get_for_display

Returns the clipboard object for the given selection.

Cut/copy/paste menu items and keyboard shortcuts should use the default clipboard, returned by passing gdk_selection_clipboard for selection. (gdk_none is supported as a synonym for GDK_SELECTION_CLIPBOARD for backwards compatibility reasons.) The currently-selected object or text should be provided on the clipboard identified by SELECTION_PRIMARY. Cut/copy/paste menu items conceptually copy the contents of the SELECTION_PRIMARY clipboard to the default clipboard, i.e. they copy the selection to what the user sees as the clipboard.

(Passing NONE is the same as using `gdk_atom_intern ("CLIPBOARD", FALSE)`.

See the FreeDesktop Clipboard Specification for a detailed discussion of the “CLIPBOARD” vs. “PRIMARY” selections under the X window system. On Win32 the SELECTION_PRIMARY clipboard is essentially ignored.)

It’s possible to have arbitrary named clipboards; if you do invent new clipboards, you should prefix the selection name with an underscore ( because the ICCCM requires that nonstandard atoms are underscore-prefixed), and namespace it as well. For example, if your application called “Foo” has a special-purpose clipboard, you might call it “_FOO_SPECIAL_CLIPBOARD”.

Parameters:

display	the Display for which the clipboard is to be retrieved or created.
selection	a Atom which identifies the clipboard to use.

Returns:

the appropriate clipboard object. If no clipboard already exists, a new one will be created. Once a clipboard object has been created, it is persistent and, since it is owned by GTK+, must not be freed or unrefd.