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diff --git a/doc/selection.n b/doc/selection.n index 30e2001..80e8031 100644 --- a/doc/selection.n +++ b/doc/selection.n @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. '\" -'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: selection.n,v 1.9 2007/10/26 20:13:23 dgp Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: selection.n,v 1.10 2007/10/29 16:04:14 dkf Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH selection n 8.1 Tk "Tk Built-In Commands" @@ -37,15 +37,19 @@ so that no window owns the selection anymore. \fISelection\fR specifies the X selection that should be cleared, and should be an atom name such as PRIMARY or CLIPBOARD; see the Inter-Client Communication Conventions Manual for complete details. -\fISelection\fR defaults to PRIMARY and \fIwindow\fR defaults to ``.''. +\fISelection\fR defaults to PRIMARY and \fIwindow\fR defaults to +.QW . . Returns an empty string. .TP \fBselection get\fR ?\fB\-displayof\fR \fIwindow\fR? ?\fB\-selection\fR \fIselection\fR? ?\fB\-type\fR \fItype\fR? Retrieves the value of \fIselection\fR from \fIwindow\fR's display and returns it as a result. \fISelection\fR defaults to PRIMARY and -\fIwindow\fR defaults to ``.''. +\fIwindow\fR defaults to +.QW . . \fIType\fR specifies the form in which the selection is to be returned -(the desired ``target'' for conversion, in ICCCM terminology), and +(the desired +.QW target +for conversion, in ICCCM terminology), and should be an atom name such as STRING or FILE_NAME; see the Inter-Client Communication Conventions Manual for complete details. \fIType\fR defaults to STRING. The selection owner may choose to @@ -88,7 +92,7 @@ returns a result shorter than \fImaxChars\fR. The value of \fImaxChars\fR will always be relatively large (thousands of characters). .PP If \fIcommand\fR returns an error then the selection retrieval is rejected -just as if the selection didn't exist at all. +just as if the selection did not exist at all. .PP The \fIformat\fR argument specifies the representation that should be used to transmit the selection to the requester (the second column of @@ -104,7 +108,7 @@ converted to a 32-bit integer; an array of integers is transmitted to the selection requester. .PP The \fIformat\fR argument is needed only for compatibility with -selection requesters that don't use Tk. If Tk is being +selection requesters that do not use Tk. If Tk is being used to retrieve the selection then the value is converted back to a string at the requesting end, so \fIformat\fR is irrelevant. @@ -117,7 +121,8 @@ The first form of \fBselection own\fR returns the path name of the window in this application that owns \fIselection\fR on the display containing \fIwindow\fR, or an empty string if no window in this application owns the selection. \fISelection\fR defaults to PRIMARY and -\fIwindow\fR defaults to ``.''. +\fIwindow\fR defaults to +.QW . . .PP The second form of \fBselection own\fR causes \fIwindow\fR to become the new owner of \fIselection\fR on \fIwindow\fR's display, returning |