Method

Gdk.Clipboard.read_async

Declaration [src]

void
gdk_clipboard_read_async (
  GdkClipboard* clipboard,
  const char** mime_types,
  int io_priority,
  GCancellable* cancellable,
  GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
  gpointer user_data
)

Description [src]

Asynchronously requests an input stream to read the clipboards contents from.

When the operation is finished callback will be called. You must then call gdk_clipboard_read_finish() to get the result of the operation.

The clipboard will choose the most suitable mime type from the given list to fulfill the request, preferring the ones listed first.

Parameters

mime_types const char**
 

a NULL-terminated array of mime types to choose from

 Ownership is not transferred to the callee
 The string is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string
io_priority int
 

the I/O priority of the request

cancellable GCancellable*
 

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.

 Can be NULL
 Ownership is not transferred to the callee
callback GAsyncReadyCallback
 

callback to call when the request is satisfied

user_data gpointer
 

the data to pass to callback function