st

commit 86d1e432a823dad7bb64808b8192014fddc8cd9f (patch)
parent c7e24e44c8d66cd5b0a6b015d2112da5f1e4e581
Author: Roberto E. Vargas Caballero <k0ga@shike2.com>
Date:   Sun, 15 Mar 2015 18:07:46 +0000

Support XA_STRING in notify request

Some programs can only deal with XA_STRING, and it makes impossible st
be able of copying to them. This patch makes st answer also to XA_STRING,
althought it sends utf8 strings. It is not a problem because moderm
applications must support utf8.

Diffstat:
M
st.c
 | 
6
+++++-

1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/st.c b/st.c
@@ -1089,7 +1089,11 @@ selrequest(XEvent *e) {
 				XA_ATOM, 32, PropModeReplace,
 				(uchar *) &string, 1);
 		xev.property = xsre->property;
-	} else if(xsre->target == sel.xtarget) {
+	} else if(xsre->target == sel.xtarget || xsre->target == XA_STRING) {
+		/*
+		 * xith XA_STRING non ascii characters may be incorrect in the
+		 * requestor. It is not our problem, use utf8.
+		 */
 		clipboard = XInternAtom(xw.dpy, "CLIPBOARD", 0);
 		if(xsre->selection == XA_PRIMARY) {
 			seltext = sel.primary;