NAME

XCreateRegion — create a new empty region. 

SYNOPSIS

Region XCreateRegion()

RETURNS

The created region. 

DESCRIPTION

XCreateRegion() creates a new region of undefined size.  XPolygonRegion() can be used to create a region with a defined shape and size.  Many of the functions that perform operations on regions can also create regions. 

For a description of regions, see Volume One, Chapter 6, Drawing Graphics and Text. 

STRUCTURES

Region is a pointer to an opaque structure type. 

SEE ALSO

XClipBox(), XDestroyRegion(), XEmptyRegion(), XEqualRegion(), XIntersectRegion(), XOffsetRegion(), XPointInRegion(), XPolygonRegion(), XRectInRegion(), XSetRegion(), XShrinkRegion(), XSubtractRegion(), XUnionRectWithRegion(), XUnionRegion(), XXorRegion(). 

Xlib Reference Manual