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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Refering to compound variables with a variable name Post 302740061 by luky55 on Wednesday 5th of December 2012 12:04:40 PM
Old 12-05-2012
Thanks, the typeset -n or nameref works great
 

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DXmCSTextGetSelection(3X)												 DXmCSTextGetSelection(3X)

NAME
DXmCSTextGetSelection - Retrieves the text selected in the compound string text widget. SYNOPSIS
XmString DXmCSTextGetSelection( Widget widget ); PARAMETERS
The identifier (widget ID) of the compound string text widget. DESCRIPTION
The DXmCSTextGetSelection routine retrieves the text selected (highlighted) in the compound string text widget. It returns a Null pointer if no text is selected in the widget. The application is responsible for freeing the storage associated with the text by calling the Intrinsic routine XtStringFree. RETURN VALUES
A pointer to the selected text compound string. SEE ALSO
DXmCreateCSText(3X), DXmCSTextClearSelection(3X), DXmCSTextCopy(3X), DXmCSTextCut(3X), DXmCSTextPaste(3X), DXmCSTextSetSelection(3X) DXmCSTextGetSelection(3X)
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