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Copyright (c) 2021 Emil Lerch
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// gcc -o xclipget xclipget.c -lX11
#include <stdio.h>
#include <limits.h>
#include <X11/Xlib.h>
Bool PrintSelection(Display *display, Window window, const char *bufname, const char *fmtname)
{
char *result;
unsigned long ressize, restail;
int resbits;
Atom bufid = XInternAtom(display, bufname, False),
fmtid = XInternAtom(display, fmtname, False),
propid = XInternAtom(display, "XSEL_DATA", False),
incrid = XInternAtom(display, "INCR", False);
XEvent event;
XConvertSelection(display, bufid, fmtid, propid, window, CurrentTime);
do {
XNextEvent(display, &event);
} while (event.type != SelectionNotify || event.xselection.selection != bufid);
if (event.xselection.property)
{
XGetWindowProperty(display, window, propid, 0, LONG_MAX/4, False, AnyPropertyType,
&fmtid, &resbits, &ressize, &restail, (unsigned char**)&result);
if (fmtid == incrid)
printf("Buffer is too large and INCR reading is not implemented yet.\n");
else
printf("%.*s", (int)ressize, result);
XFree(result);
return True;
}
else // request failed, e.g. owner can't convert to the target format
return False;
}
int main()
{
Display *display = XOpenDisplay(NULL);
unsigned long color = BlackPixel(display, DefaultScreen(display));
Window window = XCreateSimpleWindow(display, DefaultRootWindow(display), 0,0, 1,1, 0, color, color);
Bool result = PrintSelection(display, window, "CLIPBOARD", "UTF8_STRING") ||
PrintSelection(display, window, "CLIPBOARD", "STRING");
XDestroyWindow(display, window);
XCloseDisplay(display);
return !result;
}