Re: newbie question: clipboard

[Scott Russell <lnxgeek us ibm com>]

On Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 04:34:26PM +0100, Bruno Tavares wrote:
> I am using gtk 1.2 and cant find a way to copy some text to the
> clipboard (when the widget is not an editable).
>
> Can you help me?

You don't say what type of widget but I'm going to assume a Gtk::Text
widget. I have the following method attached to a 'copy' button in one
of my apps. 

sub copy_to_clipboard {
  my $self = shift;
  my $text = $self->{_window}->{text};
                                                                                
  # nothing to do
  return unless ($text->get_length());
                                                                                
  if ($text->has_selection) {
    $text->copy_clipboard();
  } else {
    $text->freeze;
    $text->select_region(0, -1);
    $text->copy_clipboard();
    $text->select_region(0, 0);
    $text->thaw();
  }
                                                                                
  return 1;
}

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Scott Russell <lnxgeek us ibm com>
IBM Linux Technology Center, System Admin

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