XCreatePixmap(3X11)         X Version 11(Release 5)         XCreatePixmap(3X11)


NAME
      XCreatePixmap, XFreePixmap - create or destroy pixmaps

SYNTAX
      Pixmap XCreatePixmap(display, d, width, height, depth)
            Display *display;
            Drawable d;
            unsigned int width, height;
            unsigned int depth;

      XFreePixmap(display, pixmap)
            Display *display;
            Pixmap pixmap;

ARGUMENTS
      d         Specifies which screen the pixmap is created on.

      depth     Specifies the depth of the pixmap.

      display   Specifies the connection to the X server.

      pixmap    Specifies the pixmap.

      width
      height    Specify the width and height, which define the dimensions of
                the pixmap.

DESCRIPTION
      The XCreatePixmap function creates a pixmap of the width, height, and
      depth you specified and returns a pixmap ID that identifies it.  It is
      valid to pass an InputOnly window to the drawable argument.  The width
      and height arguments must be nonzero, or a BadValue error results.  The
      depth argument must be one of the depths supported by the screen of the
      specified drawable, or a BadValue error results.

      The server uses the specified drawable to determine on which screen to
      create the pixmap.  The pixmap can be used only on this screen and only
      with other drawables of the same depth (see XCopyPlane for an exception
      to this rule).  The initial contents of the pixmap are undefined.

      XCreatePixmap can generate BadAlloc, BadDrawable, and BadValue errors.

      The XFreePixmap function first deletes the association between the pixmap
      ID and the pixmap.  Then, the X server frees the pixmap storage when
      there are no references to it.  The pixmap should never be referenced
      again.

      XFreePixmap can generate a BadPixmap error.

DIAGNOSTICS




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      BadAlloc  The server failed to allocate the requested resource or server
                memory.

      BadDrawable
                A value for a Drawable argument does not name a defined Window
                or Pixmap.

      BadPixmap A value for a Pixmap argument does not name a defined Pixmap.

      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
      XCopyArea(3X11)
      Xlib - C Language X Interface




































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