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DXmGetLocaleString(3X)													    DXmGetLocaleString(3X)

NAME

       DXmGetLocaleString - Provides locale-sensitive Motif compound string version of Toolkit ASCII default values.

SYNOPSIS

       XmString DXmGetLocaleString(
	       I18nContext context,
	       char *string,
	       I18nWordType word_type );

PARAMETERS

       Reserved  for  future use. (Null value passed.)	Null-terminated string specifying the ASCII string value whose locale sensitive version is
       to be retrieved (for example, the string "OK").	Specifies the type (part of speech) of a word in the string, as indicated by  one  of  the
       following values:

	      ------------------------------------------
	      Value	      Description
	      ------------------------------------------
	      I18NADJECTIVE   The word is an adjective.
	      I18NADVERB      The word is an adverb.
	      I18NNOUN	      The word is a noun.
	      I18NVERB	      The word is a verb.
	      ------------------------------------------

DESCRIPTION

       The  DXmGetLocaleString	routine provides a locale-sensitive Motif compound string version of Toolkit ASCII default values, such as "OK" or
       "Cancel".  You can specify the part of speech (adjective, adverb, verb, or noun) associated with each word in the string.

RETURN VALUES

       A pointer to the Motif compound string containing the value.

															    DXmGetLocaleString(3X)

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