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XrmStringToQuark()														XrmStringToQuark()

Name
  XrmStringToQuark, XrmStringToName, XrmStringToClass, XrmStringToRepresentation - convert a string to a quark.

Synopsis
  XrmQuark XrmStringToQuark(string)
	  char *string;

     #define  XrmStringToName(string)  XrmStringToQuark(string)  #define XrmStringToClass(string) XrmStringToQuark(string) #define XrmString-
     ToRepresentation(string) XrmStringToQuark(string)

Arguments
  string    Specifies the string for which a quark is to be allocated.

Returns
  The quark.

Description
  XrmStringToQuark() returns a quark that will represent the specified string.	If the string is not in the Host Portable Character Encoding,
  the conversion is implementation-dependent.  Since string is copied, it may be freed.  XrmQuarkToString() performs the inverse function.

  A  quark  is an integer representation of a string.  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  presently
  represented by integers, comparing quarks is trivial.

  The  macros  XrmStringToName(),  XrmStringToClass(),	and XrmStringToRepresentation() provide alternate names for XrmStringToQuark().  They
  help document when a name, class, or representation (as opposed to some other type of string) is being converted into a quark.

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

Structures
     typedef int XrmQuark;

See Also
  XrmQGetResource(), XrmQGetSearchList(), XrmQGetSearchResource(), XrmQPutResource(), XrmQPutStringResource(), XrmQuarkToString(), XrmString-
  ToBindingQuarkList(), XrmStringToQuarkList(), XrmUniqueQuark().

Xlib - Resource Manager 													XrmStringToQuark()

XrmUniqueQuark(3)						  XLIB FUNCTIONS						 XrmUniqueQuark(3)

NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

       XrmQuark XrmUniqueQuark(void);

       #define XrmStringToName(string) XrmStringToQuark(string)
       #define XrmStringToClass(string) XrmStringToQuark(string)
       #define XrmStringToRepresentation(string) XrmStringToQuark(string)

       int XrmQuark XrmStringToQuark(char *string);

       XrmQuark XrmPermStringToQuark(char *string);

       #define XrmStringToName(string) XrmStringToQuark(string)
       #define XrmStringToClass(string) XrmStringToQuark(string)
       #define XrmStringToRepresentation(string) XrmStringToQuark(string)

       XrmQuark XrmStringToQuark(char *string);

       XrmQuark XrmPermStringToQuark(char *string);

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

       char *XrmQuarkToString(XrmQuark quark);

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

       void XrmStringToQuarkList(char *string, XrmQuarkList quarks_return);

       XrmStringToBindingQuarkList(char *string, XrmBindingList bindings_return, XrmQuarkList quarks_return);

ARGUMENTS

       bindings_return
		 Returns the binding list.

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

       quarks_return
		 Returns the list of quarks.

       string	 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.  The caller
       must allocate sufficient space for the quarks list before calling XrmStringToQuarkList.	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 conversion 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.  The caller must allocate suffi-
       cient space for the quarks list and the binding list before calling XrmStringToBindingQuarkList.  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 asterisk char-
       acter.  If the string does not start with period or asterisk, a period is assumed.  For example, ``*a.b*c'' becomes:

       quarks	  a	  b
       bindings   loose   tight

SEE ALSO

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

       Xlib - C Language X Interface

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