equivalent of the "X Selection" for cocoa apps?
equivalent of the "X Selection" for cocoa apps?
- Subject: equivalent of the "X Selection" for cocoa apps?
- From: Matthew <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 00:26:10 -0500
Hi,
Forgive me for asking about a topic that I'm not even sure how to
describe properly or know much about.
I've noticed in recent times that for some Linux distributions use what
appears to be called the "X Selection" to facilitate cutting and
pasting. So instead of having to explicitly press ctrl-C (in Linux),
you simply can make a selection and then use ctrl-V or the middle mouse
button to paste--shortcutting the explicit ctrl-C keystroke for the
copy.
Obviously there are a few ways to approach simulating this behavior for
OS X, but before I begin, can anyone say whether or not a simple app
already exists that does this? This is bit difficult to search for on
the net. A thread from slashdot that's semi-relevant that mentions the
"SELECTION buffer":
http://slashdot.org/articles/01/01/09/2024229_F.shtml
I know nothing about how X Windows does its business so maybe this was
hard or easy to make happen in Linux. I don't know, and don't really
care.
But for Cocoa, is there simply a notification that can be registered
for the says "a selection has been made that *could* be copied"? If so,
then it seems that you'd just register for that, take the selection,
and then stick it on the pasteboard.
To make this general purpose, you'd have to think broader than just
mouse events, because users can make selections by using the Shift key
and the arrow keys--so I'm inclined to think there might be a simple
"get the selection from the active window" mechanism.
If it's not that simple, could someone say a word or two about the
difficulty involved?
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