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* docs/reference/gdk/: Updates for new functions
* docs/reference/gdk/tmpl/gtkclipboard.sgml
docs/reference/gdk/tmpl/gtkselection.sgml: Updates
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<!-- ##### SECTION Title ##### -->
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Properties and Atoms
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functions to manipulate properties on windows.
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<!-- ##### SECTION Long_Description ##### -->
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<para>
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Each window under X can have any number of associated
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<firstterm>properties</firstterm> attached to it.
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Properties are arbitrary chunks of data identified by
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<firstterm>atom</firstterm>s. (An <firstterm>atom</firstterm>
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is a numeric index into a string table on the X server. They are used
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to transfer strings efficiently between clients without
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having to transfer the entire string.) A property
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has an associated type, which is also identified
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using an atom.
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</para>
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<para>
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A property has an associated <firstterm>format</firstterm>,
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an integer describing how many bits are in each unit
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of data inside the property. It must be 8, 16, or 32.
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When data is transfered between the server and client,
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if they are of different endianesses it will be byteswapped
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as necessary according to the format of the property.
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Note that on the client side, properties of format 32
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will be stored with one unit per <emphasis>long</emphasis>,
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even if a long integer has more than 32 bits on the platform.
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(This decision was apparently made for Xlib to maintain
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compatibility with programs that assumed longs were 32
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bits, at the expense of programs that knew better.)
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</para>
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<para>
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The functions in this section are used to add, remove
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and change properties on windows, to convert atoms
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to and from strings and to manipulate some types of
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data commonly stored in X window properties.
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</para>
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<!-- ##### SECTION See_Also ##### -->
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<para>
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</para>
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<!-- ##### TYPEDEF GdkAtom ##### -->
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<para>
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A numeric type representing a string as an index into a table
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of strings on the X server.
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</para>
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<!-- ##### MACRO GDK_NONE ##### -->
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<para>
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</para>
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION gdk_text_property_to_text_list ##### -->
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<para>
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Convert a text string from the encoding as it is stored in
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a property into an array of strings in the encoding of
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the current local. (The elements of the array represent
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the null-separated elements of the original text string.)
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</para>
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@encoding: an atom representing the encoding. The most common
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values for this are <literal>STRING</literal>,
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or <literal>COMPOUND_TEXT</literal>. This is
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value used as the type for the property.
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@format: the format of the property.
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@text: the text data.
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@length: the length of the property, in item.s
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@list: location to store a terminated array of strings
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in the encoding of the current locale. This
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array should be freed using gdk_free_text_list().
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@Returns: the number of strings stored in @list, or 0,
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if the conversion failed.
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION gdk_free_text_list ##### -->
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<para>
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Free the array of strings created by
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gdk_text_property_to_text_list().
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</para>
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@list: the value stored in the @list parameter by
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a call to gdk_text_property_to_text_list().
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION gdk_text_property_to_utf8_list ##### -->
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<para>
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</para>
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@encoding:
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@format:
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@text:
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@length:
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@list:
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@Returns:
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION gdk_string_to_compound_text ##### -->
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<para>
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Convert a string from the encoding of the current locale
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into a form suitable for storing in a window property.
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</para>
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@str: a null-terminated string.
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@encoding: location to store the encoding atom (to be used as the type for the property).
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@format: location to store the format for the property.
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@ctext: location to store newly allocated data for the property.
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@length: location to store the length of @ctext in items.
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@Returns: 0 upon sucess, non-zero upon failure.
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION gdk_free_compound_text ##### -->
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<para>
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Free the data returned from gdk_string_to_compound_text().
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</para>
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@ctext: The pointer stored in @ctext from a call to gdk_string_to_compound_text().
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION gdk_utf8_to_string_target ##### -->
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<para>
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</para>
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@str:
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@Returns:
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION gdk_utf8_to_compound_text ##### -->
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<para>
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</para>
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@str:
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@encoding:
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@format:
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@ctext:
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@length:
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@Returns:
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION gdk_atom_intern ##### -->
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<para>
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Find or create an atom corresponding to a given string.
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</para>
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@atom_name: a string.
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@only_if_exists: if %TRUE, do not create a new atom, but
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just return the atom if it already exists.
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@Returns: the atom corresponding to @atom_name, or, if
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@only_if_exists is false, and an atom does not
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already exists for the string, %GDK_NONE.
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION gdk_atom_name ##### -->
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<para>
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Determine the string corresponding to an atom.
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</para>
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@atom: a #GdkAtom.
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@Returns: a newly allocated string containing the string
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corresponding to @atom. When you are done
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with the return value, you should free it
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using g_free().
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION gdk_property_get ##### -->
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<para>
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Retrieves a portion of the contents of a property. If the
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property does not exist, then the function returns FALSE,
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and %GDK_NONE will be stored in @actual_property_type.
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Note: the <function>XGetWindowProperty()</function>
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function that gdk_property_get()
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uses has a very confusing and complicated set of semantics.
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Unfortunately, gdk_property_get() makes the situation
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worse instead of better (the semantics should be considered
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undefined), and also prints warnings to stderr in cases where it
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should return a useful error to the program. You are advised to use
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<function>XGetWindowProperty()</function>
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directly until a replacement function for gdk_property_get()
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is provided.
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</para>
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@window: a #GdkWindow.
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@property: the property to retrieve.
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@type: the desired property type, or 0, if any type of data
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is acceptable. If this does not match the actual
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type, then @actual_format and @actual_length will
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be filled in, a warning will be printed to stderr
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and no data will be returned.
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@offset: the offset into the property at which to begin
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retrieving data. (in 4 byte units!)
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@length: the length of the data to delete. (in bytes, but
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the actual retrieved length will be the next
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integer multiple multiple of four greater than
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this!)
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@pdelete: if %TRUE, delete the property after retrieving the
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data.
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@actual_property_type: location to store the actual type of
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the property.
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@actual_format: location to store the actual format of the data.
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@actual_length: location to store the length of the retrieved
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data, in bytes.
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@data: location to store a pointer to the data. The retrieved
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data should be freed with g_free() when you are finished
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using it.
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@Returns: %TRUE if data was sucessfully received and stored
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in @data, otherwise %FALSE.
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION gdk_property_change ##### -->
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<para>
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Change the contents of a property on a window.
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</para>
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@window: a #GdkWindow.
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@property: the property to change.
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@type: the new type for the property. If @mode is
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%GDK_PROP_MODE_REPLACE or %GDK_PROP_MODE_APPEND, then this
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must match the existing type or an error will occur.
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@format: the new format for the property. If @mode is
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%GDK_PROP_MODE_REPLACE or %GDK_PROP_MODE_APPEND, then this
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must match the existing format or an error will occur.
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@mode: a value describing how the new data is to be combined
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with the current data.
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@data: the data
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(a <literal>guchar *</literal>
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<literal>gushort *</literal>, or
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<literal>gulong *</literal>, depending on @format), cast to a
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<literal>guchar *</literal>.
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@nelements: the number of elements of size determined by the format,
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contained in @data.
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<!-- ##### ENUM GdkPropMode ##### -->
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<para>
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Describes how existing data is combined with new data when
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using gdk_property_change().
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</para>
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@GDK_PROP_MODE_REPLACE: the new data replaces the existing data.
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@GDK_PROP_MODE_PREPEND: the new data is prepended to the existing data.
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@GDK_PROP_MODE_APPEND: the new data is appended to the existing data.
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION gdk_property_delete ##### -->
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<para>
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Delete a property from a window.
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</para>
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@window: a #GdkWindow.
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@property: the property to delete.
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