1XSetFontPath(3)                 XLIB FUNCTIONS                 XSetFontPath(3)
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NAME

6       XSetFontPath,  XGetFontPath, XFreeFontPath - set, get, or free the font
7       search path
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SYNTAX

10       int XSetFontPath(Display *display, char **directories, int ndirs);
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12       char **XGetFontPath(Display *display, int *npaths_return);
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14       int XFreeFontPath(char **list);
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ARGUMENTS

17       directories
18                 Specifies the directory path used to look for a  font.   Set‐
19                 ting the path to the empty list restores the default path de‐
20                 fined for the X server.
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22       display   Specifies the connection to the X server.
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24       list      Specifies the array of strings you want to free.
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26       ndirs     Specifies the number of directories in the path.
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28       npaths_return
29                 Returns the number of strings in the font path array.
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DESCRIPTION

32       The XSetFontPath function defines the directory search  path  for  font
33       lookup.   There  is  only  one  search  path  per X server, not one per
34       client.  The encoding and interpretation of the strings are implementa‐
35       tion-dependent,  but typically they specify directories or font servers
36       to be searched in the order listed.  An X server is permitted to  cache
37       font information internally; for example, it might cache an entire font
38       from a file and not check on subsequent opens of that font  to  see  if
39       the  underlying  font file has changed.  However, when the font path is
40       changed, the X server is guaranteed to  flush  all  cached  information
41       about  fonts for which there currently are no explicit resource IDs al‐
42       located.  The meaning of an error from this request is  implementation-
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45       XSetFontPath can generate a BadValue error.
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47       The  XGetFontPath  function  allocates  and returns an array of strings
48       containing the search path.  The contents of these strings  are  imple‐
49       mentation-dependent  and  are  not intended to be interpreted by client
50       applications.  When it is no longer needed, the data in the  font  path
51       should be freed by using XFreeFontPath.
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53       The XFreeFontPath function frees the data allocated by XGetFontPath.
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DIAGNOSTICS

56       BadValue  Some numeric value falls outside the range of values accepted
57                 by the request.  Unless a specific range is specified for  an
58                 argument,  the  full  range defined by the argument's type is
59                 accepted.  Any argument defined as a set of alternatives  can
60                 generate this error.
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SEE ALSO

63       XListFont(3), XLoadFonts(3)
64       Xlib - C Language X Interface
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68X Version 11                     libX11 1.7.2                  XSetFontPath(3)
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