XmImGetXIM - Man Page

An input manager function that retrieves the input method associated with a specified widget

Synopsis

#include <Xm/XmIm​.h>
XIM XmImGetXIM(
Widget widget);

Description

XmImGetXIM retrieves the XIM data structure representing the input method that the input manager has opened for the specified widget​. If an input method has not been opened by a previous call to XmImRegister, the first time this routine is called it opens an input method using the XmNinputMethod resource for the VendorShell​. If the XmNinputMethod is NULL, an input method is opened using the current locale​. If it cannot open an input method, the function returns NULL​.

widget

Specifies the ID of a widget registered with the input manager

Return

Returns the input method for the current locale associated with the specified widget​'s input manager; otherwise, returns NULL​. The application is responsible for freeing the returned XIM by calling XmImCloseXIM​.

Referenced By

XmImCloseXIM(3), XmImMbLookupString(3), XmImRegister(3).