XSetFontPath(3X11)XSetFontPath(3X11)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
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.
Specifies the connection to the X server. Specifies the array of
strings you want to free. Specifies the number of directories in the
path. 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 implemen‐
tation 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
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 ALSOXListFonts(3X11), XLoadFont(3X11)
Xlib -- C Language X Interface
XSetFontPath(3X11)
