XInternAtom, XInternAtoms, XGetAtomName, XGetAtomNames -
       create or return atom names


SYNTAX

       Atom XInternAtom(display, atom_name, only_if_exists)
             Display *display;
             char *atom_name;
             Bool only_if_exists;

       Status XInternAtoms(display, names, count, only_if_exists,
       atoms_return)
             Display *display;
             char **names;
             int count;
             Bool only_if_exists;
             Atom *atoms_return;

       char *XGetAtomName(display, atom)
             Display *display;
             Atom atom;

       Status XGetAtomNames(display, atoms, count, names_return)
             Display *display;
             Atom *atoms;
             int count;
             char **names_return;


ARGUMENTS

       atom      Specifies the atom for the property name you
                 want returned.

       atoms     Specifies the array of atoms.

       atom_name Specifies the name associated with the atom you
                 want returned.

       atoms_return
                 Returns the atoms.

       count     Specifies the number of atom names in the array.

       count     Specifies the number of atoms in the array.

       display   Specifies the connection to the X server.

       names     Specifies the array of atom names.

       names_return
                 Returns the atom names.

       only_if_exists
                 Specifies a Boolean value that indicates whether

       XInternAtom can generate BadAlloc and BadValue errors.

       The XInternAtoms function returns the atom identifiers
       associated with the specified names.  The atoms are stored
       in the atoms_return array supplied by the caller.  Calling
       this function is equivalent to calling XInternAtom for
       each of the names in turn with the specified value of
       only_if_exists, but this function minimizes the number of
       round-trip protocol exchanges between the client and the X
       server.

       This function returns a nonzero status if atoms are
       returned for all of the names; otherwise, it returns zero.

       XInternAtoms can generate BadAlloc and BadValue errors.

       The XGetAtomName function returns the name associated with
       the specified atom.  If the data returned by the server is
       in the Latin Portable Character Encoding, then the
       returned string is in the Host Portable Character Encod-
       ing.  Otherwise, the result is implementation-dependent.
       To free the resulting string, call XFree.

       XGetAtomName can generate a BadAtom error.

       The XGetAtomNames function returns the names associated
       with the specified atoms.  The names are stored in the
       names_return array supplied by the caller.  Calling this
       function is equivalent to calling XGetAtomName for each of
       the atoms in turn, but this function minimizes the number
       of round-trip protocol exchanges between the client and
       the X server.

       This function returns a nonzero status if names are
       returned for all of the atoms; otherwise, it returns zero.

       XGetAtomNames can generate a BadAtom error.


DIAGNOSTICS

       BadAlloc  The server failed to allocate the requested
                 resource or server memory.

       BadAtom   A value for an Atom argument does not name a
                 defined Atom.

       BadValue  Some numeric value falls outside the range of
                 values accepted by the request.  Unless a spe-
                 cific range is specified for an argument, the
                 full range defined by the argument's type is
                 accepted.  Any argument defined as a set of
                 alternatives can generate this error.