StrToText.c revision 61b2299d 
1/* $Xorg: StrToText.c,v 1.4 2001/02/09 02:03:37 xorgcvs Exp $ */
2/*
3
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26*/
27
28#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
29#include <config.h>
30#endif
31#include <X11/Xlibint.h>
32#include <X11/Xatom.h>
33#include <X11/Xutil.h>
34
35/*
36 * XStringListToTextProperty - fill in TextProperty structure with
37 * concatenated list of null-separated strings.  Return True if successful
38 * else False.  Allocate room on end for trailing NULL, but don't include in
39 * count.
40 */
41
42Status XStringListToTextProperty (
43    char **argv,
44    int argc,
45    XTextProperty *textprop)
46{
47    register int i;
48    register unsigned int nbytes;
49    XTextProperty proto;
50
51    /* figure out how much space we'll need for this list */
52    for (i = 0, nbytes = 0; i < argc; i++) {
53	nbytes += (unsigned) ((argv[i] ? strlen (argv[i]) : 0) + 1);
54    }
55
56    /* fill in a prototype containing results so far */
57    proto.encoding = XA_STRING;
58    proto.format = 8;
59    if (nbytes)
60	proto.nitems = nbytes - 1;	/* subtract one for trailing <NUL> */
61    else
62	proto.nitems = 0;
63    proto.value = NULL;
64
65    /* build concatenated list of strings */
66    if (nbytes > 0) {
67	register char *buf = Xmalloc (nbytes);
68	if (!buf) return False;
69
70	proto.value = (unsigned char *) buf;
71	for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
72	    char *arg = argv[i];
73
74	    if (arg) {
75		(void) strcpy (buf, arg);
76		buf += (strlen (arg) + 1);
77	    } else {
78		*buf++ = '\0';
79	    }
80	}
81    } else {
82	proto.value = (unsigned char *) Xmalloc (1);	/* easier for client */
83	if (!proto.value) return False;
84
85	proto.value[0] = '\0';
86    }
87
88    /* we were successful, so set return value */
89    *textprop = proto;
90    return True;
91}
92