XrmUniqueQuark(3) XLIB FUNCTIONS XrmUniqueQuark(3)
NAME
XrmUniqueQuark, XrmStringToQuark, XrmPermStringToQuark, XrmQuark-
ToString, XrmStringToQuarkList, XrmStringToBindingQuarkList - manipulate
resource quarks
SYNOPSIS
#include <X11/Xresource.h>
XrmQuark XrmUniqueQuark(void);
#define XrmStringToName(string) XrmStringToQuark(string)
#define XrmStringToClass(string) XrmStringToQuark(string)
#define XrmStringToRepresentation(string) XrmStringToQuark(string)
XrmQuark XrmStringToQuark(char *string);
XrmQuark XrmPermStringToQuark(_Xconst char *string);
#define XrmStringToName(string) XrmStringToQuark(string)
#define XrmStringToClass(string) XrmStringToQuark(string)
#define XrmStringToRepresentation(string) XrmStringToQuark(string)
XrmQuark XrmStringToQuark(char *string);
XrmQuark XrmPermStringToQuark(_Xconst 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);
void XrmStringToBindingQuarkList(_Xconst 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 de-
sired.
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 representa-
tion. If the string is not in the Host Portable Character Encoding, the
conversion is implementation-dependent. The string argument to Xrm-
StringToQuark 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 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 ex-
ists 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 representa-
tion. If the string is not in the Host Portable Character Encoding, the
conversion is implementation-dependent. The string argument to Xrm-
StringToQuark 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-terminated string
(generally a fully qualified name) to a list of quarks. The caller must
allocate sufficient space for the quarks list before calling XrmString-
ToQuarkList. 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 compo-
nents 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 XrmString-
ToBindingQuarkList. 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 c
bindings loose tight loose
SEE ALSO
XrmGetResource(3), XrmInitialize(3), XrmMergeDatabases(3), XrmPutRe-
source(3)
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