XtName(3)

✨ XtName ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to XtName(3) β€” it's living in the XT FUNCTIONS section of the manual and honestly? she's a short one. a little snack. a single-purpose icon πŸ’…


🌸 NAME 🌸

XtName β€” obtain widget's name 🫢

like. that's it. that's the whole job. she gets the name.


πŸŽ€ SYNTAX πŸŽ€

first, you gotta invite her in:

#include <X11/Intrinsic.h>

then you call her like this:

String XtName(Widget w);

no cap, that's the entire signature. one widget in, one String out. πŸ¦‹


πŸ’– ARGUMENTS πŸ’–

  • w β€” Specifies the widget. that's the one you're asking about, bestie. hand her the widget, she'll tell you its name. ✨

πŸ‘‘ DESCRIPTION πŸ‘‘

XtName returns the widget's name.

periodt. that's literally the whole description. she doesn't do anything else, she doesn't want to do anything else, and honestly? respect. main character energy with zero drama. 🌈


πŸ¦‹ SEE ALSO πŸ¦‹

  • X Toolkit Intrinsics - C Language Interface
  • Xlib - C Language X Interface

go read those if you want the full lore, iykyk πŸ“šβœ¨


lowkey the shortest manpage you'll ever read and she still ate πŸ’…

X Version 11 Β· libXt 1.3.1 Β· XtName(3)

mwah, that's the page, bestie β€” version 11 energy, libXt 1.3.1 vibes, and we are soooo done here πŸŽ€πŸ’–βœ¨

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