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Support XA_STRING in notify request
authorRoberto E. Vargas Caballero <k0ga@shike2.com>
Sun, 15 Mar 2015 18:07:46 +0000 (18:07 +0000)
committerRoberto E. Vargas Caballero <k0ga@shike2.com>
Sun, 15 Mar 2015 18:07:46 +0000 (18:07 +0000)
Some programs can only deal with XA_STRING, and it makes impossible st
be able of copying to them. This patch makes st answer also to XA_STRING,
althought it sends utf8 strings. It is not a problem because moderm
applications must support utf8.

st.c

diff --git a/st.c b/st.c
index 4b98b27..aa4185c 100644 (file)
--- a/st.c
+++ b/st.c
@@ -1089,7 +1089,11 @@ selrequest(XEvent *e) {
                                XA_ATOM, 32, PropModeReplace,
                                (uchar *) &string, 1);
                xev.property = xsre->property;
-       } else if(xsre->target == sel.xtarget) {
+       } else if(xsre->target == sel.xtarget || xsre->target == XA_STRING) {
+               /*
+                * xith XA_STRING non ascii characters may be incorrect in the
+                * requestor. It is not our problem, use utf8.
+                */
                clipboard = XInternAtom(xw.dpy, "CLIPBOARD", 0);
                if(xsre->selection == XA_PRIMARY) {
                        seltext = sel.primary;