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XListFonts(3X11)
X11R6
NAME
  XListFonts, XFreeFontNames, XListFontsWithInfo, XFreeFontInfo - obtain or
  free font names and information

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

  XFreeFontNames(list)
	  char *list[];

  char **XListFontsWithInfo(display, pattern, maxnames, count_return,
  info_return)
	  Display *display;
	  char *pattern;
	  int maxnames;
	  int *count_return;
	  XFontStruct **info_return;

  XFreeFontInfo(names, free_info, actual_count)
	  char **names;
	  XFontStruct *free_info;
	  int actual_count;

ARGUMENTS
  actual_count
      Specifies the actual number of font names.

  actual_count_return
      Returns the actual number of font names.

  count_return
      Returns the actual number of matched font names.

  display
      Specifies the connection to the X server.

  info_return
      Returns the font information.

  free_info
      Specifies the font information.

  list
      Specifies the array of strings you want to free.

  maxnames
      Specifies the maximum number of names to be returned.

  names
      Specifies the list of font names.

  pattern
      Specifies the null-terminated pattern string that can contain wildcard
      characters.

DESCRIPTION
  The XListFonts function returns an array of available font names (as
  controlled by the font search path; see XSetFontPath) that match the string
  you passed to the pattern argument. The pattern string can contain any
  characters, but each asterisk (*) is a wildcard for any number of
  characters, and each question mark (?) is a wildcard for a single
  character. If the pattern string is not in the Host Portable Character
  Encoding, the result is implementation dependent. Use of uppercase or
  lowercase does not matter. Each returned string is null-terminated. 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. If there are no matching
  font names, XListFonts returns NULL. The client should call XFreeFontNames
  when finished with the result to free the memory.

  The XFreeFontNames function frees the array and strings returned by
  XListFonts or XListFontsWithInfo.

  The XListFontsWithInfo function returns a list of font names that match the
  specified pattern and their associated font information.  The list of names
  is limited to size specified by maxnames. The information returned for each
  font is identical to what XLoadQueryFont would return except that the per-
  character metrics are not returned. The pattern string can contain any
  characters, but each asterisk (*) is a wildcard for any number of
  characters, and each question mark (?) is a wildcard for a single
  character. If the pattern string is not in the Host Portable Character
  Encoding, the result is implementation dependent. Use of uppercase or
  lowercase does not matter. Each returned string is null-terminated. 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. If there are no matching
  font names, XListFontsWithInfo returns NULL.

  To free only the allocated name array, the client should call
  XFreeFontNames. To free both the name array and the font information array
  or to free just the font information array, the client should call
  XFreeFontInfo.

  The XFreeFontInfo function frees a font structure or an array of font
  structures and optionally an array of font names. If NULL is passed for
  names, no font names are freed. If a font structure for an open font
  (returned by XLoadQueryFont) is passed, the structure is freed, but the
  font is not closed; use XUnloadFont to close the font.

SEE ALSO
  XLoadFont(3X11), XSetFontPath(3X11)

  Xlib -- C Language X Interface

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