### Function

# GdkX11 x11_get_xatom_by_name_for_display

since: 4.0

#### Declaration [src]

    Atom
    gdk_x11_get_xatom_by_name_for_display (
      GdkDisplay* display,
      const char* atom_name
    )

#### Description [src]

Returns the X atom for a `GdkDisplay` corresponding to `atom_name`. This function caches the result, so if called repeatedly it is much faster than XInternAtom(), which is a round trip to the server each time.

Available since: 4.0

#### Parameters

`display`

  Type: `GdkX11Display`

  A `GdkDisplay`

  The data is owned by the caller of the function.

`atom_name`

  Type: `const char*`

  A string.

  The data is owned by the caller of the function.
  The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.

#### Return value

Type: `Atom`

A X atom for a `GdkDisplay`