Section 3: library functions
XmStringDraw — A compound string function that draws a compound string in an X window Synopsis #include <Xm/Xm.h> void XmStringDraw( Display * d, Window w, XmRenderTable rendertable, XmString string, GC gc, Position x, Position y, Dimension width, unsigned char alignment, unsigned char layout_direction, XRectangle * clip); Description XmStringDraw draws a compound string in an X…
XmStringDirectionToDirection — A function that converts from XmStringDirection to XmDirection Synopsis #include <Xm/Xm.h> XmDirection XmStringDirectionToDirection( XmStringDirection direction); Description XmStringDirectionToDirection converts the specified XmStringDirection direction value to its equivalent XmDirection value. This function provides backward compatibility with the XmStringDirection data type. direction Specifies the XmStringDirection value to be converted. Return Returns the following XmDirection values: XmLEFT_TO_RIGHT…
XmStringDirectionCreate — A compound string function that creates a compound string Synopsis #include <Xm/Xm.h> XmString XmStringDirectionCreate( XmStringDirection direction); Description XmStringDirectionCreate creates a compound string with a single component, a direction with the given value. When the application no longer needs the returned compound string, the application should call XmStringFree. direction Specifies the value of the…
XmStringDirection — Data type for the direction of display in a string Synopsis #include <Xm/Xm.h> Description XmStringDirection is the data type for specifying the direction in which the system displays characters of a string, or characters of a segment of a compound string. This is an enumeration with three possible values: XmSTRING_DIRECTION_L_TO_R Specifies left to…
XmStringCreateSimple — A compound string function that creates a compound string in the language environment of a widget Synopsis #include <Xm/Xm.h> XmString XmStringCreateSimple( char * text); Description XmStringCreateSimple creates a compound string with a text component and a charset tag. It derives the character set from the current language environment. The routine attempts to derive…
XmStringCreateLtoR — A compound string function that creates a compound string Synopsis #include <Xm/Xm.h> XmString XmStringCreateLtoR( char *text, char *tag); Description This function is obsolete and exists for compatibility with previous releases. It is replaced by XmStringGenerate. XmStringCreateLtoR creates a compound string with two components: text and a tag component. This function scans for characters…
XmStringCreateLocalized — A compound string function that creates a compound string in the current locale Synopsis #include <Xm/Xm.h> XmString XmStringCreateLocalized( char *text); Description XmStringCreateLocalized creates a compound string containing the specified text in the current language environment. An identical compound string would result from the function XmStringCreate called with XmFONTLIST_DEFAULT_TAG explicitly as the tag component….
XmStringCreate — A compound string function that creates a compound string Synopsis #include <Xm/Xm.h> XmString XmStringCreate( char *text, char *tag); Description XmStringCreate creates a compound string with two components: text and a font list element tag. The function will allocate space to hold the returned compound string. When the application no longer needs the returned…
XmStringCopy — A compound string function that makes a copy of a string Synopsis #include <Xm/Xm.h> XmString XmStringCopy( XmString s1); Description XmStringCopy makes a copy of an existing compound string. When the application no longer needs the returned compound string, the application should call XmStringFree. s1 Specifies the compound string to be copied Return Returns…
XmStringConcatAndFree — A compound string function that appends one string to another and frees the original strings Synopsis #include <Xm/Xm.h> XmString XmStringConcatAndFree( XmString s1, XmString s2); Description XmStringConcatAndFree copies s2 to the end of s1 and returns a copy of the resulting compound string. The original strings are freed. The function will allocate space to…
XmStringConcat — A compound string function that appends one string to another Synopsis #include <Xm/Xm.h> XmString XmStringConcat( XmString s1, XmString s2); Description XmStringConcat copies s2 to the end of s1 and returns a copy of the resulting compound string. The original strings are preserved. The function will allocate space to hold the returned compound string….
XmStringComponentType — Data type for compound string components Synopsis #include <Xm/Xm.h> Description XmStringComponentType is the data type specifying compound string component types. A compound string component identifies some part of a compound string, and can have a value and length. A compound string component can be one of the following types. These component types are…
XmStringComponentCreate — A compound string function that creates arbitrary components Synopsis #include <Xm/Xm.h> XmString XmStringComponentCreate( XmStringComponentType c_type, unsigned int length, XtPointer value); Description XmStringComponentCreate creates a new XmString component of type c_type, containing value. If value is invalid for the particular component type, this function fails and returns NULL. c_type Specifies the type of component…
XmStringCompare — A compound string function that compares two strings Synopsis #include <Xm/Xm.h> Boolean XmStringCompare( XmString s1, XmString s2); Description XmStringCompare returns a Boolean value indicating the results of a semantically equivalent comparison of two compound strings. Semantically equivalent means that the strings have the same text components, font list element tags, directions, and separators….
XmStringByteStreamLength — A function that returns the size of a string Synopsis #include <Xm/Xm.h> unsigned int XmStringByteStreamLength (string) unsigned char *string; (void) Description XmStringByteStreamLength receives a byte stream format string and returns the size, in bytes, of that stream, including the header. Because of this header information, even a NULL string will cause XmStringByteStreamLength to…
XmStringByteCompare — A compound string function that indicates the results of a byte-by-byte comparison Synopsis #include <Xm/Xm.h> Boolean XmStringByteCompare( XmString s1, XmString s2); Description This function is obsolete and exists for compatibility with previous releases. XmStringByteCompare returns a Boolean indicating the results of a byte-by-byte comparison of two compound strings. In general, if two compound…
XmStringBaseline — A compound string function that returns the number of pixels between the top of the character box and the baseline of the first line of text Synopsis #include <Xm/Xm.h> Dimension XmStringBaseline( XmRenderTable rendertable, XmString string); Description XmStringBaseline returns the number of pixels between the top of the character box and the baseline of…
XmString — Data type for a compound string Synopsis #include <Xm/Xm.h> Description XmString is the data type for a compound string. Compound strings consist of a sequence of components, including, but not limited to, the following: • XmSTRING_COMPONENT_SEPARATOR • XmSTRING_COMPONENT_TAB • XmSTRING_COMPONENT_LAYOUT_POP • XmSTRING_COMPONENT_DIRECTION • XmSTRING_COMPONENT_LAYOUT_PUSH • XmSTRING_COMPONENT_CHARSET • XmSTRING_COMPONENT_FONTLIST_ELEMENT_TAG • XmSTRING_COMPONENT_LOCALE • XmSTRING_COMPONENT_LOCALE_TEXT •…
XmSpinBoxValidatePosition — translate the current value of the specified XmSpinBox child into a valid position Synopsis #include <Xm/SpinBox.h> int XmSpinBoxValidatePosition( Widget textfield, int *position); Description The XmSpinBoxValidatePosition function is a utility that can be used by applications wanting to implement a policy for tracking user modifications to editable XmSpinBox children of type XmNUMERIC. The specifics…
XmSpinBox — The SpinBox widget class Synopsis #include <Xm/SpinB.h> Description SpinBox allows the user to select a value from a ring of related but mutually exclusive choices which are displayed in sequence. The SpinBox always has an increment arrow, a decrement arrow, and one or more other children. The choices are displayed, one at a…