[comp.windows.x] Interclient Communication Using the X Intrinsics Selection Mechanism

trey@mcnc.org (Joseph R. Bishop) (03/25/89)

I am creating an application environment that requires communication
between widgets of a parent process and multiple children processes.
From the X Intrinsics Guide I understand that "arbitrary widgets
(possibly not all in the same application) can communicate with each
other by means of the X Toolkit global selection mechanism," yet the
appropriate manner in which to implement a communication protocol
using the global selection mechanism eludes me.

Could someone please better explain the selection mechanism and 
elaborate on an appropriate communication protocol. Example code
would be especially useful.

Thanks in advance.

					Trey Bishop
					Department of Electrical Engineering
					Duke University
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