ultrix man page for xtgetgc

XtGetGC(3Xt)							     MIT X11R4							      XtGetGC(3Xt)

Name
       XtGetGC, XtReleaseGC - obtain and destroy a sharable GC

Syntax
       GC XtGetGC(w, value_mask, values)
	  Widget w;
	  XtGCMask value_mask;
	  XGCValues *values;

       void XtReleaseGC(w, gc)
	  Widget w;
	  GC gc;

Arguments
       gc	 Specifies the GC to be deallocated.

       values	 Specifies the actual values for this GC.

       value_mask
		 Specifies which fields of the values are specified.

       w	 Specifies the widget.

Description
       The function returns a sharable, read-only GC.  The parameters to this function are the same as those for except that a widget is passed
       instead of a display.  shares only GCs in which all values in the GC returned by are the same.  In particular, it does not use the
       value_mask provided to determine which fields of the GC a widget considers relevant.  The value_mask is used only to tell the server which
       fields should be filled in with widget data and which it should fill in with default values.  For further information about value_mask and
       values, see in the X Window System: The Complete Reference, Second Edition, Robert W. Scheifler and James Gettys.

       The function deallocate the specified shared GC.

See Also
       X Window System Toolkit: The Complete Programmer's Guide and Specification, Paul J. Asente and Ralph Swick
       X Window System: The Complete Reference, Second Edition, Robert W. Scheifler and James Gettys

																      XtGetGC(3Xt)