Re: Cut/Copy/Paste Menu Selections

[Havoc Pennington <hp redhat com>]

Damian Ivereigh <damian cisco com> writes: 
> Since all I care about is if there is anything there, not trying to
> actually work out what is on the other end. I am wondering if there
> would be any point in creating a new gdk function called, say,
> gdk_selection_is_owned(). What is the procedure for creating a new
> library function such as this? Who do I need to persuade? Is this the
> right forum.

gtk-devel-list gnome org is right for this.

> 
> On a related, but different, subject. Having now finished all the
> Cut/Copy/Paste stuff, I am wondering if there really should be a widget
> or at least some easy way to perform it (and handle all the
> sensitivities). I felt like I was reinventing the wheel. I notice few
> other gnome apps bother with fixing the sensitivity. Again is the right
> place to talk about it?

There's a GtkClipboard object in GTK devel version that makes it
simpler. But doesn't handle sensitivity or have a
selection_is_owned().

Havoc