XMTEXTSETMAXLENGTH(3)

💖 XmTextSetMaxLength 💖

okay so bestie, we're in the <Xm/Text.h> corner of the Motif-verse, and today's main character is XmTextSetMaxLength — a Text function that sets the value of the current maximum allowable length of a text string entered from the keyboard. it's a library call, it's iconic, it's doing exactly one job and doing it flawlessly. periodt. ✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <Xm/Text.h>
void XmTextSetMaxLength(
        Widget widget,
        int max_length);

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

so like, XmTextSetMaxLength sets the value of the current maximum allowable length of the text string in the Text widget. think of it as the bouncer at the club door 🚪✨ — the maximum allowable length prevents the user from entering a text string from the keyboard that is larger than this limit. no extra characters sneaking in, no cap. literally.

🚨 BUT. listen. pay attention. this is the plot twist: strings that are entered using the XmNvalue (or XmNvalueWcs) resource, or the XmTextSetString (or XmTextSetStringWcs) function ignore this resource. they said "not my problem," they walk right past the bouncer, they have VIP. 💅 so don't come crying to the max length when your programmatic string is a whole novel.

now the parameters, bestie, they're giving very much "two little arguments, big responsibilities":

• widget — Specifies the Text widget ID 🫶
• max_length — Specifies the maximum allowable length of the text string ✨

and for a complete definition of Text and its associated resources, see XmText(3). go read it, i'll wait, i'm not mad i'm just disappointed (i'm kidding ily).

🦋 RELATED 🦋

the friend group, the squad, the ones who always show up in the group chat together:

• XmText(3)
• XmTextSetString(3)
• XmTextSetStringWcs(3)

that's the whole page, bestie, no crumbs left 💜 and this absolute banger of a library call lives in the XmTextSetMaxLength(library call) section of the manual, dated however your distro shipped it — so go forth, set that max length, and slay 👑🌸