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XSetTextProperty(3X11)

XStringListToTextProperty(3X11)



X11 SDE 5.4R3.00                             XmbTextListToTextProperty(3X11)


NAME
       XmbTextListToTextProperty, XwcTextListToTextProperty,
       XmbTextPropertyToTextList, XwcTextPropertyToTextList,
       XwcFreeStringList, XDefaultString - convert text lists and text
       property structures

SYNTAX
       int XmbTextListToTextProperty(display, list, count, style,
       text_prop_return)
             Display *display;
             char **list;
             int count;
             XICCEncodingStyle style;
             XTextProperty *text_prop_return;

       int XwcTextListToTextProperty(display, list, count, style,
       text_prop_return)
             Display *display;
             wchar_t **list;
             int count;
             XICCEncodingStyle style;
             XTextProperty *text_prop_return;

       int XmbTextPropertyToTextList(display, text_prop, list_return,
       count_return)
             Display *display;
             XTextProperty *text_prop;
             char ***list_return;
             int *count_return;

       int XwcTextPropertyToTextList(display, text_prop, list_return,
       count_return)
             Display *display;
             XTextProperty *text_prop;
             wchar_t ***list_return;
             int *count_return;

       void XwcFreeStringList(list)
             wchar_t **list;

       char *XDefaultString()

ARGUMENTS
       display   Specifies the connection to the X server.

       list      Specifies a list of null-terminated character strings.

       count     Specifies the number of strings specified.

       style     Specifies the manner in which the property is encoded.

       text_prop_return
                 Returns the XTextProperty structure.




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       text_prop Specifies the XTextProperty structure to be used.

       list_return
                 Returns a list of null-terminated character strings.

       count_return
                 Returns the number of strings.

       list      Specifies the list of strings to be freed.

DESCRIPTION
       The XmbTextListToTextProperty and XwcTextListToTextProperty functions
       set the specified XTextProperty value to a set of null-separated
       elements representing the concatenation of the specified list of
       null-terminated text strings.  A final terminating null is stored at
       the end of the value field of text_prop_return but is not included in
       the nitems member.

       The functions set the encoding field of text_prop_return to an Atom
       for the specified display naming the encoding determined by the
       specified style, and convert the specified text list to this encoding
       for storage in the text_prop_return value field.  If the style
       XStringStyle or XCompoundTextStyle is specified, this encoding is
       ``STRING'' or ``COMPOUND_TEXT'', respectively.  If the style
       XTextStyle is specified, this encoding is the encoding of the current
       locale.  If the style XStdICCTextStyle is specified, this encoding is
       ``STRING'' if the text is fully convertible to STRING, else
       ``COMPOUND_TEXT''.

       If insufficient memory is available for the new value string, the
       functions return XNoMemory.  If the current locale is not supported,
       the functions return XLocaleNotSupported.  In both of these error
       cases, the functions do not set text_prop_return.

       To determine if the functions are guaranteed not to return
       XLocaleNotSupported, use XSupportsLocale.

       If the supplied text is not fully convertible to the specified
       encoding, the functions return the number of unconvertible
       characters.  Each unconvertible character is converted to an
       implementation-defined and encoding-specific default string.
       Otherwise, the functions return Success.  Note that full
       convertibility to all styles except XStringStyle is guaranteed.

       To free the storage for the value field, use XFree.

       The XmbTextPropertyToTextList and XwcTextPropertyToTextList functions
       return a list of text strings in the current locale representing the
       null-separated elements of the specified XTextProperty structure.
       The data in text_prop must be format 8.

       Multiple elements of the property (for example, the strings in a
       disjoint text selection) are separated by a null byte.  The contents
       of the property are not required to be null-terminated; any



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       terminating null should not be included in text_prop.nitems.

       If insufficient memory is available for the list and its elements,
       XmbTextPropertyToTextList and XwcTextPropertyToTextList return
       XNoMemory.  If the current locale is not supported, the functions
       return XLocaleNotSupported.  Otherwise, if the encoding field of
       text_prop is not convertible to the encoding of the current locale,
       the functions return XConverterNotFound.  For supported locales,
       existence of a converter from COMPOUND_TEXT, STRING, or the encoding
       of the current locale is guaranteed if XSupportsLocale returns True
       for the current locale (but the actual text may contain unconvertible
       characters.)  Conversion of other encodings is implementation-
       dependent.  In all of these error cases, the functions do not set any
       return values.

       Otherwise, XmbTextPropertyToTextList and XwcTextPropertyToTextList
       return the list of null-terminated text strings to list_return, and
       the number of text strings to count_return.

       If the value field of text_prop is not fully convertible to the
       encoding of the current locale, the functions return the number of
       unconvertible characters.  Each unconvertible character is converted
       to a string in the current locale that is specific to the current
       locale.  To obtain the value of this string, use XDefaultString.
       Otherwise, XmbTextPropertyToTextList and XwcTextPropertyToTextList
       return Success.

       To free the storage for the list and its contents returned by
       XmbTextPropertyToTextList, use XFreeStringList.  To free the storage
       for the list and its contents returned by XwcTextPropertyToTextList,
       use XwcFreeStringList.

       The XwcFreeStringList function frees memory allocated by
       XwcTextPropertyToTextList.

       The XDefaultString function returns the default string used by Xlib
       for text conversion (for example, in XmbTextListToTextProperty).  The
       default string is the string in the current locale which is output
       when an unconvertible character is found during text conversion.  If
       the string returned by XDefaultString is the empty string (""), no
       character is output in the converted text.  XDefaultString does not
       return NULL.

       The string returned by XDefaultString is independent of the default
       string for text drawing; see XCreateFontSet to obtain the default
       string for an XFontSet.

       The behavior when an invalid codepoint is supplied to any Xlib
       function is undefined.

       The returned string is null-terminated.  It is owned by Xlib and
       should not be modified or freed by the client.  It may be freed after
       the current locale is changed.  Until freed, it will not be modified
       by Xlib.



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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;

       The XICCEncodingStyle structure contains:

       #define   XNoMemory              -1
       #define   XLocaleNotSupported    -2
       #define   XConverterNotFound     -3
       typedef enum {
            XStringStyle,       /* STRING */
            XCompoundTextStyle, /* COMPOUND_TEXT */
            XTextStyle,         /* text in owner's encoding (current locale) */
            XStdICCTextStyle    /* STRING, else COMPOUND_TEXT */
       } XICCEncodingStyle;

SEE ALSO
       XSetTextProperty(3X11), XStringListToTextProperty(3X11)
       Xlib - C Language X Interface
































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