XMDIRECTIONTOSTRINGDIRECTION(3)

✨ XmDirectionToStringDirection — NAME ✨

okay bestie, gather round 💖 this is a library call from the <Xm/Xm.h> world (yes, Motif, she's vintage but she ATE) and the whole entire job of XmDirectionToStringDirection is: you hand her an XmDirection value, she hands you back the matching XmStringDirection value. glow-up translator energy, no cap 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <Xm/Xm.h>
XmStringDirection XmDirectionToStringDirection (dir)
        XmDirection     dir;
(void)

like. that's the whole signature. she takes one argument and she takes zero nonsense 💅

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💫 DESCRIPTION 💫

XmDirectionToStringDirection converts the specified XmDirection direction value to its equivalent XmStringDirection value. literally a little converter fairy 🧚✨

Basically, the tea is: if the XmDirection value has a horizontal direction specification, that horizontal element is the one that gets used. otherwise — and this is the part people always forget — the XmStringDirection value is interpreted as XmSTRING_DIRECTION_L_TO_R. so no horizontal vibes? you get left-to-right by default. she said "fine, we'll go left to right then" 🙈

This function provides backward compatibility with the XmStringDirection data type. so if you're dealing with old-school code, she's got you 🫶

note bestie: the Motif toolkit ALSO contains an XmStringDirectionToDirection routine that goes the other way — it converts an XmStringDirection value to its XmDirection equivalent. so they're a matched set, a duo, a two-piece set of besties 💜

• dir — Specifies the XmDirection value to be converted. that's the one. that's the input. she needs it. 🎀

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👑 RETURN 👑

she returns the following XmStringDirection values, and this is a vibe check, so listen up:

• XmSTRING_DIRECTION_R_TO_L — this is what you get if the dir argument has a right to left horizontal direction value in it, for example XmRIGHT_TO_LEFT_TOP_TO_BOTTOM. right-to-left, main character energy, periodt 🔥
• XmSTRING_DIRECTION_L_TO_R — this one shows up if the dir argument has a left to right horizontal direction in it, for example XmLEFT_TO_RIGHT_TOP_TO_BOTTOM. OR — and this is the sneaky bit — if the horizontal direction value in the dir argument is ambiguous, such as in the XmTOP_TO_BOTTOM value. ambiguous? she's picking L_TO_R and moving on, she does not have time for your indecision 💀
• XmSTRING_DIRECTION_DEFAULT — if there was no horizontal direction specified. nope, nothing horizontal in there? default. that's it. that's the answer 🌈

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🎀 RELATED INFORMATION 🎀

the squad, the entourage, the group chat:

• XmDirection(3)
• XmDirectionMatch(3)
• XmDirectionMatchPartial(3)
• XmDirectionToStringDirection(3)
• XmString(3)
• XmStringDirection(3)
• XmStringDirectionToDirection(3),

(yes that trailing comma is hers, we respect it 💅)

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and that's the page, bestie! this was a library call straight out of the Motif toolkit — XmDirection...ngDirection(library call) — and it's a little vintage, a little legendary, and honestly iconic for a conversion function. go convert something. iykyk ⭐💖