#!/usr/bin/perl -w
# Copyright 2013, 2014 Kevin Ryde
# This file is part of X11-Protocol-Other.
#
# X11-Protocol-Other is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
# by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option) any
# later version.
#
# X11-Protocol-Other is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General
# Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
# with X11-Protocol-Other. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
use 5.004;
use strict;
use X11::Protocol;
use X11::Protocol::WM;
# uncomment this to run the ### lines
use Smart::Comments;
# (x-get-selection 'PRIMARY 'STRING)
# (insert (x-get-selection 'PRIMARY 'UTF8_STRING))
# (x-get-selection 'PRIMARY 'COMPOUND_TEXT)
# (x-get-selection 'PRIMARY 'TEXT)
{
my $X = X11::Protocol->new;
my %h;
$X->{'event_handler'} = sub {
%h = @_;
### event_handler: \%h
};
my $selection_atom = $X->atom('PRIMARY');
my $window = $X->new_rsrc;
$X->CreateWindow ($window,
$X->root, # parent
'InputOutput',
0, # depth, from parent
'CopyFromParent', # visual
0,0, # x,y
100,100, # width,height
0, # border
background_pixel => $X->black_pixel,
);
my ($owner) = $X->GetSelectionOwner($selection_atom);
### $owner
# "TARGETS" atom list of supported conversions
#
my $prop = $X->atom('MY_PROPERTY');
foreach my $target_name (
# 'TK_APPLICATION',
# 'CLASS',
# 'LENGTH', 'LIST_LENGTH','USER',
# 'INTEGER',
'TARGETS',
'TEXT',
'STRING',
'UTF8_STRING',
'COMPOUND_TEXT',
) {
### $target_name
my $target_atom = $X->atom($target_name);
$X->ConvertSelection($selection_atom,
$target_atom,
$prop, # property
$window, # requestor
0, # time
);
$X->QueryPointer($X->{'root'}); # sync
sleep 1;
$X->QueryPointer($X->{'root'}); # sync
### event property: $h{'property'} ne 'None' && $X->atom_name($h{'property'})
if ($h{'property'} ne 'None') {
my ($value, $type, $format, $bytes_after)
= $X->GetProperty ($window,
$prop,
0, # AnyPropertyType
0, # offset
999, # length
1); # delete;
### MY_PROPERTY value ...
### $value
### value bytes: join(' ', map {sprintf '%02X',ord} split //, $value)
### $type
### type: $type && $X->atom_name($type)
### $format
### $bytes_after
if ($type == $X->atom('ATOM')) {
### atoms list: map {$X->atom_name($_)} unpack 'L*', $value
}
}
}
exit 0;
}