XGetFontPath

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



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.	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 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 implemen-
       tation-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 imple-
       mentation-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 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
       XListFont(3X11), XLoadFonts(3X11)
       Xlib - C Language X Interface



							   XSetFontPath(3X11)