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diff --git a/tk8.6/doc/InternAtom.3 b/tk8.6/doc/InternAtom.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a16eee1 --- /dev/null +++ b/tk8.6/doc/InternAtom.3 @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +'\" +'\" Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California. +'\" Copyright (c) 1994-1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc. +'\" +'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution +'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. +'\" +.TH Tk_InternAtom 3 "" Tk "Tk Library Procedures" +.so man.macros +.BS +.SH NAME +Tk_InternAtom, Tk_GetAtomName \- manage cache of X atoms +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +\fB#include <tk.h>\fR +.sp +Atom +\fBTk_InternAtom(\fItkwin, name\fR) +.sp +const char * +\fBTk_GetAtomName(\fItkwin, atom\fR) +.SH ARGUMENTS +.AS Tk_Window parent +.AP Tk_Window tkwin in +Token for window. Used to map atom or name relative to a particular display. +.AP "const char" *name in +String name for which atom is desired. +.AP Atom atom in +Atom for which corresponding string name is desired. +.BE +.SH DESCRIPTION +.PP +These procedures are similar to the Xlib procedures +\fBXInternAtom\fR and \fBXGetAtomName\fR. \fBTk_InternAtom\fR +returns the atom identifier associated with string given by +\fIname\fR; the atom identifier is only valid for the display +associated with \fItkwin\fR. +\fBTk_GetAtomName\fR returns the string associated +with \fIatom\fR on \fItkwin\fR's display. The string returned +by \fBTk_GetAtomName\fR is in Tk's storage: the caller need +not free this space when finished with the string, and the caller +should not modify the contents of the returned string. +If there is no atom \fIatom\fR on \fItkwin\fR's display, +then \fBTk_GetAtomName\fR returns the string +.QW "?bad atom?" . +.PP +Tk caches +the information returned by \fBTk_InternAtom\fR and \fBTk_GetAtomName\fR +so that future calls +for the same information can be serviced from the cache without +contacting the server. Thus \fBTk_InternAtom\fR and \fBTk_GetAtomName\fR +are generally much faster than their Xlib counterparts, and they +should be used in place of the Xlib procedures. +.SH KEYWORDS +atom, cache, display |