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.TH XmTextGetSelection 3X "" "" "" ""
.ds )H Hewlett-Packard Company
.ds ]W Motif Release 1.2: May 1992
.SH NAME
\fIXmTextGetSelection\fP \- A Text function that retrieves the value of the primary selection
.SH SYNOPSIS
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\&#include <Xm/Text.h>
.sp \n(PDu
char * XmTextGetSelection (\fBwidget\fI)
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	Widget	\fBwidget\fI;
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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\fIXmTextGetSelection\fP
retrieves the value of the primary selection.  It returns
a NULL pointer if no text is selected in the widget.  The application is
responsible for freeing the storage associated with the string by calling
\fIXtFree\fP.
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.ne 5
.IP "\fBwidget\fP"
Specifies the Text widget ID
.PP 
For a complete definition of Text and its associated resources, see
\fIXmText(3X)\fP.
.SH RETURN VALUE
Returns a character pointer to the string that is associated with the
primary selection.
.SH RELATED INFORMATION
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\fIXmText(3X)\fP and
\fIXmTextGetSelectionWcs(3X)\fP.
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