XListFonts(3X11) MIT X11R4 XListFonts(3X11)
Name
XListFonts, XFreeFontNames, XListFontsWithInfo, XFreeFontInfo - obtain or free font names and information
Syntax
char **XListFonts(display, pattern, maxnames, actual_count_return)
Display *display;
char *pattern;
int maxnames;
int *actual_count_return;
XFreeFontNames(list)
char *list[];
char **XListFontsWithInfo(display, pattern, maxnames, count_return, info_return)
Display *display;
char *pattern;
int maxnames;
int *count_return;
XFontStruct **info_return;
XFreeFontInfo(names, free_info, actual_count)
char **names;
XFontStruct *free_info;
int actual_count;
Arguments
actual_count
Specifies the actual number of matched font names returned by
actual_count_return
Returns the actual number of font names.
count_return
Returns the actual number of matched font names.
display Specifies the connection to the X server.
info_return
Returns a pointer to the font information.
free_info Specifies the pointer to the font information returned by
list Specifies the array of strings you want to free.
maxnames Specifies the maximum number of names to be returned.
names Specifies the list of font names returned by
pattern Specifies the null-terminated pattern string that can contain wildcard characters.
Description
The function returns an array of available font names (as controlled by the font search path; see that match the string you passed to the
pattern argument. The string should be ISO Latin-1; uppercase and lowercase do not matter. Each string is terminated by an ASCII null.
The pattern string can contain any characters, but each asterisk (*) is a wildcard for any number of characters, and each question mark (?)
is a wildcard for a single character. The client should call when finished with the result to free the memory.
The function frees the array and strings returned by or
The function returns a list of font names that match the specified pattern and their associated font information. The list of names is
limited to size specified by maxnames. The information returned for each font is identical to what would return except that the per-char-
acter metrics are not returned. The pattern string can contain any characters, but each asterisk (*) is a wildcard for any number of char-
acters, and each question mark (?) is a wildcard for a single character. To free the allocated name array, the client should call To free
the the font information array, the client should call
The function frees the the font information array. To free an structure without closing the font, call with the names argument specified
as NULL.
See Also
XLoadFont(3X11), XSetFontPath(3X11)
X Window System: The Complete Reference, Second Edition, Robert W. Scheifler and James Gettys
XListFonts(3X11)
