NAME

XmStringGetNextSegment − A compound string function that fetches the octets in the next segment of a compound string

SYNOPSIS

#include <Xm/Xm.h>

Boolean XmStringGetNextSegment (context, text, tag, direction, separator)

XmStringContextcontext;
char∗∗text;
XmStringCharSet∗tag;
XmStringDirection∗direction;
Boolean∗separator;

DESCRIPTION

XmStringGetNextSegment fetches the octets in the next segment; repeated calls fetch sequential segments.  The text, tag, and direction of the fetched segment are returned each time.  A Boolean status is returned to indicate whether a valid segment was successfully parsed. 

context
Specifies the string context structure which was allocated by the XmStringInitContext function. 

textSpecifies a pointer to a null terminated string. 

tagSpecifies a pointer to the font list element tag associated with the text. 

direction
Specifies a pointer to the direction of the text.

separator
Specifies whether the next component of the compound string is a separator.

RETURN VALUE

Returns True if a valid segment is found. 

RELATED INFORMATION

XmStringCreate(3X) and XmStringInitContext(3X). 

Motif Release 1.2: May 1992  —  Last change: