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From: pds@quintus (Peter Schachte)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Xatom.h
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Date: 7 Mar 89 19:10:47 GMT
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The file Xatom.h begins with the admonition

/* THIS IS A GENERATED FILE
 *
 * Do not edit it directly or put it under source control.
 */

but I can't figure out what it is generated from.  If I need to
construct a similar file for a different language, should I try to
generate it from whatever Xatom.h is generated from, or should I just
generate it from Xatom.h directly?  Will the format of Xatom.h remain
	#define atom ((Atom) number)?
Can I count on it being defined by #define, and the body of the
definition being parenthesized and containing a cast?  Will all the
predefined atoms begin with XA_ and be all upper-case?

What's the right way to do this?  (Though I maintain that the "right"
thing would be for the server to recognize the predefined atoms when I
try to intern them).
-Peter Schachte
pds@quintus.uucp
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