Re: XFIXES extension proposal

Juliusz Chroboczek <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.xfree86.expert
Message-ID <[email protected]>
KP> Applications like the KDE 'klipper' monitor selection contents to save 
KP> them and also perform actions based on them.  Right now, this happens by 
KP> having these clients contantly polling the selection.

Why can't klipper take the ownership of the selection, as xclipboard
does ?

(I'm not arguing against this extension, as I think that making
client-visible state changes observable is a Good Thing.  Just idle
curiosity.)

                                        Juliusz
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