XSetFontPath(3X11) X11R5 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. Set‐
ting 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 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 typ‐
ically 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.
can generate a error.
The function allocates and returns an array of strings containing the
search path. The contents of these strings are implementation depen‐
dent 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
The function frees the data allocated by
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)