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.  Setting the path to the empty list restores
          the default path defined for the XWIN server.

display   Specifies the connection to the XWIN 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 XWIN
server, not one per client.  The interpretation of the
strings is operating system dependent, but they are intended
to specify directories to be searched in the order listed.
Also, the contents of these strings are operating system
dependent and are not intended to be used by client applica-
tions.  Usually, the XWIN server is free to cache font
information internally rather than having to read fonts from
files.  In addition, the XWIN 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 operating system dependent.

XSetFontPath can generate a BadValue error.

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     The XGetFontPath function allocates and returns an array of
     strings containing the search path.  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 XGet-FontPath.

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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 gen-
          erate this error.

SEE ALSO

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

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