XmTextGetSelection - Man Page

A Text function that retrieves the value of the primary selection

Synopsis

#include <Xm/Text​.h>
char * XmTextGetSelection(
Widget widget);

Description

XmTextGetSelection retrieves the value of the primary selection​. It returns a NULL pointer if no text is selected in the widget​. The application is responsible for freeing the storage associated with the string by calling XtFree​.

widget

Specifies the Text widget ID

For a complete definition of Text and its associated resources, see XmText(3)​.

Return

Returns a character pointer to the string that is associated with the primary selection​.