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From: diamant@hpfclp.SDE.HP.COM (John Diamant)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: client communication
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Date: 2 Apr 89 22:10:27 GMT
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> I have found references to cut and paste operations and selections?

Read about them in the Inter-Client Communication Conventions Manual as well
as the Xlib manual.

> Are these the (or only) options I have?
> Does anyone have any small sample code that demonstrates communication?

You can also send ClientMessages between clients and pass data which is too
large for the event in properties (store the property on a window whose id
is passed in the client message, and the send a client message telling the
other application to get the data off the window).


John Diamant
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