NAME

XListFonts − return a list of the available font names. 

Synopsis

char **XListFonts(display, pattern, maxnames, actual_count_return)
Display *display;
char *pattern;
int maxnames;
int *actual_count_return;

Arguments

displaySpecifies a connection to an X server; returned from XOpenDisplay(). 

patternSpecifies the string associated with the font names you want returned.  You can specify any string, including asterisks (*), and question marks.  The asterisk indicates a wildcard for any number of characters and the question mark indicates a wildcard for a single character.  Upper or lower case is not important.  If the pattern string is not in the Host Portable Character Encoding the result is implementation-dependent. 

maxnamesSpecifies the maximum number of names that are to be in the returned list. 

actual_count_return
Returns the actual number of font names in the list.

Description

XListFonts() returns a list of font names that match the string pattern.  Each returned font name string is terminated by NULL.  If the data returned by the server is in the Latin Portable Character Encoding, then the returned strings are in the Host Portable Character Encoding.  Otherwise, the result is implementation-dependent.  The maximum number of names returned in the list is the value you passed to maxnames.  The function returns the actual number of font names in actual_count_return.  If no fonts match the specified names, XListFonts() returns NULL.  name list.  The font search path (the order in which font names in various directories are compared to pattern) is set by XSetFontPath().  For more information on fonts, see Volume One, Chapter 6, Drawing Graphics and Text. 

See Also

XCreateFontCursor(), XFreeFont(), XFreeFontInfo(), XFreeFontPath(), XGetFontPath(), XGetFontProperty(), XListFontsWithInfo(), XLoadFont(), XLoadQueryFont(), XQueryFont(), XSetFont(), XSetFontPath(), XUnloadFont(). 

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