XSetFontPath(3X11) XLIB FUNCTIONS XSetFontPath(3X11)NAME
XSetFontPath, XGetFontPath, XFreeFontPath - set, get, or
free the font search path
SYNTAX
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
directories
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.
display Specifies the connection to the X server.
list Specifies the array of strings you want to free.
ndirs Specifies the number of directories in the path.
npaths_return
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 interpreta-
tion of the strings are implementation-dependent, but typ-
ically 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 subse-
quent 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.
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XSetFontPath(3X11) XLIB FUNCTIONS XSetFontPath(3X11)
The XGetFontPath function allocates and returns an array
of strings containing the search path. The contents of
these strings are implementation-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
BadValue Some numeric value falls outside the range of
values accepted by the request. Unless a spe-
cific 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 ALSOXListFont(3X11), XLoadFonts(3X11)
Xlib - C Language X Interface
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