vga_gettextfont(3)						Svgalib User Manual						vga_gettextfont(3)

NAME

       vga_gettextfont, vga_puttextfont - get/set the font used in text mode

SYNOPSIS

       #include <vga.h>

       void vga_gettextfont(void *font);
       void vga_puttextfont(void *font);

DESCRIPTION

       The  functions  gives  access  to  the  buffer  where  svgalib  saves  the  font  used  by the kernel.  This is used by the restorefont(1),
       savetextmode(1), and textmode(1) utilities to restore a possibly screwed console font.

       The font buffer occupies 8192 bytes. However, versions 1.2.13 and later use a larger buffer internally and the size of the  buffers  passed
       to vga_gettextfont(3) and vga_puttextfont(3) can be set with vga_ext_set(3).

       The  functions  give access to the internal buffers of svgalib, not the font tables of the VGA card. This means that both functions must be
       called in graphics mode and a newly set font takes effect only at the next vga_setmode(TEXT) call.

SEE ALSO

       vga_setmode(3),	vga_ext_set(3),   svgalib(7),	vgagl(7),   libvga.config(5),	restorefont(1),   restoretextmode(1),	restorepalette(1),
       savetextmode(1), textmode(1), vga_dumpregs(3), vga_gettextmoderegs(3), dumpreg(1)

AUTHOR

       This manual page was edited by Michael Weller <eowmob@exp-math.uni-essen.de>. The exact source of the referenced function as well as of the
       original documentation is unknown.

       It is very likely that both are at least to some extent are due to Harm Hanemaayer <H.Hanemaayer@inter.nl.net>.

       Occasionally this might be wrong. I hereby asked to be excused by the original author and will happily accept any additions or  corrections
       to this first version of the svgalib manual.

Svgalib (>;= 1.2.11)						   27 July 1997 						vga_gettextfont(3)