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<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><title>gtk.gdk.Atom</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.73.2"><link rel="start" href="index.html" title="PyGTK 2.0 Reference Manual"><link rel="up" href="gdk-class-reference.html" title="The gtk.gdk Class Reference"><link rel="prev" href="class-gdkapplaunchcontext.html" title="gtk.gdk.AppLaunchContext"><link rel="next" href="class-gdkcairocontext.html" title="gtk.gdk.CairoContext"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">gtk.gdk.Atom</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="class-gdkapplaunchcontext.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">The gtk.gdk Class Reference</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="class-gdkcairocontext.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="refentry" lang="en"><a name="class-gdkatom"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>gtk.gdk.Atom</h2><p>gtk.gdk.Atom — an object representing an interned string</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id3004987"></a><h2>Synopsis</h2><table bgcolor="#D0E0F0" width="100%"><tr><td><pre class="classsynopsis">class <span class="ooclass"><span class="classname">gtk.gdk.Atom</span></span>:
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<code class="constructorsynopsis"> <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-gdkatom.html#constructor-gdkatom-intern" title="Constructor">gtk.gdk.atom_intern</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>name</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>only_if_exists</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=False</span></span>)</code><br></pre></td></tr></table></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id3004932"></a><h2>Description</h2><p><a class="link" href="class-gdkatom.html" title="gtk.gdk.Atom"><code class="classname">gtk.gdk.Atom</code></a> is a
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<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><title>gtk.gdk.Atom</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.73.2"><link rel="start" href="index.html" title="PyGTK 2.0 Reference Manual"><link rel="up" href="gdk-class-reference.html" title="The gtk.gdk Class Reference"><link rel="prev" href="class-gdkapplaunchcontext.html" title="gtk.gdk.AppLaunchContext"><link rel="next" href="class-gdkcairocontext.html" title="gtk.gdk.CairoContext"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">gtk.gdk.Atom</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="class-gdkapplaunchcontext.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">The gtk.gdk Class Reference</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="class-gdkcairocontext.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="refentry" lang="en"><a name="class-gdkatom"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>gtk.gdk.Atom</h2><p>gtk.gdk.Atom — an object representing an interned string</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id3061186"></a><h2>Synopsis</h2><table bgcolor="#D0E0F0" width="100%"><tr><td><pre class="classsynopsis">class <span class="ooclass"><span class="classname">gtk.gdk.Atom</span></span>:
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<code class="constructorsynopsis"> <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-gdkatom.html#constructor-gdkatom-intern" title="Constructor">gtk.gdk.atom_intern</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>name</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>only_if_exists</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=False</span></span>)</code><br></pre></td></tr></table></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id3061131"></a><h2>Description</h2><p><a class="link" href="class-gdkatom.html" title="gtk.gdk.Atom"><code class="classname">gtk.gdk.Atom</code></a> is a
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<code class="literal">PyGTK</code> class that wraps the <code class="literal">GTK</code>+
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<span class="type">GdkAtom</span> - an unsigned integer representing an interned
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string. An interned string is a string that has an internal