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XSetFontPath(3)                                XLIB FUNCTIONS                                XSetFontPath(3)



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

SYNTAX
       int XSetFontPath(Display *display, char **directories, int ndirs);

       char **XGetFontPath(Display *display, int *npaths_return);

       int XFreeFontPath(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
       XListFont(3X11), XLoadFonts(3X11)
       Xlib - C Language X Interface



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