hpux man page for xgeterrortext

XGetErrorText() 														   XGetErrorText()

Name
  XGetErrorText - obtain a description of error code.

Synopsis
  XGetErrorText(display, code, buffer_return, length)
	Display *display;
	int code;
	char *buffer_return;
	int length;

Arguments
  display   Specifies a connection to an X server; returned from XOpenDisplay().

  code	    Specifies the error code for which you want to obtain a description.

  buffer_return
	    Returns the error description text. You allocate this memory.

  length    Specifies the size of the buffer.

Description
  XGetErrorText()  obtains  textual  descriptions  of errors.  XGetErrorText() copies a NULL-terminated string describing the specified error
  code into the specified buffer with length length.  The returned text is in the encoding of the current locale.  This string is copied from
  static  data	and  therefore	may  be  freed.  This routine allows extensions to the Xlib library to define their own error codes and error
  strings that can be accessed easily.

  For more information, see Volume One, Chapter 3, Basic Window Program.

See Also
  XDisplayName(), XGetErrorDatabaseText(), XSetAfterFunction(), XSetErrorHandler(), XSetIOErrorHandler(), XSynchronize().

Xlib - Error Handling														   XGetErrorText()