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XScreenCount, XScreenNumberOfScreen, XScreenOfDisplay, ScreenCount, ScreenNumberOfScreen, ScreenOfDisplay − get screen information. 

Synopsis

int XScreenCount(display)

      Display *display;

int XScreenNumberOfScreen(screen)

      Screen *screen;

Screen *XScreenOfDisplay(display, screen_number)

      Display *display;
      int screen_number;

Arguments

displaySpecifies a connection to an X server; returned from XOpenDisplay(). 

screenSpecifies the appropriate Screen structure. 

screen_number
Specifies the appropriate screen number on the host server.

Description

XScreenCount() returns the number of screens on the specified display.  XScreenNumberOfScreen() returns a screen number given a pointer to a Screen structure.  XScreenOfDisplay() returns pointer to a Screen structure given the screen number.  XScreenNumberOfScreen() and XScreenOfDisplay() are opposites.  The C language macros ScreenCount(), ScreenNumberOfScreen(), and ScreenOfDisplay() are equivalent and slightly more efficient. 

See Also

XDefaultScreenOfDisplay(), XDefaultScreen*(). 

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