XSetFontPath(3X11)														XSetFontPath(3X11)

NAME

       XSetFontPath, XGetFontPath, XFreeFontPath - set, get, or free the font search path

SYNOPSIS

       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

       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.	Specifies the connection to the X server.  Specifies the array of strings you want to free.  Specifies the number  of  directories
       in the path.  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 implemen-
       tation  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

       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

       XListFonts(3X11), XLoadFont(3X11)

       Xlib -- C Language X Interface

																XSetFontPath(3X11)