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'\" Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California.
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'\" Copyright (c) 1994-1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
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'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
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'\" SCCS: @(#) InternAtom.3 1.8 96/03/26 18:14:31
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.so man.macros
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.TH Tk_InternAtom 3 "" Tk "Tk Library Procedures"
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.BS
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.SH NAME
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Tk_InternAtom, Tk_GetAtomName \- manage cache of X atoms
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.nf
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\fB#include <tk.h>\fR
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.sp
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Atom
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\fBTk_InternAtom(\fItkwin, name\fR)
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.sp
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char *
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\fBTk_GetAtomName(\fItkwin, atom\fR)
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.SH ARGUMENTS
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.AS Tk_Window parent
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.AP Tk_Window tkwin in
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Token for window. Used to map atom or name relative to a particular display.
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.AP char *name in
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String name for which atom is desired.
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.AP Atom atom in
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Atom for which corresponding string name is desired.
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.BE
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
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These procedures are similar to the Xlib procedures
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\fBXInternAtom\fR and \fBXGetAtomName\fR. \fBTk_InternAtom\fR
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returns the atom identifier associated with string given by
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\fIname\fR; the atom identifier is only valid for the display
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associated with \fItkwin\fR.
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\fBTk_GetAtomName\fR returns the string associated
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with \fIatom\fR on \fItkwin\fR's display. The string returned
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by \fBTk_GetAtomName\fR is in Tk's storage: the caller need
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not free this space when finished with the string, and the caller
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should not modify the contents of the returned string.
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If there is no atom \fIatom\fR on \fItkwin\fR's display,
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then \fBTk_GetAtomName\fR returns the string ``?bad atom?''.
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.PP
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Tk caches
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the information returned by \fBTk_InternAtom\fR and \fBTk_GetAtomName\fR
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so that future calls
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for the same information can be serviced from the cache without
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contacting the server. Thus \fBTk_InternAtom\fR and \fBTk_GetAtomName\fR
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are generally much faster than their Xlib counterparts, and they
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should be used in place of the Xlib procedures.
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.SH KEYWORDS
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atom, cache, display
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