/* do selection fiddling */
if (reading) {
/*
- * We are reading the selection, so we must FIXME.
+ * We are reading the selection. Call XConvertSelection to
+ * request transmission of the selection data in the
+ * appropriate format; the X event loop will then wait to
+ * receive the data from the selection owner.
+ *
+ * If there is no selection owner, look in the cut buffer
+ * property on the root window.
*/
if (XGetSelectionOwner(disp, sel_atom) == None) {
/* No primary selection, so use the cut buffer. */