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XSetSelectionOwner()					  XSetSelectionOwner()

Name
  XSetSelectionOwner – set the owner of a selection.

Synopsis
  XSetSelectionOwner(display, selection, owner, time)
	Display *display;
	Atom selection;
	Window owner;
	Time time;

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

  selection Specifies the selection atom.  Predefined atoms  are  XA_PRI‐
	    MARY and XA_SECONDARY.

  owner	    Specifies  the desired owner of the specified selection atom.
	    This value is either a window ID or None.

  time	    Specifies the time when  the  selection  should  take  place.
	    Pass  either  a  timestamp, expressed in milliseconds, or the
	    constant CurrentTime.

Description
  XSetSelectionOwner() sets the owner and last-change time of a selection
  property.   This  should be called by an application that supports cut‐
  ting and pasting between windows (or at least cutting), when	the  user
  has  made  a	selection  of  any kind of text, graphics, or data.  This
  makes the information available so that other applications can  request
  the  data from the new selection owner using XConvertSelection(), which
  generates a SelectionRequest event specifying the desired type and for‐
  mat  of  the	data.	Then  the selection owner sends a SelectionNotify
  using XSendEvent(), which notes that the information is stored  in  the
  selection  property in the desired format or indicates that it couldn't
  do the conversion to the desired type.

  If owner is specified as None, then this client is giving up	ownership
  voluntarily.	 Otherwise,  the  new  owner  is the client executing the
  request.

  If the new selection owner is not the same client as the old owner, and
  the  new owner is a window, then the old owner is sent a SelectionClear
  event.  This indicates to the old owner that the  selection  should  be
  unhighlighted.

  If  the  selection  owner  window  is later destroyed, the owner of the
  selection automatically reverts to None.

  The value you pass to the time argument must be  no  earlier	than  the
  last-change time of the specified selection, and no later than the cur‐
  rent time, or the selection is not affected.	The new last-change  time
  recorded  is	the specified time, with CurrentTime replaced by the cur‐
  rent server time.  If the X server reverts a selection owner	to  None,
  the last-change time is not affected.

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

Errors
  BadAtom
  BadWindow

See Also
  XConvertSelection(), XGetSelectionOwner().

Xlib - Selections					  XSetSelectionOwner()

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