sed multilines + separator confusion !! Post: 302923458

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xmstringgetnextsegment

XmStringGetNextSegment(3X)												XmStringGetNextSegment(3X)

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)
	       XmStringContext context;
	       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.
       Specifies  the  string context structure which was allocated by the XmStringInitContext function.  Specifies a pointer to a null terminated
       string.	Specifies a pointer to the font list element tag associated with the text.  Specifies a pointer to  the  direction  of	the  text.
       Specifies whether the next component of the compound string is a separator.

RETURN VALUE

       Returns True if a valid segment is found.

SEE ALSO

       XmStringCreate(3X), XmStringInitContext(3X)

															XmStringGetNextSegment(3X)