XrmQuarkToString

XrmUniqueQuark(3X11)		XLIB FUNCTIONS		 XrmUniqueQuark(3X11)



NAME
       XrmUniqueQuark, XrmStringToQuark, XrmPermStringToQuark, XrmQuark-
       ToString, XrmStringToQuarkList, XrmStringToBindingQuarkList - manipu-
       late resource quarks

SYNTAX
       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 bind-
	      ings_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 represen-
       tation.	If the string is not in the Host Portable Character Encoding,
       the conversion is implementation-dependent.  The string argument 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 modi-
       fied 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 represen-
       tation.	If the string is not in the Host Portable Character Encoding,
       the conversion is implementation-dependent.  The string argument to
       XrmStringToQuark need not be permanently allocated storage.  Xrm-
       PermStringToQuark 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 XrmQuark-
       ToString.

       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 Xrm-
       StringToQuarkList.  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 com-
       ponents 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 suffi-
       cient 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-depen-
       dent.  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  tightloose

SEE ALSO
       XrmGetResource(3X11), XrmInitialize(3X11), XrmMergeDatabases(3X11),
       XrmPutResource(3X11)
       Xlib - C Language X Interface



							 XrmUniqueQuark(3X11)