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XrmUniqueQuark(3)                              XLIB FUNCTIONS                              XrmUniqueQuark(3)



NAME
       XrmUniqueQuark, XrmStringToQuark, XrmPermStringToQuark, XrmQuarkToString, XrmStringToQuarkList, Xrm-StringToBindingQuarkList XrmStringToBindingQuarkList
       StringToBindingQuarkList - manipulate resource quarks

SYNOPSIS
       XrmQuark XrmUniqueQuark(void);

       #define XrmStringToName(string) XrmStringToQuark(string)
       #define XrmStringToClass(string) XrmStringToQuark(string)
       #define XrmStringToRepresentation(string) XrmStringToQuark(string)

       int XrmQuark XrmStringToQuark(char *string);

       XrmQuark XrmPermStringToQuark(char *string);

       #define XrmStringToName(string) XrmStringToQuark(string)
       #define XrmStringToClass(string) XrmStringToQuark(string)
       #define XrmStringToRepresentation(string) XrmStringToQuark(string)

       XrmQuark XrmStringToQuark(char *string);

       XrmQuark XrmPermStringToQuark(char *string);

       #define XrmNameToString(name) XrmQuarkToString(name)
       #define XrmClassToString(class) XrmQuarkToString(class)
       #define XrmRepresentationToString(type) XrmQuarkToString(type)

       char *XrmQuarkToString(XrmQuark quark);

       #define XrmStringToNameList(str, name)  XrmStringToQuarkList((str), (name))
       #define XrmStringToClassList(str,class) XrmStringToQuarkList((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 implementation-dependent.  The string argu-ment argument
       ment to XrmStringToQuark need not be permanently allocated storage.  XrmPermStringToQuark 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 representation 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 implementation-dependent.  The string argu-ment argument
       ment to XrmStringToQuark need not be permanently allocated storage.  XrmPermStringToQuark 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-terminated 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
       implementation-dependent.

       A binding list is a list of type XrmBindingList and indicates if components of name or class lists
       are bound tightly or loosely (that is, if wildcarding of intermediate components is specified).

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

       XrmBindTightly indicates that a period separates the components, 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 XrmStringToBindingQuarkList.  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:


       quarks     a       b
       bindings   loose   tight

SEE ALSO
       XrmGetResource(3X11), XrmInitialize(3X11), XrmMergeDatabases(3X11), XrmPutResource(3X11)

       Xlib - C Language X Interface



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