ultrix man page for dwtstextgetselection

DwtSTextGetSelection(3Dwt)												DwtSTextGetSelection(3Dwt)

Name
       DwtSTextGetSelection - Retrieves the global selection, if any, currently highlighted in the simple text widget.

Syntax
	    char *DwtSTextGetSelection(widget)
	    Widget widget;

Arguments
       widget	 Specifies the widget ID.

Description
       The DwtSTextGetSelection function retrieves the text currently highlighted (selected) in the simple 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 string by calling XtFree.

Return Values
       This function returns the text currently highlighted on the screen.

See Also
       DwtSText(3Dwt), DwtSTextGetString(3Dwt), DwtSTextSetEditable(3Dwt),  DwtSTextGetMaxLength(3Dwt),  DwtSTextGetMaxLength(3Dwt),  DwtS-
       TextSetSelection(3Dwt), DwtSTextClearSelection(3Dwt)
       Guide to the XUI Toolkit: C Language Binding
       Guide to the XUI Toolkit Intrinsics: C Language Binding

															DwtSTextGetSelection(3Dwt)