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XDrawImageString(3X11)

XDrawString(3X11)

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XmbDrawImageString(3X11)

XmbDrawText(3X11)

XmbDrawString(3X11)  —  NEWS-OS Programmer’s Manual

NAME

XmbDrawString, XwcDrawString − draw text using a single font set

SYNTAX

void XmbDrawString(display, d, font_set, gc, x, y, string, num_bytes)
      Display ∗display;
      Drawable d;
      XFontSet font_set;
      GC gc;
      int x, y;
      char ∗string;
      int num_bytes; void XwcDrawString(display, d, font_set, gc, x, y, string, num_wchars)
      Display ∗display;
      Drawable d;
      XFontSet font_set;
      GC gc;
      int x, y;
      wchar_t ∗string;
      int num_wchars;

ARGUMENTS

dSpecifies the drawable. 

displaySpecifies the connection to the X server. 

font_setSpecifies the font set. 

gcSpecifies the GC. 

num_bytesSpecifies the number of bytes in the string argument. 

num_wcharsSpecifies the number of characters in the string argument. 

stringSpecifies the character string. 

x

ySpecify the x and y coordinates. 

DESCRIPTION

XmbDrawString and XwcDrawString draw the specified text with the foreground pixel. When the XFontSet has missing charsets, each unavailable character is drawn with the default string returned by XCreateFontSet. The behavior for an invalid codepoint is undefined.

SEE ALSO

XDrawImageString(3X11), XDrawString(3X11), XDrawText(3X11), XmbDrawImageString(3X11), XmbDrawText(3X11)
Xlib − C Language X Interface

NEWS-OSRelease 4.2.1R

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