XMIMFREEXIC(3)

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version 2.5.2 Β· 2 versions
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✨ XmImFreeXIC β€” the manual page, but make it cute πŸ’–

ok so bestie, gather round, because we're talking about XmImFreeXIC, a library call from the Motif/Xm family. Yes it's a real function, yes it's in the Xm docs, and yes I'm gonna explain it like we're texting at 2am. 🫢


🌸 NAME 🌸

XmImFreeXIC β€” an input manager function that unregisters widgets for an XIC

like. that's literally it. it unregisters stuff. it frees stuff. main character energy fr fr. πŸ‘‘


πŸŽ€ SYNOPSIS πŸŽ€

first you gotta include the header, no skipping:

#include <Xm/XmIm.h>

and then the function itself, exactly like this:

void XmImFreeXIC(
Widget widget,
XIC xic);

not me obsessing over how clean that is. ✨


πŸ’… DESCRIPTION πŸ’…

okay so here's the tea. XmImFreeXIC unregisters all widgets associated with the specified X Input Context (XIC). all of them. every single one. it's giving cleanup era. 🧹

and there's a rule, bestie β€” the specified widget must be associated with the specified xic. like, they have to actually be linked. no fake relationships here. πŸ™ˆ

after unregistering the associated widgets, this call frees the xic. poof. gone. it's free real estate. πŸ’€

now the arguments, because we love a good parameter breakdown:

  • widget β€” Specifies the ID of a widget used to identify the VendorShell and XmDisplay that maintain the widget-XIC registry. lowkey it's the lil ID card that tells everyone which registry we're working with. πŸͺͺ
  • xic β€” Specifies the Input Context associated with the widget. that's the one getting unregistered and then set free. πŸ¦‹

if you're in your XIC research arc (and honestly? valid), go read these next:

the trio really said "get, set, free" and honestly? iconic. ⭐


and that's the whole page, bestie! this one comes straight out of the library call manual β€” same title, same name, same vibe, just with way more sparkle. no cap. πŸ’–βœ¨πŸŽ€