lyx_mirror/src/frontends/Selection.h
Georg Baum 690a630c5e * src/frontends/qt4/GuiSelection.C
(GuiSelection::haveSelection): Add a big comment what we actually do
	here, and why. It took me quite some time to figure that out.

	* src/frontends/Selection.h
	(haveSelection): Add more detailed documentation


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// -*- C++ -*-
/**
* \file Selection.h
* This file is part of LyX, the document processor.
* Licence details can be found in the file COPYING.
*
* \author unknown
* \author John Levon
* \author Abdelrazak Younes
*
* Full author contact details are available in file CREDITS.
*/
#ifndef BASE_SELECTION_H
#define BASE_SELECTION_H
#include "support/docstring.h"
namespace lyx {
namespace frontend {
/**
* A Selection class manages the selection.
*/
class Selection
{
public:
virtual ~Selection() {}
/**
* Tell the window system whether we set or cleared our selection.
* This is a noop on systems that don't have a selection.
* This should be called by the kernel whenever a selection is
* created, changed or cleared.
* \param own
* If true: Tell that we got a valid selection.
* If false: Tell that we cleared our selection.
*/
virtual void haveSelection(bool) = 0;
/**
* Get the X selection contents.
* This is a noop on systems that don't have a selection.
* The format is plain text.
* This should be called when the user presses the middle mouse
* button.
*/
virtual docstring const get() const = 0;
/**
* Fill the X selection.
* The format is plain text.
* Does nothing on systems that don't have a selection.
* Since the X selection protocol is asyncronous this should never be
* called from the kernel.
* If another application requests the current selection a
* SelectionRequest XEvent will be triggered. The response of the
* frontend to this event should be to retrieve the current selection
* from the kernel and push it to X with this method.
*/
virtual void put(docstring const &) = 0;
};
} // namespace frontend
/// Implementation is in Application.C
extern frontend::Selection & theSelection();
} // namespace lyx
#endif // BASE_SELECTION_H