NAME

XTextWidth, XTextWidth16 − compute text width

SYNTAX

int XTextWidth(font_struct, string, count)
      XFontStruct ∗font_struct;
      char ∗string;
      int count;

int XTextWidth16(font_struct, string, count)
      XFontStruct ∗font_struct;
      XChar2b ∗string;
      int count;

ARGUMENTS

countSpecifies the character count in the specified string. 

font_structSpecifies the font used for the width computation. 

stringSpecifies the character string. 

DESCRIPTION

The XTextWidth and XTextWidth16 functions return the width of the specified 8-bit or 2-byte character strings.

SEE ALSO

XLoadFont(3X11), XTextExtents(3X11)
Xlib − C Language X Interface

September 02, 1992