XSetFontPath(3X11)          X Version 11(Release 5)          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 encoding and interpretation of the strings is implementation
      dependent, but typically they specify directories or font servers to be
      searched in the order listed.  An X server is permitted to cache font
      information internally, for example, it might cache an entire font from a
      file and not check on subsequent opens of that font to see if the
      underlying font file has changed.  However, when the font path is changed
      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 implementation dependent.

      XSetFontPath can generate a BadValue error.

      The XGetFontPath function allocates and returns an array of strings
      containing the search path.  The contents of these strings are
      implementation dependent and are not intended to be interpreted by client


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      applications.  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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