XMTEXTFIELDGETSELECTIONWCS(3)

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✨ XmTextFieldGetSelectionWcs ✨

okay so bestie, this one is a library call straight out of the Motif-verse, and it's giving "grab the highlighted text, but make it wide" 💅 it's a TextField function that retrieves the value of a wide character encoded primary selection. no cap.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <Xm/TextF.h>
wchar_t * XmTextFieldGetSelectionWcs(
Widget widget);

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

XmTextFieldGetSelectionWcs retrieves the value of the primary selection, encoded in a wide character format. that's the whole vibe.

it returns a NULL pointer if no text is selected in the widget — so like, if nothing's highlighted, you get nothing back. 💀

⚠️ the part where you have to do your own chores: the application is responsible for freeing the storage associated with the wide character buffer by calling XtFree. yes, you, bestie. it's your mess now. don't leak it. 🫶
  • widget — Specifies the TextField widget ID ✨

for a complete definition of TextField and its associated resources, see XmTextField(3). iykyk 📖

🎀 RETURN 🎀

Returns the wide character string that is associated with the primary selection in the TextField widget. literally just hands you the goods. 🍓

and that's the whole page, periodt 👑 this was XmTextField...electionWcs(library call) — that's your source/version tag and your date stamp rolled into one, so if you see that footer floating around you know exactly where you are. go free that buffer, queen 💖✨

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