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XtDisplayInitialize, XtOpenDisplay, XtDatabase, XtScreenDatabase, XtCloseDisplay - initialize, open, or close a display
void
XtDisplayInitialize(app_context, display, application_name, application_class, options, num_options, argc, argv)
XtAppContext app_context;
Display *display;
String application_name;
String application_class;
XrmOptionDescRec *options;
Cardinal num_options;
int *argc;
String *argv;
Display
*XtOpenDisplay(app_context, display_string, application_name, application_class, options, num_options, argc, argv)
XtAppContext app_context;
String display_string;
String application_name;
String application_class;
XrmOptionDescRec *options;
Cardinal num_options;
int *argc;
String *argv;
void
XtCloseDisplay(display)
Display *display;
XrmDatabase
XtDatabase(display)
Display *display;
XrmDatabase
XtScreenDatabase(screen)
Screen* screen;
Specifies a pointer to the number of command line parameters.
Specifies the command line parameters.
Specifies the application context.
Specifies the class name of this application, which usually
is the generic name for all instances of this application.
Specifies the name of the application instance.
Specifies the display. Note that a display can be in at most
one application context.
Specifies the number of entries in the options list.
Specifies how to parse the command line for any application-specific
resources. The options argument is passed as a parameter to
XrmParseCommand. For further information, see
Xlib -- C Language
X Interface.
Specifies the screen whose resource database is to be returned.
The XtDisplayInitialize function builds the resource database, calls the Xlib XrmParseCommand function to parse the command line, and performs other per display initialization. After XrmParseCommand has been called, argc and argv contain only those parameters that were not in the standard option table or in the table specified by the options argument. If the modified argc is not zero, most applications simply print out the modified argv along with a message listing the allowable options. On UNIX-based systems, the application name is usually the final component of argv[0]. If the synchronize resource is True for the specified application, XtDisplayInitialize calls the Xlib XSynchronize function to put Xlib into synchronous mode for this display connection. If the reverseVideo resource is True, the Intrinsics exchange XtDefaultForeground and XtDefaultBackground for widgets created on this display. (See Section 9.6.1).
The XtOpenDisplay function calls XOpenDisplay the specified display name. If display_string is NULL, XtOpenDisplay uses the current value of the -display option specified in argv and if no display is specified in argv, uses the user's default display (on UNIX-based systems, this is the value of the DISPLAY environment variable).
If this succeeds, it then calls XtDisplayInitialize and pass it the opened display and the value of the -name option specified in argv as the application name. If no name option is specified, it uses the application name passed to XtOpenDisplay. If the application name is NULL, it uses the last component of argv[0]. XtOpenDisplay returns the newly opened display or NULL if it failed.
XtOpenDisplay is provided as a convenience to the application programmer.
The XtCloseDisplay function closes the specified display as soon as it is safe to do so. If called from within an event dispatch (for example, a callback procedure), XtCloseDisplay does not close the display until the dispatch is complete. Note that applications need only call XtCloseDisplay if they are to continue executing after closing the display; otherwise, they should call XtDestroyApplicationContext or just exit.
The XtDatabase function returns the fully merged resource database that was built by XtDisplayInitialize associated with the display that was passed in. If this display has not been initialized by XtDisplayInitialize, the results are not defined.
The
XtScreenDatabase
function returns the fully merged
resource database associated with the specified screen. If the
screen
does not belong to a
Display
initialized
by
XtDisplayInitialize, the results are undefined.
In internationalized applications, the XtSetLanguageProc function sets the language procedure for XtDisplayInitialize. In such applications, the catopen call must execute following the call to XtDisplayInitialize. (Remember that XtAppInitialize indirectly calls XtDisplayInitialize through XtOpenDisplay).
If the
catopen
call executes after
XtSetLanguageProc
but before the call that initializes the display, the application
does not access translated messages when these are available for the language
setting.
catopen(3), XtAppCreateShell(3Xt), XtAppInitialize(3Xt), XtCreateApplicationContext(3Xt)
X Toolkit Intrinsics -- C Language Interface
Xlib -- C Language X Interface