X11.displayTextPropertyToTextList

Convert a text string from the encoding as it is stored in a property into an array of strings in the encoding of the current locale. (The elements of the array represent the nul-separated elements of the original text string.) Since 2.24

class X11
static
int
displayTextPropertyToTextList
(,,
int format
,
char[] text
,
out string[] list
)

Parameters

display Display

The GdkDisplay where the encoding is defined. [type GdkX11Display]

encoding GdkAtom

an atom representing the encoding. The most common values for this are STRING, or COMPOUND_TEXT. This is value used as the type for the property

format int

the format of the property

text char[]

The text data

list string[]

location to store an array of strings in the encoding of the current locale. This array should be freed using gdk_free_text_list().

Return Value

Type: int

the number of strings stored in list, or 0, if the conversion failed

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