Selection Functions

To use the functions defined in this section, you should include the header file <X11/Xmu/StdSel.h> and link against the libXmu library.

Boolean XmuConvertStandardSelection(Widget w, Time time, Atom *selection, Atom *target, Atom *type, XPointer value, unsigned long *length, int *format);

Boolean XmuConvertStandardSelection(Widget w, Time time, Atom *selection, Atom *target, Atom *type, XPointer value, unsigned long *length, int *format);

w	specifies the widget which currently owns the selection
time	specifies the time at which the selection was established
selection	this argument is ignored
target	specifies the target type of the selection
type	returns the property type of the converted value
value	returns the converted value
length	returns the number of elements in the converted value
format	returns the size in bits of the elements

This function converts the following standard selections: CLASS, CLIENT_WINDOW, DECNET_ADDRESS, HOSTNAME, IP_ADDRESS, NAME, OWNER_OS, TARGETS, TIMESTAMP, and USER. It returns True if the conversion was successful, else it returns False.