atomIntern

Finds or creates an atom corresponding to a given string.

static

atomIntern

(

string atomName

,

int onlyIfExists

)

Parameters

atomName string: a string.
onlyIfExists int: if TRUE, GDK is allowed to not create a new atom, but just return GDK_NONE if the requested atom doesn't already exists. Currently, the flag is ignored, since checking the existance of an atom is as expensive as creating it.

Return Value

the atom corresponding to atom_name.

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gdk Atoms static functions