XMRENDERTABLECVTFROMPROP(3)

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πŸ’– NAME πŸ’–

XmRenderTableCvtFromProp β€” a render table function that converts from a string representation to a render table ✨


πŸŽ€ SYNOPSIS πŸŽ€

#include <Xm/Xm.h>
XmRenderTable XmRenderTableCvtFromProp(
Widget widget,
char *property,
unsigned int length);

πŸ¦‹ DESCRIPTION πŸ¦‹

okay bestie, listen up, because this one is literally so useful πŸ’… XmRenderTableCvtFromProp takes a string of characters that represents a render table and turns it into an actual, real, honest-to-god render table. it's giving glow-up. it's giving transformation arc. 🧚

like, this routine is typically used by the destination of a data transfer operation to produce a render table from a transferred representation. so somebody ships you a string, and you're the destination, and you're like "bestie, hand it over, i'll make it a render table." that's the whole vibe. no cap. πŸ”₯

here's the tea on the args:

  • widget β€” specifies the widget that is the destination for the render table 🫢
  • property β€” specifies a string of characters representing a render table 🌸
  • length β€” specifies the number of bytes in property ⭐

πŸ‘‘ RETURN πŸ‘‘

returns a render table. πŸŽ‰

and now the important part, do not skip this, i'm serious:

  • the function allocates space to hold the returned render table ✨
  • the application is responsible for managing this allocated space 😀
  • the application can recover this allocated space by calling XmRenderTableFree πŸ’–
🚨 bestie alert 🚨 that allocated space is YOURS to manage. nobody's coming to clean it up for you. if you forget to call XmRenderTableFree, that memory is just gonna sit there vibing forever. main character energy, but for a memory leak. not the flex you want. 😭


and that's the whole page, bestie!! πŸŽ€ this was XmRenderTableCvtFromProp, a library call, and it lives right there in your friendly neighbourhood section 3. go forth, convert those strings, free that memory, and slay πŸ’…βœ¨πŸ¦‹