4.4BSD/usr/src/contrib/X11R5-lib/lib/X/StrToText.c

/* $XConsortium: StrToText.c,v 1.4 91/01/08 14:40:18 gildea Exp $ */
/* Copyright 1989 Massachusetts Institute of Technology */

/*
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*/

#include <X11/Xlibint.h>
#include <X11/Xatom.h>
#include <X11/Xutil.h>

/*
 * XStringListToTextProperty - fill in TextProperty structure with 
 * concatenated list of null-separated strings.  Return True if successful 
 * else False.  Allocate room on end for trailing NULL, but don't include in
 * count.
 */

Status XStringListToTextProperty (argv, argc, textprop)
    char **argv;
    int argc;
    XTextProperty *textprop;
{
    register int i;
    register unsigned int nbytes;
    XTextProperty proto;

    /* figure out how much space we'll need for this list */
    for (i = 0, nbytes = 0; i < argc; i++) {
	nbytes += (unsigned) ((argv[i] ? strlen (argv[i]) : 0) + 1);
    }

    /* fill in a prototype containing results so far */
    proto.encoding = XA_STRING;
    proto.format = 8;
    if (nbytes)
	proto.nitems = nbytes - 1;	/* subtract one for trailing <NUL> */
    else
	proto.nitems = 0;
    proto.value = NULL;

    /* build concatenated list of strings */
    if (nbytes > 0) {
	register char *buf = Xmalloc (nbytes);
	if (!buf) return False;

	proto.value = (unsigned char *) buf;
	for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
	    char *arg = argv[i];

	    if (arg) {
		(void) strcpy (buf, arg);
		buf += (strlen (arg) + 1);
	    } else {
		*buf++ = '\0';
	    }
	}
    } else {
	proto.value = (unsigned char *) Xmalloc (1);	/* easier for client */
	if (!proto.value) return False;

	proto.value[0] = '\0';
    }

    /* we were successful, so set return value */
    *textprop = proto;
    return True;
}