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XmInternAtom(library call)												XmInternAtom(library call)

NAME

       XmInternAtom -- A macro that returns an atom for a given name

SYNOPSIS

       #include <Xm/AtomMgr.h>
       Atom XmInternAtom(
       Display * display,
       String name,
       Boolean only_if_exists);

DESCRIPTION

       XmInternAtom  returns  an atom for a given name.  The returned atom remains defined even after the client's connection closes. The returned
       atom becomes undefined when the last connection to the X server closes.

       display	 Specifies the connection to the X server

       name	 Specifies the name associated with the atom you want returned.  The value of name is case dependent.

       only_if_exists
		 Specifies a Boolean value.  If False, the atom is created even if it does not exist.  (If it does not exist,  the  returned  atom
		 will be None.)  If True, the atom is created only if it exists.

RETURN

       Returns an atom.

															XmInternAtom(library call)

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

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