XStringListToTextProperty(3) XLIB FUNCTIONS XStringListToTextProperty(3)
NAME
XStringListToTextProperty, XTextPropertyToStringList, XFreeStringList,
XTextProperty - convert string lists and text property structure
SYNTAX
Status XStringListToTextProperty(char **list, int count, XTextProperty
*text_prop_return);
Status XTextPropertyToStringList(XTextProperty *text_prop, char
***list_return, int *count_return);
void XFreeStringList(char **list);
ARGUMENTS
count Specifies the number of strings.
count_return
Returns the number of strings.
list Specifies the list of strings to be freed.
list Specifies a list of null-terminated character strings.
list_return
Returns a list of null-terminated character strings.
text_prop Specifies the XTextProperty structure to be used.
text_prop_return
Returns the XTextProperty structure.
DESCRIPTION
The XStringListToTextProperty function sets the specified XTextProperty
to be of type STRING (format 8) with a value representing the concatena-
tion of the specified list of null-separated character strings. An ex-
tra null byte (which is not included in the nitems member) is stored at
the end of the value field of text_prop_return. The strings are assumed
(without verification) to be in the STRING encoding. If insufficient
memory is available for the new value string, XStringListToTextProperty
does not set any fields in the XTextProperty structure and returns a
zero status. Otherwise, it returns a nonzero status. To free the stor-
age for the value field, use XFree.
The XTextPropertyToStringList function returns a list of strings repre-
senting the null-separated elements of the specified XTextProperty
structure. The data in text_prop must be of type STRING and format 8.
Multiple elements of the property (for example, the strings in a dis-
joint text selection) are separated by NULL (encoding 0). The contents
of the property are not null-terminated. If insufficient memory is
available for the list and its elements, XTextPropertyToStringList sets
no return values and returns a zero status. Otherwise, it returns a
nonzero status. To free the storage for the list and its contents, use
XFreeStringList.
The XFreeStringList function releases memory allocated by XmbTextProper-
tyToTextList, Xutf8TextPropertyToTextList and XTextPropertyToStringList
and the missing charset list allocated by XCreateFontSet.
STRUCTURES
The XTextProperty structure contains:
typedef struct {
unsigned char *value; /* property data */
Atom encoding; /* type of property */
int format; /* 8, 16, or 32 */
unsigned long nitems; /* number of items in value */
} XTextProperty;
SEE ALSO
XAllocClassHint(3), XAllocIconSize(3), XAllocSizeHints(3), XAl-
locWMHints(3), XFree(3), XSetCommand(3), XSetTransientForHint(3), XSet-
TextProperty(3), XSetWMClientMachine(3), XSetWMColormapWindows(3),
XSetWMIconName(3), XSetWMName(3), XSetWMProperties(3), XSetWMProto-
cols(3)
Xlib - C Language X Interface
X Version 11 libX11 1.8.12 XStringListToTextProperty(3)
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