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XtSetTypeConverter(3)

XtSetTypeConverter3

Register resource converter

Part of XtAppSetTypeConverter(3).

Arguments

app_context

Specifies the application context.

converter

Specifies the type converter procedure.

convert_args

Specifies how to compute the additional arguments to the converter or NULL.

from_type

Specifies the source type.

num_args

Specifies the number of additional arguments to the converter or zero.

to_type

Specifies the destination type.

cache_type

Specifies whether or not resources produced by this converter are shareable or display-specific and when they should be freed.

destructor

Specifies a destroy procedure for resources produced by this conversion, or NULL if no additional action is required to deallocate resources produced by the converter.

Overview

XtSetTypeConverter registers the specified type converter and destructor in all application contexts created by the calling process, including any future application contexts that may be created. XtAppSetTypeConverter registers the specified type converter in the single application context specified. If the same from_type and to_type are specified in multiple calls to either function, the most recent overrides the previous ones.

History

  • Arch Linux 2026-11-01: the text shown here
  • Debian 13 (Trixie) to Debian 12 (Bookworm)
  • Debian 11 (Bullseye)
  • Debian 10 (Buster) to Debian 9 (Stretch)
  • Debian 8 (Jessie)
  • Debian 7 (Wheezy)
  • Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)
  • Debian 5.0 (Lenny)
  • Debian 4.0 (Etch)

From libxt 1.3.1-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.