sel_config(4)

NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | ATTRIBUTES | SEE ALSO

NAME

sel_config– selection rules for copy, cut, paste, drag and drop operations

SYNOPSIS

/usr/dt/config/sel_config

DESCRIPTION

The sel_config file specifies how the system behaves when a user performs cut-and-paste, copy-and-paste, and drag-and-drop operations on data between windows that have different sensitivity label. There are two types of entries in this file: automatic confirmation and automatic reply.

Automatic Confirmation

This type of entry specifies whether a confirmation window (the selection confirmer) displays. Each entry has the form:

relationship: confirmation

relationship identifies the result of comparing the selected data's source and destination windows' SLs. There are 3 allowed values:

upgradesl

The source window's sensitivity label is less than the destination window's label.

downgradesl

The source window's sensitivity label is higher than the destination window's label.

disjointsl

The source and destination windows' sensitivity labels are disjoint (neither dominates the other).

confirmation specifies whether to perform automatic confirmation. Allowed values are:

y

Use automatic confirmation (that is, do not display the selection confirmer window).

n

Use manual confirmation (that is, display the selection confirmer window). This is the default.

Automatic Reply

This set of entries provides a means to reduce the number of confirmations that are required of the user, since a single user operation may involve several flows of information between the source and destination windows.

There must be one entry of this form:

autoreply: value

If value is y (for yes), then the remaining entries of the set are used as attributes for the selection data (rather than the actual contents) to complete the operation without confirmation. If value is n (for no), then the remaining entries are ignored.

Defaults can be specified for any type field that appears in the Confirmer window. Below are some examples entries for defaults.

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replytype: TARGETS 
replytype: Pixel Sets 
replytype: LENGTH 
replytype: Type Of Monitor

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The TARGETS entry, when used, returns the list of target atoms that are supported by the source window. The Pixel Sets and Type Of Monitor entries, are used for animation during a drag-and-drop operation. The LENGTH entry specifies the number of bytes in the selection.

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Availability	SUNWtsu

SEE ALSO

Trusted Solaris 8 HW 12/02 Reference Manual

Trusted Solaris administrator's document set

SunOS 5.8 Reference Manual

attributes(5)

Trusted Solaris 8 HW 12/02  Last Revised 30 Sep 1999

NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | ATTRIBUTES | SEE ALSO