XmGetAtomName - Man Page

A function that returns the string representation for an atom

Synopsis

#include <Xm/Xm.h>
#include <Xm/AtomMgr.h>
String XmGetAtomName(
Display * display,
Atom atom);

Description

XmGetAtomName returns the string representation for an atom. It mirrors the Xlib interfaces for atom management but provides client-side caching. When and where caching is provided in Xlib, the routines will become pseudonyms for the Xlib routines.

display

Specifies the connection to the X server

atom

Specifies the atom for the property name you want returned

Return

Returns a string. The function allocates space to hold the returned string. The application is responsible for managing the allocated space. The application can recover the allocated space by calling XFree.

Referenced By

VendorShell(3).