XResourceManagerString(3)

📦
version 1.8.14 · 8 versions
, in alpine 3.24, arch rolling, nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable

🦋 XResourceManagerString(3) — Xlib functions, but make it bestie-core 🦋

okay so this is the manual page for XResourceManagerString(3), and it’s giving “two little Xlib functions that fetch server resource properties.” No cap, both are about pulling strings, and both can hand you NULL. Periodt.

💖 NAME 💖

  • XResourceManagerString, XScreenResourceString — obtain server resource properties. That’s the whole name vibe.

✨ SYNTAX ✨

char *XResourceManagerString(Display *display);

char *XScreenResourceString(Screen *screen);

Two separate calls, two separate moods 💅.

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • display — Specifies the connection to the X server. This is the Display * bestie for XResourceManagerString.
  • screen — Specifies the screen. This is the Screen * bestie for XScreenResourceString.

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

🌸 XResourceManagerString

Okay so XResourceManagerString returns the RESOURCE_MANAGER property from the server’s root window of screen zero, which was returned when the connection was opened using XOpenDisplay. The property is converted from type STRING to the current locale. The conversion is identical to that produced by XmbTextPropertyToTextList for a single element STRING property. The returned string is owned by Xlib and should not be freed by the client — do not free it, bestie, it is not yours. The property value must be in a format that is acceptable to XrmGetStringDatabase. If no property exists, NULL is returned. Not me getting NULL and having to vibe-check my resource setup 😭.

🦋 XScreenResourceString

XScreenResourceString returns the SCREEN_RESOURCES property from the root window of the specified screen. The property is converted from type STRING to the current locale. The conversion is identical to that produced by XmbTextPropertyToTextList for a single element STRING property. The property value must be in a format that is acceptable to XrmGetStringDatabase. If no property exists, NULL is returned. The caller is responsible for freeing the returned string by using XFree — yes, this one you actually clean up, main character responsibility era 🫶.

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

  • Xlib - C Language X Interface — the iconic source, iykyk.

Cute sign-off: this page is from X Version 11, libX11 1.8.14, and the footer has no date printed on it, so we are not inventing one 💜. Stay slay, and may your properties always be in a format acceptable to XrmGetStringDatabase ✨.

📦 where this page comes from