XSetFontPath(3X11)  X Version 11 (Release 4)   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


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       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
       applications.  Usually, the X server is free to cache font
       information 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.

       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
       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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