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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.



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      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
      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;





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      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 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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