XSetFontPath(3X11)            X11 SDE 5.4R3.00            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 interpretation of the strings is
       implementation dependent, but typically 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 subsequent 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.

       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



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XSetFontPath(3X11)            X11 SDE 5.4R3.00            XSetFontPath(3X11)


       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











































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