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XtCreateSelectionRequest(3Xt)
X11R6
NAME
  XtCreateSelectionRequest, XtSendSelectionRequest, XtCancelSelectionRequest
  - bundle multiple selection conversion requests into a single request using
  MULTIPLE target

SYNOPSIS
  void XtCreateSelectionRequest(requestor, selection)
	  Widget requestor;
	  Atom selection;

  void XtSendSelectionRequest(requestor, selection, time)
	  Widget requestor;
	  Atom selection;
	  Time time;

  void XtCancelSelectionRequest(requestor, selection)
	  Widget requestor;
	  Atom selection;

ARGUMENTS
  requestor
      Specifies the widget making the request. Must be of class Core or a
      subclass thereof.

  selection
      Specifies the particular selection desired.

  time
      Specifies the timestamp to be used in making the request.

DESCRIPTION
  When XtCreateSelectionRequest is called, subsequent calls to
  XtGetSelectionValue and XtGetSelectionValueIncremental with the requestor
  and selection as specified to XtCreateSelectionRequest will be bundled into
  a single selection conversion request with multiple targets. The request is
  actually initiated by calling XtSendSelectionRequest.

  When XtSendSelectionRequest is called with a value of requestor and
  selection matching a previous call to XtCreateSelectionRequest, a selection
  conversion request is actually sent to the selection owner. If a single
  target request is queued, that request is made. If multiple targets are
  queued they are bundled into a single request with the target MULTIPLE
  using the specified timestamp. As the conversions are made, the callbacks
  associated with each XtGetSelectionValue and XtGetSelectionValueIncremental
  are invoked in turn.

  Multi-threaded applications should lock the application context before
  calling XtCreateSelectionRequest and release the lock after calling
  XtSendSelectionRequest to ensure that the thread assembling the request is
  safe from interference by another thread assembling a different request
  naming the same widget and selection.

  When XtCancelSelectionRequest is called, any requests queued since the last
  call to XtCreateSelectionRequest are cleaned up. Subsequent calls to
  XtGetSelectionValue, XtGetSelectionValues, XtGetSelectionValueIncremental,
  and XtGetSelectionValuesIncremental will not be deferred.

SEE ALSO
  X Toolkit Intrinsics -- C Language Interface

  Xlib -- C Language X Interface

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