X Version 11 (1 September 1988) XSetFontPath(XS)
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 interpretation of the
strings is operating system dependent, but they are intended
to specify directories to be searched in the order listed.
Also, the contents of these strings are operating system
dependent and are not intended to be used by client
applications. Usually, the X server is free to cache font
information internally rather than having to read fonts from
files. In addition, 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 operating system dependent.
XSetFontPath can generate a BadValue error.
The XGetFontPath function allocates and returns an array of
strings containing the search path. 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(XS), XLoadFonts(XS)
Xlib - C Language X Interface
(printed 2/12/90) (1 September 1988) XSetFontPath(XS)