specified time.
The special value XCB_CURRENT_TIME will be replaced with the current server time.
Return Value
Returns an xcb_void_cookie_t. Errors (if any) have to be handled in the event loop.
If you want to handle errors directly with xcb_request_check instead, use xcb_set_selection_own‐er_checked. See xcb-requests(3) for details.
See Also
xcb-requests(3), xcb_set_selection_owner(3)
Synopsis
#include<xcb/xproto.h>Requestfunction
xcb_void_cookie_t xcb_set_selection_owner(xcb_connection_t *conn, xcb_window_t owner,
xcb_atom_t selection, xcb_timestamp_t time);
