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XSetFontPath(3X11)	       XLIB FUNCTIONS		   XSetFontPath(3X11)



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 encoding and interpretation of the strings is 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 con-
  taining 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 argu-
	    ment, 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(3X11), XLoadFonts(3X11)
  Xlib - C Language X Interface























































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