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XtAllocateGC(3Xt)		XT FUNCTIONS		    XtAllocateGC(3Xt)



NAME
  XtAllocateGC - obtain a sharable GC with modifiable fields

SYNTAX
  GC XtAllocateGC(w, depth, value_mask, values, dynamic_mask, unused_mask)
	Widget w;
	Cardinal depth;
	XtGCMask value_mask;
	XGCValues *values;
	XtGCMask dynamic_mask;
	XtGCMask unused_mask;

ARGUMENTS

  values    Specifies the actual values for this GC.

  value_mask
	    Specifies which fields of the values are specified.

  w	    Specifies the widget.

  depth	    Specifies the depth for which the returned GC is valid, or 0.

  dynamic_mask
	    Specifies the fields of the GC that may be modified by the
	    caller.

  unused_mask
	    Specifies the fields of the GC that will not be used by the
	    caller.

DESCRIPTION
  The XtAllocateGC function returns a sharable GC that may be modified by the
  client.  The screen field of the specified widget or of the nearest widget
  ancestor of the specified object and the specified depth argument supply
  the root and drawable depths for which the GC is to be valid. If depth is
  zero the depth is taken from the depth field of the specified widget or of
  the nearest widget ancestor of the specified object.

  The value_mask argument specifies the fields of the GC that will be ini-
  tialized with the respective members of the values structure.	 The
  dynamic_mask argument specifies fields that the caller intends to modify
  during program execution. The caller must ensure that the corresponding GC
  field is sdet prior to each use of the GC. The unused_mask argument speci-
  fies fields of the GC that are of no interest to the caller. The caller may
  make no assumptions about the contents of any fields specified in
  unused_mask. The caller may assume that at all times all fields not speci-
  fied in either dynamic_mask or unused_mask have their default value if not
  specified in value_mask or the value specified by values.  If a field is
  specified in both value_mask and dynamic_mask, the effect is as if it were
  specified only in dynamic_mask and then immediately set to the value in
  values. If a field is set in unused_mask and also in either value_mask or
  dynamic_mask, the specification in unused_mask is ignored.

  XtAllocateGC tries to minimize the number of unique GCs created by compar-
  ing the arguments with those of previous calls and returning an existing GC
  when there are no conflicts.	XtAllocateGC may modify and return an exist-
  ing GC if it was allocated with a nonzero unused_mask.

SEE ALSO
  XtGetGC
  X Toolkit Intrinsics - C Language Interface
  Xlib - C Language X Interface






























































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