XCreatePixmap

XCreatePixmap(3X11)		XLIB FUNCTIONS		  XCreatePixmap(3X11)



NAME
       XCreatePixmap, XFreePixmap - create or destroy pixmaps

SYNTAX
       Pixmap XCreatePixmap(Display *display, Drawable d, unsigned int width,
	      unsigned int height, unsigned int depth);

       int XFreePixmap(Display *display, Pixmap pixmap);

ARGUMENTS
       d	 Specifies which screen the pixmap is created on.

       depth	 Specifies the depth of the pixmap.

       display	 Specifies the connection to the X server.

       pixmap	 Specifies the pixmap.

       width
       height	 Specify the width and height, which define the dimensions of
		 the pixmap.

DESCRIPTION
       The XCreatePixmap function creates a pixmap of the width, height, and
       depth you specified and returns a pixmap ID that identifies it.	It is
       valid to pass an InputOnly window to the drawable argument.  The width
       and height arguments must be nonzero, or a BadValue error results.
       The depth argument must be one of the depths supported by the screen
       of the specified drawable, or a BadValue error results.

       The server uses the specified drawable to determine on which screen to
       create the pixmap.  The pixmap can be used only on this screen and
       only with other drawables of the same depth (see XCopyPlane for an
       exception to this rule).	 The initial contents of the pixmap are unde-
       fined.

       XCreatePixmap can generate BadAlloc, BadDrawable, and BadValue errors.

       The XFreePixmap function first deletes the association between the
       pixmap ID and the pixmap.  Then, the X server frees the pixmap storage
       when there are no references to it.  The pixmap should never be refer-
       enced again.

       XFreePixmap can generate a BadPixmap error.

DIAGNOSTICS
       BadAlloc	 The server failed to allocate the requested resource or
		 server memory.

       BadDrawable
		 A value for a Drawable argument does not name a defined Win-
		 dow or Pixmap.

       BadPixmap A value for a Pixmap argument does not name a defined
		 Pixmap.

       BadValue	 Some numeric value falls outside the range of values
		 accepted by the request.  Unless a specific range is speci-
		 fied for an argument, the full range defined by the argu-
		 ment’s type is accepted.  Any argument defined as a set of
		 alternatives can generate this error.

SEE ALSO
       XCopyArea(3X11)
       Xlib - C Language X Interface



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