xrmquarktostring(3) [hpux man page]

XrmQuarkToString()														XrmQuarkToString()

Name
  XrmQuarkToString - convert a quark to a string.

Synopsis
  char *XrmQuarkToString(quark)
	  XrmQuark quark;

Arguments
  quark     Specifies the quark for which the equivalent string is desired.

Returns
  The string.

Description
  XrmQuarkToString()  returns the string for which the specified quark is serving as a shorthand symbol.  The quark was earlier set to repre-
  sent the string by XrmStringToQuark().  The string pointed to by the return value must not be modified or freed, because that string is  in
  the data structure used by the resource manager for assigning quarks.  If no string exists for that quark, XrmQuarkToString() returns NULL.

  Since  the  resource manager needs to make many comparisons of strings when it gets data from the database, it is more efficient to convert
  these strings into quarks, and to compare quarks instead.  Since quarks are represented by integers, comparing quarks is trivial.

  The three #define statements in the Structures section provide an extra level of abstraction.  They define macros so	that  names,  classes
  and representations can also be represented as quarks.

  For more information, see Volume One, Chapter 13, Managing User Preferences.

Structures
     typedef int XrmQuark;

     /* macro definitions from <X11/Xresource.h> */

     #define XrmNameToString(name) XrmQuarkToString(name)
     #define XrmClassToString(class) XrmQuarkToString(class)
     #define XrmRepresentationToString(type) XrmQuarkToString(type)

See Also
  XrmDestroyDatabase(),  XrmGetFileDatabase(),	XrmGetResource(),  XrmGetStringDatabase(), XrmInitialize(), XrmMergeDatabases(), XrmParseCom-
  mand(),  XrmPutFileDatabase(),  XrmPutLineResource(),  XrmPutResource(),  XrmPutStringResource(),  XrmQGetResource(),  XrmQGetSearchList(),
  XrmQGetSearchResource(),  XrmQPutResource(),	XrmQPutStringResource(),  XrmStringToBindingQuarkList(), XrmStringToQuarkList(), XrmStringTo-
  Quark(), XrmUniqueQuark().

Xlib - Resource Manager 													XrmQuarkToString()

XrmStringToQuarkList()													    XrmStringToQuarkList()

Name
  XrmStringToQuarkList - convert a key string to a quark list.

Synopsis
  void XrmStringToQuarkList(string, quarks_return)
	  char *string;
	  XrmQuarkList quarks_return;

Arguments
  string    Specifies the string for which a list of quarks is to be generated.  Must be NULL-terminated.  The components may be separated by
	    the dot (.) character (tight binding) or the asterisk (*) character (loose binding).

  quarks_return
	    Returns the list of quarks.

Description
  XrmStringToQuarkList() converts string (generally a fully qualified name/class string) to a list of quarks.  If the string is  not  in  the
  Host Portable Character Encoding, the conversion is implementation-dependent.  Components of the string may be separated by a tight binding
  (the "." character) or a loose binding ("*").  Use XrmStringToBindingQuarkList() for lists which contain both  tight	and  loose  bindings.
  See XrmGetResource() for a description of tight and loose binding.

  Each	component  of  the string is individually converted into a quark.  See XrmStringToQuark() for information about quarks and converting
  strings to quarks.  quarks_return is a NULL-terminated list of quarks.

  For example, xmh.toc.command.background is converted into a list of four quarks:  the quarks for xmh, toc, command, and background, in that
  order.  A NULLQUARK is appended to the end of the list.

  Note	that  XrmStringToNameList and XrmStringToClassList are macros that perform exactly the same function as XrmStringToQuarkList(). These
  may be used in cases where they clarify the code.

  For more information, see Volume One, Chapter 13, Managing User Preferences.

Structures
     typedef int XrmQuark *XrmQuarkList;

     #define XrmStringToNameList(str, name)  XrmStringToQuarkList((str), (name))
     #define XrmStringToClassList(str,class) XrmStringToQuarkList((str), (class))

See Also
  XrmDestroyDatabase(), XrmGetFileDatabase(), XrmGetResource(), XrmGetStringDatabase(),  XrmInitialize(),  XrmMergeDatabases(),  XrmParseCom-
  mand(),  XrmPutFileDatabase(),  XrmPutLineResource(),  XrmPutResource(),  XrmPutStringResource(),  XrmQGetResource(),  XrmQGetSearchList(),
  XrmQGetSearchResource(), XrmQPutResource(), XrmQPutStringResource(), XrmQuarkToString(), XrmStringToBindingQuarkList(), XrmStringToQuark(),
  XrmStringToRepresentation, XrmUniqueQuark().

Xlib - Resource Manager 												    XrmStringToQuarkList()