XMTEXTFIELDPASTELINK(3)

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okay bestie, so this one is XmTextFieldPasteLink, and she lives in the library calls section of the manual β€” section 3, the library call girlies πŸ’…. She's a TextField function, and her whole thing is inserting a link to the clipboard selection. Iconic, honestly. Let's get into it 🫢


🌸 NAME 🌸

XmTextFieldPasteLink β€” a TextField function that inserts a link to the clipboard selection. no cap, that's literally her job description πŸ’–


πŸ¦‹ SYNOPSIS πŸ¦‹

#include <Xm/TextF.h>
Boolean XmTextFieldPasteLink(
        Widget widget);

πŸŽ€ DESCRIPTION πŸŽ€

So here's the tea β˜• β€” XmTextFieldPasteLink inserts a link to the clipboard selection at the insertion cursor. Right there. Wherever your lil cursor is vibing, that's where the link goes.

But listen, and this is the important part πŸ‘‘ β€” this routine does not do the transfer itself. She's not the main character of the actual data movement, she's the connector. What she does is call the widget's XmNdestinationCallback procedures, with:

  • the selection member of the XmDestinationCallbackStruct set to CLIPBOARD, and
  • the operation member set to XmLINK.

That's it. That's the whole ask. The TextField widget itself performs no transfers β€” none, zero, nada πŸ™ˆ. It's the XmNdestinationCallback procedures that are responsible for actually inserting the link to the clipboard selection, and for taking any related actions that come along with it. So if you're expecting the widget to do it for you... bestie, she's just the messenger πŸ’€.

  • widget β€” specifies the TextField widget ID. That's the one you're handing over.
For a complete definition of TextField and its associated resources, go read XmTextField(3). she has the full lore 🧚

⭐ RETURN ⭐

  • Returns False if no transfers take place. (sad girl hours 😭)
  • Otherwise, it returns True. (slay πŸ”₯)


and that's the whole page, fr fr πŸ’œ this was XmTextFieldPasteLink from the library call section of the manual β€” same title at the top, same title at the bottom, that's just how manpages do. mwah, go forth and link your clipboard πŸ“πŸ’–