XrmUniqueQuark(3)         XLIB FUNCTIONS        XrmUniqueQuark(3)



NAME
       XrmUniqueQuark, XrmStringToQuark, XrmPermStringToQuark,
       XrmQuarkToString, XrmStringToQuarkList, XrmStringToBind-
       ingQuarkList - manipulate resource quarks

SYNOPSIS
       XrmQuark XrmUniqueQuark(void);

       #define XrmStringToName(string) XrmStringToQuark(string)
       #define XrmStringToClass(string) XrmStringToQuark(string)
       #define XrmStringToRepresentation(string) XrmStringTo-
       Quark(string)

       int XrmQuark XrmStringToQuark(char *string);

       XrmQuark XrmPermStringToQuark(char *string);

       #define XrmStringToName(string) XrmStringToQuark(string)
       #define XrmStringToClass(string) XrmStringToQuark(string)
       #define XrmStringToRepresentation(string) XrmStringTo-
       Quark(string)

       XrmQuark XrmStringToQuark(char *string);

       XrmQuark XrmPermStringToQuark(char *string);

       #define XrmNameToString(name) XrmQuarkToString(name)
       #define XrmClassToString(class) XrmQuarkToString(class)
       #define XrmRepresentationToString(type) XrmQuark-
       ToString(type)

       char *XrmQuarkToString(XrmQuark quark);

       #define XrmStringToNameList(str, name)  XrmStringToQuark-
       List((str), (name))
       #define XrmStringToClassList(str,class) XrmStringToQuark-
       List((str), (class))


       void XrmStringToQuarkList(char *string, XrmQuarkList
              quarks_return);

       XrmStringToBindingQuarkList(char *string, XrmBindingList
              bindings_return, XrmQuarkList quarks_return);

ARGUMENTS
       bindings_return
                 Returns the binding list.

       quark     Specifies the quark for which the equivalent
                 string is desired.

       quarks_return
                 Returns the list of quarks.

       string    Specifies the string for which a quark or quark
                 list is to be allocated.

DESCRIPTION
       The XrmUniqueQuark function allocates a quark that is
       guaranteed not to represent any string that is known to
       the resource manager.

       These functions can be used to convert from string to
       quark representation.  If the string is not in the Host
       Portable Character Encoding, the conversion is implementa-
       tion-dependent.  The string argument to XrmStringToQuark
       need not be permanently allocated storage.  XrmPermString-
       ToQuark is just like XrmStringToQuark, except that Xlib is
       permitted to assume the string argument is permanently
       allocated, and, hence, that it can be used as the value to
       be returned by XrmQuarkToString.

       For any given quark, if XrmStringToQuark returns a non-
       NULL value, all future calls will return the same value
       (identical address).

       These functions can be used to convert from quark repre-
       sentation to string.  The string pointed to by the return
       value must not be modified or freed.  The returned string
       is byte-for-byte equal to the original string passed to
       one of the string-to-quark routines.  If no string exists
       for that quark, XrmQuarkToString returns NULL.  For any
       given quark, if XrmQuarkToString returns a non-NULL value,
       all future calls will return the same value (identical
       address).

       These functions can be used to convert from string to
       quark representation.  If the string is not in the Host
       Portable Character Encoding, the conversion is implementa-
       tion-dependent.  The string argument to XrmStringToQuark
       need not be permanently allocated storage.  XrmPermString-
       ToQuark is just like XrmStringToQuark, except that Xlib is
       permitted to assume the string argument is permanently
       allocated, and, hence, that it can be used as the value to
       be returned by XrmQuarkToString.

       For any given quark, if XrmStringToQuark returns a non-
       NULL value, all future calls will return the same value
       (identical address).

       The XrmStringToQuarkList function converts the null-termi-
       nated string (generally a fully qualified name) to a list
       of quarks.  The caller must allocate sufficient space for
       the quarks list before calling XrmStringToQuarkList.  Note
       that the string must be in the valid ResourceName format
       (see section 15.1).  If the string is not in the Host
       Portable Character Encoding, the conversion is implementa-
       tion-dependent.

       A binding list is a list of type XrmBindingList and indi-
       cates if components of name or class lists are bound
       tightly or loosely (that is, if wildcarding of intermedi-
       ate components is specified).

       typedef enum {XrmBindTightly, XrmBindLoosely} XrmBinding,
       *XrmBindingList;

       XrmBindTightly indicates that a period separates the com-
       ponents, and XrmBindLoosely indicates that an asterisk
       separates the components.

       The XrmStringToBindingQuarkList function converts the
       specified string to a binding list and a quark list.  The
       caller must allocate sufficient space for the quarks list
       and the binding list before calling XrmStringToBind-
       ingQuarkList.  If the string is not in the Host Portable
       Character Encoding the conversion is implementation-
       dependent.  Component names in the list are separated by a
       period or an asterisk character.  If the string does not
       start with period or asterisk, a period is assumed.  For
       example, ``*a.b*c'' becomes:

       l l l.  quarks    a    b    c bind-
       ings  loose     tight     loose

SEE ALSO
       XrmGetResource(3X11), XrmInitialize(3X11), XrmMerge-
       Databases(3X11), XrmPutResource(3X11)

       Xlib - C Language X Interface



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