NAME¶

XmStringInitContext — A compound string function that creates a data structure for scanning an XmString component by component

SYNOPSIS¶

#include <Xm/Xm.h>
Boolean XmStringInitContext(
XmStringContext * context,
XmString string);

DESCRIPTION¶

XmStringInitContext creates a context to allow applications to read out the contents of a compound string component by component. A Boolean status is returned to indicate that the context could not be initalized.

If the function returns True, the function will allocate space to hold the returned context. The application is responsible for managing the allocated space. The memory can be recovered by calling XmStringFreeContext.

context

Specifies a pointer to the allocated context

string

Specifies the string

RETURN¶

Returns True if the context was allocated

RELATED¶

XmStringCreate(3).