From f471a32d29ad9e5e06cf5e5d5efc8422483f535e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Roberto E. Vargas Caballero" <k0ga@shike2.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2012 21:55:45 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Unhighlight selection when selection is owner by other window

st marks the active selection using reverse colors in the box selection, but
once that another window becomes owner of the selection, it is very
confusing that st keeps highlight the old selection. Usually terminal
emulators remove the highlight when it is not valid anymore.

X sends a SelectionClear event in this situation, so we only have to add a
callback which unhighlight the selectin box.
---
 st.c |    9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
---
 st.c | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/st.c b/st.c
index 8e31a73..bf3993a 100644
--- a/st.c
+++ b/st.c
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ static void brelease(XEvent *);
 static void bpress(XEvent *);
 static void bmotion(XEvent *);
 static void selnotify(XEvent *);
+static void selclear(XEvent *);
 static void selrequest(XEvent *);
 
 static void selinit(void);
@@ -336,6 +337,7 @@ static void (*handler[LASTEvent])(XEvent *) = {
 	[MotionNotify] = bmotion,
 	[ButtonPress] = bpress,
 	[ButtonRelease] = brelease,
+	[SelectionClear] = selclear,
 	[SelectionNotify] = selnotify,
 	[SelectionRequest] = selrequest,
 };
@@ -612,6 +614,13 @@ selpaste() {
 	XConvertSelection(xw.dpy, XA_PRIMARY, sel.xtarget, XA_PRIMARY, xw.win, CurrentTime);
 }
 
+void selclear(XEvent *e) {
+	if(sel.bx == -1)
+		return;
+	sel.bx = -1;
+	tsetdirt(sel.b.y, sel.e.y);
+}
+
 void
 selrequest(XEvent *e) {
 	XSelectionRequestEvent *xsre;