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XSetFontPath(3X11)


X11R6


NAME

  XSetFontPath, XGetFontPath, XFreeFontPath - set, get, or free the font
  search path


SYNOPSIS

  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
  encoding and interpretation of the strings are implementation dependent,
  but typically they specify directories or font servers to be searched in
  the order listed. An X server is permitted to cache font information
  internally; for example, it might cache an entire font from a file and not
  check on subsequent opens of that font to see if the underlying font file
  has changed. However, when the font path is changed, 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 implementation dependent.

  XSetFontPath can generate a BadValue error.

  The XGetFontPath function allocates and returns an array of strings
  containing the search path. The contents of these strings are
  implementation dependent and are not intended to be interpreted by client
  applications. 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

  XListFonts(3X11), XLoadFont(3X11)

  Xlib -- C Language X Interface

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