XPutImage(3X11)XPutImage(3X11)NAME
XPutImage, XGetImage, XGetSubImage - transfer images
SYNOPSIS
XPutImage(display, d, gc, image, src_x, src_y, dest_x, dest_y, width,
height)
Display *display;
Drawable d;
GC gc;
XImage *image;
int src_x, src_y;
int dest_x, dest_y;
unsigned int width, height;
XImage *XGetImage(display, d, x, y, width, height, plane_mask, format)
Display *display;
Drawable d;
int x, y;
unsigned int width, height;
unsigned long plane_mask;
int format;
XImage *XGetSubImage(display, d, x, y, width, height, plane_mask, for‐
mat, dest_image, dest_x, dest_y)
Display *display;
Drawable d;
int x, y;
unsigned int width, height;
unsigned long plane_mask;
int format;
XImage *dest_image;
int dest_x, dest_y;
ARGUMENTS
Specifies the drawable. Specifies the destination image. Specify the
x and y coordinates, which are relative to the origin of the drawable
and are the coordinates of the subimage or which are relative to the
origin of the destination rectangle, specify its upper-left corner, and
determine where the subimage is placed in the destination image. Spec‐
ifies the connection to the X server. Specifies the format for the
image. You can pass XYPixmap or ZPixmap. Specifies the GC. Specifies
the image you want combined with the rectangle. Specifies the plane
mask. Specifies the offset in X from the left edge of the image
defined by the XImage structure. Specifies the offset in Y from the
top edge of the image defined by the XImage structure. Specify the
width and height of the subimage, which define the dimensions of the
rectangle. Specify the x and y coordinates, which are relative to the
origin of the drawable and define the upper-left corner of the rectan‐
gle.
DESCRIPTION
The XPutImage function combines an image with a rectangle of the speci‐
fied drawable. The section of the image defined by the src_x, src_y,
width, and height arguments is drawn on the specified part of the draw‐
able. If XYBitmap format is used, the depth of the image must be one,
or a BadMatch error results. The foreground pixel in the GC defines the
source for the one bits in the image, and the background pixel defines
the source for the zero bits. For XYPixmap and ZPixmap, the depth of
the image must match the depth of the drawable, or a BadMatch error
results.
If the characteristics of the image (for example, byte_order and bit‐
map_unit) differ from what the server requires, XPutImage automatically
makes the appropriate conversions.
This function uses these GC components: function, plane-mask, subwin‐
dow-mode, clip-x-origin, clip-y-origin, and clip-mask. It also uses
these GC mode-dependent components: foreground and background.
XPutImage can generate BadDrawable, BadGC, BadMatch, and BadValue
errors.
The XGetImage function returns a pointer to an XImage structure. This
structure provides you with the contents of the specified rectangle of
the drawable in the format you specify. If the format argument is XYP‐
ixmap, the image contains only the bit planes you passed to the
plane_mask argument. If the plane_mask argument only requests a subset
of the planes of the display, the depth of the returned image will be
the number of planes requested. If the format argument is ZPixmap, XGe‐
tImage returns as zero the bits in all planes not specified in the
plane_mask argument. The function performs no range checking on the
values in plane_mask and ignores extraneous bits.
XGetImage returns the depth of the image to the depth member of the
XImage structure. The depth of the image is as specified when the draw‐
able was created, except when getting a subset of the planes in XYP‐
ixmap format, when the depth is given by the number of bits set to 1 in
plane_mask.
If the drawable is a pixmap, the given rectangle must be wholly con‐
tained within the pixmap, or a BadMatch error results. If the drawable
is a window, the window must be viewable, and it must be the case that
if there were no inferiors or overlapping windows, the specified rec‐
tangle of the window would be fully visible on the screen and wholly
contained within the outside edges of the window, or a BadMatch error
results. Note that the borders of the window can be included and read
with this request. If the window has backing-store, the backing-store
contents are returned for regions of the window that are obscured by
noninferior windows. If the window does not have backing-store, the
returned contents of such obscured regions are undefined. The returned
contents of visible regions of inferiors of a different depth than the
specified window's depth are also undefined. The pointer cursor image
is not included in the returned contents. If a problem occurs, XGetIm‐
age returns NULL.
XGetImage can generate BadDrawable, BadMatch, and BadValue errors.
The XGetSubImage function updates dest_image with the specified subim‐
age in the same manner as XGetImage. If the format argument is XYP‐
ixmap, the image contains only the bit planes you passed to the
plane_mask argument. If the format argument is ZPixmap, XGetSubImage
returns as zero the bits in all planes not specified in the plane_mask
argument. The function performs no range checking on the values in
plane_mask and ignores extraneous bits. As a convenience, XGetSubImage
returns a pointer to the same XImage structure specified by dest_image.
The depth of the destination XImage structure must be the same as that
of the drawable. If the specified subimage does not fit at the speci‐
fied location on the destination image, the right and bottom edges are
clipped. If the drawable is a pixmap, the given rectangle must be
wholly contained within the pixmap, or a BadMatch error results. If the
drawable is a window, the window must be viewable, and it must be the
case that if there were no inferiors or overlapping windows, the speci‐
fied rectangle of the window would be fully visible on the screen and
wholly contained within the outside edges of the window, or a BadMatch
error results. If the window has backing-store, then the backing-store
contents are returned for regions of the window that are obscured by
noninferior windows. If the window does not have backing-store, the
returned contents of such obscured regions are undefined. The returned
contents of visible regions of inferiors of a different depth than the
specified window's depth are also undefined. If a problem occurs, XGet‐
SubImage returns NULL.
XGetSubImage can generate BadDrawable, BadGC, BadMatch, and BadValue
errors.
DIAGNOSTICS
A value for a Drawable argument does not name a defined Window or
Pixmap. A value for a GContext argument does not name a defined GCon‐
text. An InputOnly window is used as a Drawable. Some argument or
pair of arguments has the correct type and range but fails to match in
some other way required by the request. Some numeric value falls out‐
side the range of values accepted by the request. Unless a specific
range is specified for an argument, the full range defined by the argu‐
ment's type is accepted. Any argument defined as a set of alternatives
can generate this error.
SEE ALSO
Xlib -- C Language X Interface
XPutImage(3X11)