XMRENDERTABLECVTTOPROP(3)

💖 XmRenderTableCvtToProp 💖

okay so bestie, we're in the Xm library call manual today and the star of the show is XmRenderTableCvtToProp — a render table function that takes a render table and turns it into a string representation. it's giving translator energy, fr fr. ✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <Xm/Xm.h>
unsigned int XmRenderTableCvtToProp(
Widget widget,
XmRenderTable table,
char **prop_return);

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so like, XmRenderTableCvtToProp converts a render table into a string of characters that represents that render table. iconic behavior honestly. 💅

the way this works is it's typically used by the source of a data transfer operation — you know, the side that's sending stuff — to produce a representation so it can transfer a render table over to a destination. it's the "pack it up and ship it" step. no cap.

• widget — specifies the widget that is the source of the render table. that's the origin point, the main character of this whole operation. 👑
• table — specifies a render table to be converted. yes bestie, this is the thing getting transformed. 🎀
• prop_return — specifies a pointer to a string that is created and returned by this function. the function allocates space to hold the returned string, so listen up: the application is responsible for managing this allocated space. that memory is yours to babysit now. 🫶

not me dropping a memory-management reminder but fr fr, the application can recover this allocated space by calling XtFree. don't forget or it's a leak bestie 😭

⭐ RETURN ⭐

Returns the number of bytes in the string representation. that's the byte count, the receipts, the proof of how big your string is. 🔥

🌈 RELATED 🌈

• XmRenderTable(3)
• XmRenderTableCvtFromProp(3)

iykyk — the reverse one exists too, go read it. ✨

and that's the whole vibe check on this one, bestie! this page came straight from the XmRenderTableCvtToProp library call manual, and it's signed off as the XmRenderTableCvtToProp(library call) page — no date stamp on it, so just imagine me blowing you a kiss instead. mwah 💋 slay, go free that memory 🧚💜