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.TH MUXSTRING 3
.SH NAME
setmuxbuf, getmuxbuf \- exchanging strings between tools
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B #include <jerq.h>
.PP
.B setmuxbuf(s); String *s;
.PP
.B getmuxbuf(d); String *d;
.SH DESCRIPTION
These functions manipulate strings represented
in the following form.
.IP
.EX
.ta \w'struct 'u
struct	String {
	char *s;
	short n;
	short size;
};
.EE
.LP
The string proper occupies the first 
.B n
characters of a data block of
.L size
characters pointed to by
.BR s .
Initially both
.B size
and
.B s
should be 0.
Strings are always counted, not terminated by
.BR \e0 .
The functions obtain space as needed from
.IR gcalloc  ;
see
.IR alloc (3).
.PP
.I Setmuxbuf
copies string 
.I s
into the snarf buffer maintained by
the underlying window system;
.I getmuxbuf
copies from the snarf buffer into
.I d.
.SH SEE ALSO
.IR string (3)

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