XSetFontPath(3X11)  RISC/os Reference Manual   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 applica-
     tions.  Usually, the X server is free to cache font informa-
     tion 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.




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XSetFontPath(3X11)  RISC/os Reference Manual   XSetFontPath(3X11)



     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 XGet-
     FontPath.

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 gen-
               erate this error.

SEE ALSO
     XListFont(3X11), XLoadFonts(3X11)
     Xlib - C Language X Interface




































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