xcb_get_selection_owner(3)       XCB Requests       xcb_get_selection_owner(3)

NAME
       xcb_get_selection_owner - Gets the owner of a selection

SYNOPSIS
       #include <xcb/xproto.h>

   Request function
       xcb_get_selection_owner_cookie_t
              xcb_get_selection_owner(xcb_connection_t *conn,
              xcb_atom_t selection);

   Reply datastructure

       typedef struct xcb_get_selection_owner_reply_t {
           uint8_t      response_type;
           uint8_t      pad0;
           uint16_t     sequence;
           uint32_t     length;
           xcb_window_t owner;
       } xcb_get_selection_owner_reply_t;

   Reply function
       xcb_get_selection_owner_reply_t
              *xcb_get_selection_owner_reply(xcb_connection_t *conn,
              xcb_get_selection_owner_cookie_t cookie,
              xcb_generic_error_t **e);

REQUEST ARGUMENTS
       conn      The XCB connection to X11.

       selection The selection.

REPLY FIELDS
       response_type
                 The type of this reply, in this case XCB_GET_SELECTION_OWNER.
                 This field is also present in the xcb_generic_reply_t and can
                 be used to tell replies apart from each other.

       sequence  The sequence number of the last request processed by the X11
                 server.

       length    The length of the reply, in words (a word is 4 bytes).

       owner     The current selection owner window.

DESCRIPTION
       Gets the owner of the specified selection.

       TODO: briefly explain what a selection is.

RETURN VALUE
       Returns an xcb_get_selection_owner_cookie_t. Errors have to be handled
       when calling the reply function xcb_get_selection_owner_reply.

       If you want to handle errors in the event loop instead, use
       xcb_get_selection_owner_unchecked. See xcb-requests(3) for details.

ERRORS
       xcb_atom_error_t
                 selection does not refer to a valid atom.

SEE ALSO
       xcb-requests(3), xcb_set_selection_owner(3)

AUTHOR
       Generated from xproto.xml. Contact xcb@lists.freedesktop.org for
       corrections and improvements.

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