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From: hoenig@plato.informatik.uni-kl.de (Helmut Hoenig - Hiwi)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: problem with selections in xterm-windows
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Date: 7 Mar 90 15:46:56 GMT
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How can I use the selections of xterm in my own program ?

I first thought I can do that by using the CUT_BUFFER0, since
the selected string of xterm is available there. But I can only
read the string. When I store my own string in that buffer,
xterm seems to change its storing method in the next selection.
Afterwards, the selection of xterm is still stored in the cut-buffer,
but somewhere else too, since I can change the cut-buffer without affect
to the selection.

Where is the selected string stored ?
What is the easiest way to find and change it ?

-- Helmut Hoenig
   hoenig@informatik.uni-kl.de