XInternAtom(3X11) MIT X11R4 XInternAtom(3X11)
Name
XInternAtom, XGetAtomName - create or return atom names
Syntax
Atom XInternAtom(display, atom_name, only_if_exists)
Display *display;
char *atom_name;
Bool only_if_exists;
char *XGetAtomName(display, atom)
Display *display;
Atom atom;
Arguments
atom Specifies the atom for the property name you want returned.
atom_name Specifies the name associated with the atom you want returned.
display Specifies the connection to the X server.
only_if_exists
Specifies a Boolean value that indicates whether creates the atom.
Description
The function returns the atom identifier associated with the specified atom_name string. If only_if_exists is the atom is created if it
does not exist. Therefore, can return You should use a null-terminated ISO Latin-1 string for atom_name. Case matters; the strings thing,
Thing, and thinG all designate different atoms. The atom will remain defined even after the client's connection closes. It will become
undefined only when the last connection to the X server closes.
can generate and errors.
The function returns the name associated with the specified atom. To free the resulting string, call
can generate a error.
Diagnostics
The server failed to allocate the requested resource or server memory.
A value for an Atom argument does not name a defined Atom.
Some numeric value falls outside the range of values accepted by the request.
Unless a specific range is specified for an argument, the full range defined by the argument's type is accepted. Any argument
defined as a set of alternatives can generate this error.
See Also
XFree(3X11), XGetWindowProperty(3X11)
X Window System: The Complete Reference, Second Edition, Robert W. Scheifler and James Gettys
XInternAtom(3X11)
