### Function

# Gdk Display open

#### Declaration [src]

    GdkDisplay*
    gdk_display_open (
      const char* display_name
    )

#### Description [src]

Opens a display.

If opening the display fails, `NULL` is returned.

#### Parameters

`display_name`

  Type: `const char*`

  The name of the display to open.

  The argument can be `NULL`.
  The data is owned by the caller of the function.
  The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.

#### Return value

Type: `GdkDisplay`

A `GdkDisplay`.

The data is owned by the called function.
The return value can be `NULL`.