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Synopsis
Display *display;
Atom atom;
Arguments
displaySpecifies a connection to an X server; returned from XOpenDisplay().
atomSpecifies the atom whose string name you want returned.
Description
An atom is a number identifying a property. Properties also have a string name. in the original call to XInternAtom() that returned this atom, or, for predefined atoms, a string version of the symbolic constant without the XA_ is returned. If the data returned by the server is in the Latin Portable Character Encoding, then the returned string is in the Host Portable Character Encoding. Otherwise, the result is implementation-dependent. NULL, and generates a BadAtom error. string) when passed the predefined atom XA_WM_CLASS (a defined constant). You should free the resulting string with XFree() when it is no longer needed. XInternAtom() performs the inverse function, returning the atom given the string.
Errors
BadAtom
See Also
XChangeProperty(), XDeleteProperty(), XGetFontProperty(), XGetWindowProperty(), XInternAtom(), XListProperties(), XRotateWindowProperties(), XSetStandardProperties().
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