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NAME
       XrmUniqueQuark, XrmStringToQuark, XrmPermStringToQuark,
       XrmQuarkToString, XrmStringToQuarkList, XrmStringToBindingQuarkList -
       manipulate resource quarks

SYNTAX
       XrmQuark XrmUniqueQuark()

       #define XrmStringToName(string) XrmStringToQuark(string) #define
       XrmStringToClass(string) XrmStringToQuark(string) #define
       XrmStringToRepresentation(string) XrmStringToQuark(string)

       XrmQuark XrmStringToQuark(string)
            char *string;

       XrmQuark XrmPermStringToQuark(string)
            char *string;

       #define XrmStringToName(string) XrmStringToQuark(string) #define
       XrmStringToClass(string) XrmStringToQuark(string) #define
       XrmStringToRepresentation(string) XrmStringToQuark(string)

       XrmQuark XrmStringToQuark(string)
            char *string;

       XrmQuark XrmPermStringToQuark(string)
            char *string;

       #define XrmNameToString(name) XrmQuarkToString(name) #define
       XrmClassToString(class) XrmQuarkToString(class) #define
       XrmRepresentationToString(type) XrmQuarkToString(type)

       char *XrmQuarkToString(quark)
            XrmQuark quark;

       #define XrmStringToNameList(str, name)  XrmStringToQuarkList((str),
       (name)) #define XrmStringToClassList(str,class)
       XrmStringToQuarkList((str), (class))

       void XrmStringToQuarkList(string, quarks_return)
            char *string;
            XrmQuarkList quarks_return;

       XrmStringToBindingQuarkList(string, bindings_return, quarks_return)
            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
                 desired.



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       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
       representation.  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.

       This function 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 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
       representation.  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.

       The XrmStringToQuarkList function converts the null-terminated string
       (generally a fully qualified name) to a list of quarks.  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
       components 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.  If the string is not in
       the Host Portable Character Encoding the conversion is implementation



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       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  tightloose

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














































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