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XSaveContext(3X11)                   BSD                    XSaveContext(3X11)



NAME
     XSaveContext, XFindContext, XDeleteContext, XUniqueContext - associative
     look-up routines

SYNTAX
     int XSaveContext(display, w, context, data)
           Display *display;
           Window w;
           XContext context;
           caddr_t data;

     int XFindContext(display, w, context, data_return)
           Display *display;
           Window w;
           XContext context;
           caddr_t *data_return;

     int XDeleteContext(display, w, context)
           Display *display;
           Window w;
           XContext context;

     XContext XUniqueContext()

ARGUMENTS
     context   Specifies the context type to which the data belongs.

     data      Specifies the data to be associated with the window and type.

     data_return
               Returns a pointer to the data.

     display   Specifies the connection to the X server.

     w         Specifies the window with which the data is associated.

DESCRIPTION
     If an entry with the specified window and type already exists,
     XSaveContext overrides it with the specified context.  The XSaveContext
     function returns a nonzero error code if an error has occurred and zero
     otherwise.  Possible errors are XCNOMEM (out of memory).

     Because it is a return value, the data is a pointer.  The XFindContext
     function returns a nonzero error code if an error has occurred and zero
     otherwise.  Possible errors are XCNOENT (context-not-found).

     The XDeleteContext function deletes the entry for the given window and
     type from the data structure.  This function returns the same error codes
     that XFindContext returns if called with the same arguments.
     XDeleteContext does not free the data whose address was saved.

     The XUniqueContext function creates a unique context type that may be
     used in subsequent calls to XSaveContext.

SEE ALSO
     Xlib - C Language X Interface

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