Re: Tracking current file selection

[Alexander Larsson <alexl redhat com>]

On Sat, 2009-03-07 at 19:41 +0100, Marko Anastasov wrote:
> Hi,
> I've noticed a suggestion on how to implement a monitor of current file
> selection in Nautilus, in #547479 [*]. That seemed quite straightforward,
> however I only see the "owner-change" signal emitted when I copy a file
> to clipboard. Does anybody have a tip on how to monitor the actual selection?
> 
>     Marko
> 
> [*] http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=547479

We do want to expose this via dbus some day (see other thread).

However, this workaround seems like it should work too. 
You want GDK_SELECTION_PRIMARY though, not CLIPBOARD.