XMSTRINGTABLEUNPARSE(3)

✨ XmStringTableUnparse ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to XmStringTableUnparse, a library call from the Motif family, and no cap it's literally a convenience function that converts a table of compound strings into an array of text 💖 she's giving "glow up translator" energy and honestly? obsessed.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

XmStringTableUnparse — a convenience function that converts a table of compound strings to an array of text. yes, that's the whole job. she takes your compound strings and hands you back actual readable text. iconic behavior fr fr ✨

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💅 SYNOPSIS 💅

#include <Xm/Xm.h>
XtPointer * XmStringTableUnparse(
XmStringTable table,
Cardinal count,
XmStringTag tag,
XmTextType tag_type,
XmTextType output_type,
XmParseTable parse,
Cardinal parse_count,
XmParseModel parse_model);

eight arguments. EIGHT. she's high maintenance but she delivers 🫶

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the tea, bestie: XmStringTableUnparse takes an array of compound strings, allocates a string array for the type of characters determined by type with an equal number of slots, calls XmStringUnparse on each compound string in table, and inserts the resulting string in the corresponding slot in the array. so it's like a little assembly line: compound string in, plain string out, one slot per string, no chaos. periodt 💅

here's what every single argument is doing with her life:

• table — specifies an XmStringTable containing the compound string to be converted. this is the main character, the source material 🎀
• count — specifies the number of compound strings in table. girl needs to know how many she's working with 🌸
• tag — specifies the tag to be used in matching with text segments. the two types of tag types are XmFONTLIST_DEFAULT_TAG and _MOTIF_DEFAULT_LOCALE. only segments tagged with tag will be returned. if tag is NULL, all segments will be matched — so like, no filter, everyone's invited 🫶
• tag_type — specifies the type of tag to be searched for. these types include XmMULTIBYTE_TEXT, XmWIDECHAR_TEXT, and XmCHARSET_TEXT. pick your fighter ✨
• output_type — specifies the type of text to be generated. these types include XmMULTIBYTE_TEXT, XmWIDECHAR_TEXT, and XmCHARSET_TEXT. same trio, different job — this one's about what you get out 💖
• parse — specifies the parse table to be used.
• parse_count — specifies the number of items in parse.
• parse_model — specifies which non-text components to be considered in matching in parse_table. possible values are:
  • XmOUTPUT_ALL — puts out all matching components. she's generous, she's giving everything 💜
  • XmOUTPUT_BETWEEN — puts out only those matching components that are between two matching text components.
  • XmOUTPUT_BEGINNING — puts out only those matching components that are at the beginning of a matching text component.
  • XmOUTPUT_END — puts out only those matching components that are at the end of a matching text component.
  • XmOUTPUT_BOTH — puts out only those matching components that are at the beginning or end of a matching text component. both ends, no middle, main character energy honestly 👑

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🔥 RETURN 🔥

returns an allocated array of allocated strings. and listen, bestie, this part matters — the application is responsible for managing the allocated space. she is NOT your cleanup crew, she is NOT picking up after you, that's on you 💀

so here's the vibe: the application can recover the allocated strings space by calling XtFree count times (that is, one time for each allocated string). that's one XtFree per string, no skipping, no shortcuts. the application can then recover the allocated array by calling XtFree on the allocated array itself.

🚨 bestie PLEASE do not lose the array before you've freed the strings. free the strings count times first, then free the array. and if you leak it? not her problem, she warned you, that's on periodt 😭

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🌈 RELATED 🌈

• XmStringTab.

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okay that's the whole page, no notes, she ate 💅 this was XmStringTableUnparse from the library call manual — the version/date deets live in that footer line, so consider this your cute sign-off: same source, same manual, just with way better vibes. mwah, go free your memory, bestie 💖✨🎀