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NAME
sel_config - selection rules for copy, cut, paste, drag and drop opera‐
tions

SYNOPSIS
/usr/dt/config/sel_config

/usr/share/gnome/sel_config

DESCRIPTION
The sel_config file specifies how a system that is configured with
Trusted Extensions behaves when a user transfers data between windows
that have different labels. Transfer operations include cut-and-paste,
copy-and-paste, and drag-and-drop. There are two types of entries in
this file: automatic confirmation and automatic reply.

Automatic Confirmation
This type of entry specifies whether a confirmation window, the selec‐
tion confirmer, displays. Each entry has the form:

relationship: confirmation

relationship identifies the result of comparing the selected data's
source and destination windows' labels. There are three allowed values:

upgradesl The source window's label is less than the destina‐
tion window's label.

downgradesl The source window's label is higher than the desti‐
nation window's label.

disjointsl The source and destination windows' labels are dis‐
joint. Neither label dominates the other.

confirmation specifies whether to perform automatic confirmation.
Allowed values are:

n Use manual confirmation, that is, display the selection confirmer
window. This is the default.

y Use automatic confirmation, that is, do not display the selection
confirmer window.

Automatic Cancellation
Some applications perform hidden paste operations to save data in the
clipboard. These paste operations can target destinations that the user
is not authorized to confirm. Therefore, the selection confirmer could
appear to the user for data that the user can only press Cancel to dis‐
miss. Automatic cancellation dismisses these intermediate selection
confirmers.

There must be one entry of this form:

autocancel: value

If value is y (for yes), then the intermediate selection confirmers do
not display to the user. If the value is n (for no), intermediate
selection confirmers appear, and the user must confirm each window for
the initial transaction to complete. The default is y.

Automatic Reply
A single user operation can involve several flows of information
between the source and destination windows. The automatic reply set of
entries provides a means to reduce the number of confirmations that are
required of the user.

There must be one entry of this form:

autoreply: value

If value is y (for yes), then the remaining entries of the set are used
as attributes for the selection data (rather than the actual contents)
to complete the operation without confirmation. If value is n (for no),
then the remaining entries are ignored.

Defaults can be specified for any type field that appears in the Con‐
firmer window. Below are some sample entries for defaults.

replytype: TARGETS
replytype: Pixel Sets
replytype: LENGTH
replytype: Type Of Monitor

The TARGETS entry, when used, returns the list of target atoms that are
supported by the source window. The Pixel Sets and Type Of Monitor
entries are used for animation during a drag-and-drop operation. The
LENGTH entry specifies the number of bytes in the selection.

ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Availability │system/trusted │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Interface Stability │Committed │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘