XSetFontPath(3X11)                   SysV                   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 interpretation of the strings is operating system dependent, but they
     are intended to specify directories to be searched in the order listed.
     Also, the contents of these strings are operating system dependent and
     are not intended to be used by client applications.  Usually, the X
     server is free to cache font information internally rather than having to
     read fonts from files.  In addition, 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 operating system dependent.

     XSetFontPath can generate a BadValue error.

     The XGetFontPath function allocates and returns an array of strings
     containing the search path.  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 specific 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 ALSO
     XListFont(3X11), XLoadFonts(3X11)
     Xlib - C Language X Interface