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XTextWid(3X)
compute text width
From the original Amiga UNIX 2.1 manual. Some things it mentions may not be in this release.
NAME
XTextWidth, XTextWidth16 - compute text width
SYNTAX
int XTextWidth(font_struct, string, count)
XFontStruct *font_struct;
char *string;
int count;
int XTextWidth16(font_struct, string, count)
XFontStruct *font_struct;
XChar2b *string;
int count;
ARGUMENTS
count Specifies the character count in the specified
string.
font_struct
Specifies the font used for the width computation.
string Specifies the character string.
DESCRIPTION
The XTextWidth and XTextWidth16 functions return the width of the specified 8-bit or 2-byte character strings.
SEE ALSO
XTextExtents(3X11)
Xlib - C Language X Interface
XWIN 3.0 Last change: 9/1/88 .ie t
XWIN 3.0 Last change: 9/1/88 .ie t