From 543ca83524a7e7aa3c7d87227c2ac8dbff2033ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Antonio Ospite <ao2@ao2.it>
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2017 14:03:41 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Initial import
---
.gitignore | 1 +
Makefile | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
README.txt | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
dump_selections.sh | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
xowner.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
5 files changed, 155 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 .gitignore
create mode 100644 Makefile
create mode 100644 README.txt
create mode 100755 dump_selections.sh
create mode 100644 xowner.c
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..07f01a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+xowner
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d6ea625
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+CFLAGS ?= -std=c99 -pedantic -pedantic-errors -Wall -g3 -O2 -D_ANSI_SOURCE_
+CFLAGS += -fno-common \
+ -Wall \
+ -Wdeclaration-after-statement \
+ -Wextra \
+ -Wformat=2 \
+ -Winit-self \
+ -Winline \
+ -Wpacked \
+ -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 \
+ -Wpointer-arith \
+ -Wlarger-than-65500 \
+ -Wmissing-declarations \
+ -Wmissing-format-attribute \
+ -Wmissing-noreturn \
+ -Wmissing-prototypes \
+ -Wnested-externs \
+ -Wold-style-definition \
+ -Wredundant-decls \
+ -Wsign-compare \
+ -Wstrict-aliasing=2 \
+ -Wstrict-prototypes \
+ -Wundef \
+ -Wunreachable-code \
+ -Wunused-variable \
+ -Wwrite-strings
+
+ifneq ($(CC),clang)
+ CFLAGS += -Wunsafe-loop-optimizations
+endif
+
+EXECUTABLE := xowner
+LDLIBS := -lX11
+
+$(EXECUTABLE):
+
+clean:
+ rm -f *~ *.o $(EXECUTABLE)
+
+test: $(EXECUTABLE)
+ valgrind --leak-check=full --show-reachable=yes ./$(EXECUTABLE) PRIMARY
diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9dad622
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+Some simple tools to analyze X selection buffers to understand what is going
+on when text is selected with the mouse in X11.
+
+
+BACK STORY
+==========
+
+When vim is compiled with the +clipboad and +xterm_clipboard functionalities,
+and setmouse=a is set, using vim in combination with xterm allows this
+workflow:
+
+ 1. Select something with the mouse;
+ 2. exit vim;
+ 3. paste the previously selected text with the middle mouse click.
+
+Moving from xterm to gnome-terminal this workflow is not possible by default.
+
+It turns out this is not a missing feature of vte or gtk, but rather some
+extra functionality offered only by the combination of vim and xterm.
+
+Vim copies to the CUT_BUFFER0 selection when it exits and xterm is able to
+paste from CUT_BUFFER0 when it receives a middle click.
+
+To make the workflow from above possible again it is possible to have vim
+preserve the PRIMARY selection when it exits with a command like the following
+in ~/.vimrc:
+
+ autocmd VimLeave * call system("xsel -ip", getreg('*'))
+
+All the details of how the issue have been debugged can be found at
+https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=783828
+
+
+REFERENCES
+==========
+
+https://www.jwz.org/doc/x-cut-and-paste.html
+https://www.uninformativ.de/blog/postings/2017-04-02/0/POSTING-en.html
+https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6453595/prevent-vim-from-clearing-the-clipboard-on-exit
+https://vi.stackexchange.com/questions/3769/can-vim-add-to-the-x11-clipboard-or-primary-buffers-without-an-external-utility#comment5354_3769
+https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/vim_dev/nlyA7AN9mfQ
+https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/vim_use/NtprNch2ZkQ
diff --git a/dump_selections.sh b/dump_selections.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..1f9da7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dump_selections.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+[ -x ./xowner ] || make
+
+get_owner() {
+ echo -n "$1"
+ OWNER=$(./xowner $1)
+ if [ $OWNER != "0x0" ];
+ then
+ xwininfo -id $OWNER > /dev/null 2>&1;
+ if [ $? -eq 0 ];
+ then
+ OWNER_NAME=$(xprop -id $OWNER WM_NAME | cut -d ' ' -f 3-)
+ if [ -z "$OWNER_NAME" ];
+ then
+ OWNER_NAME="$OWNER"
+ fi
+ echo -n " owned by $OWNER_NAME"
+ fi
+ fi
+
+ echo ":"
+}
+
+
+get_owner "PRIMARY"
+xclip -out -selection primary 2> /dev/null
+echo
+echo
+
+get_owner "SECONDARY"
+xclip -out -selection secondary 2> /dev/null
+echo
+echo
+
+get_owner "CLIPBOARD"
+xclip -out -selection clipboard 2> /dev/null
+echo
+echo
+
+get_owner "CUT_BUFFER0"
+xcb -p 0
+echo
+echo
diff --git a/xowner.c b/xowner.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5cbfefd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xowner.c
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <X11/Xlib.h>
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+ Display *dpy;
+ Window owner;
+ Atom sel;
+
+ if (argc < 2) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "usage: xowner <selection>\n");
+ return 1;
+ }
+
+ dpy = XOpenDisplay(NULL);
+ if (!dpy) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "Could not open X display\n");
+ return 1;
+ }
+
+ sel = XInternAtom(dpy, argv[1], False);
+ owner = XGetSelectionOwner(dpy, sel);
+ printf("0x%lX\n", owner);
+
+ XCloseDisplay(dpy);
+ return 0;
+}
--
2.1.4