XrmUniqueQuark(3X11)													      XrmUniqueQuark(3X11)

NAME

       XrmUniqueQuark,	XrmStringToQuark,  XrmPermStringToQuark,  XrmQuarkToString, XrmStringToQuarkList, XrmStringToBindingQuarkList - manipulate
       resource quarks

SYNOPSIS

       XrmQuark XrmUniqueQuark()

       #define XrmStringToName(string) XrmStringToQuark(string) #define XrmStringToClass(string) XrmStringToQuark(string) #define  XrmStringToRep-
       resentation(string) XrmStringToQuark(string)

       XrmQuark XrmStringToQuark(string)
	       char *string;

       XrmQuark XrmPermStringToQuark(string)
	       char *string;

       #define	XrmStringToName(string) XrmStringToQuark(string) #define XrmStringToClass(string) XrmStringToQuark(string) #define XrmStringToRep-
       resentation(string) XrmStringToQuark(string)

       XrmQuark XrmStringToQuark(string)
	       char *string;

       XrmQuark XrmPermStringToQuark(string)
	       char *string;

       #define XrmNameToString(name) XrmQuarkToString(name) #define  XrmClassToString(class)  XrmQuarkToString(class)  #define	XrmRepresentation-
       ToString(type) XrmQuarkToString(type)

       char *XrmQuarkToString(quark)
	       XrmQuark quark;

       #define	XrmStringToNameList(str,  name)  XrmStringToQuarkList((str),  (name))  #define	XrmStringToClassList(str,class)  XrmStringToQuark-
       List((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

       Returns the binding list.  Specifies the quark for which the equivalent string is desired.  Returns the	list  of  quarks.   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.  Xrm-
       PermStringToQuark 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.

       For any given quark, if XrmStringToQuark returns a non-NULL value, all future calls will return the same value (identical address).

       These functions 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.  Xrm-
       PermStringToQuark 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.

       For any given quark, if XrmStringToQuark returns a non-NULL value, all future calls will return the same value (identical address).

       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 con-
       version 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;

       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  aster-
       isk 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	 tight	 loose

SEE ALSO

       XrmGetResource(3X11), XrmInitialize(3X11), XrmMergeDatabases(3X11), XrmPutResource(3X11)

       Xlib -- C Language X Interface

															      XrmUniqueQuark(3X11)