NAME

XmDirectionToStringDirection — A function that converts an XmDirection value to an XmStringDirection value

SYNOPSIS

#include <Xm/Xm.h>
XmStringDirection XmDirectionToStringDirection (dir)
        XmDirection     dir;
(void)

DESCRIPTION

XmDirectionToStringDirection converts the specified XmDirection direction value to its equivalent XmStringDirection value. Basically, if the XmDirection value has a horizontal direction specification, that horizontal element is used; otherwise, the XmStringDirection value is interpreted as XmSTRING_DIRECTION_L_TO_R. This function provides backward compatibility with the XmStringDirection data type.

Note that the Motif toolkit also contains an XmStringDirectionToDirection routine to convert an XmStringDirection value to its XmDirection equivalent.

dir: Specifies the XmDirection value to be converted.

RETURN

Returns the following XmStringDirection values:

XmSTRING_DIRECTION_R_TO_L: If the dir argument has a right to left horizontal direction value in it, for example XmRIGHT_TO_LEFT_TOP_TO_BOTTOM.
XmSTRING_DIRECTION_L_TO_R: If the dir argument has a left to right horizontal direction in it, for example XmLEFT_TO_RIGHT_TOP_TO_BOTTOM, or if the horizontal direction value in the dir argument is ambiguous, such as in the XmTOP_TO_BOTTOM value.
XmSTRING_DIRECTION_DEFAULT: If there was no horizontal direction specified.

RELATED INFORMATION

XmDirection(3), XmDirectionMatch(3), XmDirectionMatchPartial(3), XmDirectionToStringDirection(3), XmString(3), XmStringDirection(3), and XmStringDirectionToDirection(3),