NAME

XDrawText, XDrawText16 − draw polytext text

SYNTAX

XDrawText(display, d, gc, x, y, items, nitems)
      Display ∗display;
      Drawable d;
      GC gc;
      int x, y;
      XTextItem ∗items;
      int nitems;

XDrawText16(display, d, gc, x, y, items, nitems)
      Display ∗display;
      Drawable d;
      GC gc;
      int x, y;
      XTextItem16 ∗items;
      int nitems;

ARGUMENTS

dSpecifies the drawable. 

displaySpecifies the connection to the X server. 

gcSpecifies the graphics context. 

itemsSpecifies a pointer to an array of text items. 

nitemsSpecifies the number of text items in the array. 

x

ySpecify the x and y coordinates. 

DESCRIPTION

The XDrawText and XDrawText16 functions draw 8-bit and 16-bit polytext characters in the specified drawable. .PN XDrawText and .PN XDrawText16 can generate BadDrawable, BadFont, BadGC, and BadMatch errors.

DIAGNOSTICS

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

BadFont A value for a Font or GContext argument does not name a defined Font. 

BadGC A value for a GContext argument does not name a defined GContext. 

BadMatch An InputOnly window is used as a Drawable.

SEE ALSO

XDrawImageString(3X), XDrawString(3X)
Xlib − C Language X Interface

1 March 1988