XGetDefault(3X11) MIT X11R4 XGetDefault(3X11)Name
XGetDefault, XResourceManagerString - get X program defaults
Syntax
char *XGetDefault(display, program, option)
Display *display;
char *program;
char *option;
char *XResourceManagerString(display)
Display *display;
Arguments
display Specifies the connection to the X server.
option Specifies the option name.
program Specifies the program name for the Xlib defaults (usually argv[0] of the main program).
Description
The function returns the value NULL if the option name specified in this argument does not exist for the program. The strings returned by
are owned by Xlib and should not be modified or freed by the client.
The returns the RESOURCE_MANAGER property from the server's root window of screen zero, which was returned when the connection was opened
using Note that the property value must be in a format that is acceptable to
See AlsoXOpenDisplay(3X11), XrmGetSearchList(3X11), XrmMergeDatabases(3X11)
X Window System: The Complete Reference, Second Edition, Robert W. Scheifler and James Gettys
XGetDefault(3X11)
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XSetTransientForHint(3X11) MIT X11R4 XSetTransientForHint(3X11)Name
XSetTransientForHint, XGetTransientForHint - set or read a window's WM_TRANSIENT_FOR property
Syntax
XSetTransientForHint(display, w, prop_window)
Display *display;
Window w;
Window prop_window;
Status XGetTransientForHint(display, w, prop_window_return)
Display *display;
Window w;
Window *prop_window_return;
Arguments
display Specifies the connection to the X server.
w Specifies the window.
prop_window
Specifies the window that the WM_TRANSIENT_FOR property is to be set to.
prop_window_return
Returns the WM_TRANSIENT_FOR property of the specified window.
Description
The function sets the WM_TRANSIENT_FOR property of the specified window to the specified prop_window.
can generate and errors.
The function returns the WM_TRANSIENT_FOR property for the specified window.
can generate a error.
Properties
WM_TRANSIENT_FOR
Set by application programs to indicate to the window manager that a transient top-level window, such as a dialog box.
Diagnostics
The server failed to allocate the requested resource or server memory.
A value for a Window argument does not name a defined Window.
See AlsoXAllocClassHint(3X11), XAllocIconSize(3X11), XAllocSizeHints(3X11), XAllocWMHints(3X11), XSetCommand(3X11), XSetTextProperty(3X11), XSetWM-
ClientMachine(3X11), XSetWMColormapWindows(3X11), XSetWMIconName(3X11), XSetWMName(3X11), XSetWMProperties(3X11), XSetWMProtocols(3X11),
XStringListToTextProperty(3X11)
X Window System: The Complete Reference, Second Edition, Robert W. Scheifler and James Gettys
XSetTransientForHint(3X11)
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