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XGetSelectionOwner()					  XGetSelectionOwner()

Name
  XGetSelectionOwner – return the owner of a selection.

Synopsis
  Window XGetSelectionOwner(display, selection)
	Display *display;
	Atom selection;

Arguments
  display   Specifies	a  connection  to  an  X  server;  returned  from
	    XOpenDisplay().

  selection Specifies the selection atom whose owner you want returned.

Returns
  The window associated with the selection owner.

Description
  XGetSelectionOwner() returns the window ID of the current owner of  the
  specified  selection.	  If  no  selection was specified, or there is no
  owner, the function returns the constant None.

  For more information on selections, see Volume One, Chapter 12,  Inter‐
  client Communication.

Errors
  BadAtom

See Also
  XConvertSelection(), XSetSelectionOwner().

Xlib - Selections					  XGetSelectionOwner()

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