xgetfontpath(3x11) [ultrix man page]
XSetFontPath(3X11) MIT X11R4 XSetFontPath(3X11) Name XSetFontPath, XGetFontPath, XFreeFontPath - set, get, or free the font search path Syntax XSetFontPath(display, directories, ndirs) Display *display; char **directories; int ndirs; char **XGetFontPath(display, npaths_return) Display *display; int *npaths_return; XFreeFontPath(list) char **list; Arguments directories Specifies the directory path used to look for a font. Setting the path to the empty list restores the default path defined for the X server. display Specifies the connection to the X server. list Specifies the array of strings you want to free. ndirs Specifies the number of directories in the path. npaths_return Returns the number of strings in the font path array. Description The function defines the directory search path for font lookup. There is only one search path per X server, not one per client. The interpretation of the strings is operating system dependent, but they are intended to specify directories to be searched in the order listed. Also, the contents of these strings are operating system dependent and are not intended to be used by client applications. Usu- ally, the X server is free to cache font information internally rather than having to read fonts from files. In addition, the X server is guaranteed to flush all cached information about fonts for which there currently are no explicit resource IDs allocated. The meaning of an error from this request is operating system dependent. can generate a error. The function allocates and returns an array of strings containing the search path. When it is no longer needed, the data in the font path should be freed by using The function frees the data allocated by Diagnostics Some numeric value falls outside the range of values accepted by the request. Unless a specific range is specified for an argument, the full range defined by the argument's type is accepted. Any argument defined as a set of alternatives can generate this error. See Also XListFont(3X11), XLoadFonts(3X11) X Window System: The Complete Reference, Second Edition, Robert W. Scheifler and James Gettys XSetFontPath(3X11)
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XSetFontPath(3X11) XLIB FUNCTIONS XSetFontPath(3X11) NAME
XSetFontPath, XGetFontPath, XFreeFontPath - set, get, or free the font search path SYNTAX
XSetFontPath(display, directories, ndirs) Display *display; char **directories; int ndirs; char **XGetFontPath(display, npaths_return) Display *display; int *npaths_return; XFreeFontPath(list) char **list; ARGUMENTS
directories Specifies the directory path used to look for a font. Setting the path to the empty list restores the default path defined for the X server. display Specifies the connection to the X server. list Specifies the array of strings you want to free. ndirs Specifies the number of directories in the path. npaths_return Returns the number of strings in the font path array. DESCRIPTION
The XSetFontPath function defines the directory search path for font lookup. There is only one search path per X server, not one per client. The encoding and interpretation of the strings are implementation-dependent, but typically they specify directories or font servers to be searched in the order listed. An X server is permitted to cache font information internally; for example, it might cache an entire font from a file and not check on subsequent opens of that font to see if the underlying font file has changed. However, when the font path is changed, the X server is guaranteed to flush all cached information about fonts for which there currently are no explicit resource IDs allocated. The meaning of an error from this request is implementation-dependent. XSetFontPath can generate a BadValue error. The XGetFontPath function allocates and returns an array of strings containing the search path. The contents of these strings are imple- mentation-dependent and are not intended to be interpreted by client applications. When it is no longer needed, the data in the font path should be freed by using XFreeFontPath. The XFreeFontPath function frees the data allocated by XGetFontPath. DIAGNOSTICS
BadValue Some numeric value falls outside the range of values accepted by the request. Unless a specific range is specified for an argu- ment, the full range defined by the argument's type is accepted. Any argument defined as a set of alternatives can generate this error. SEE ALSO
XListFont(3X11), XLoadFonts(3X11) Xlib - C Language X Interface X Version 11 Release 6.6 XSetFontPath(3X11)