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XcmsAllocColor(3)		 XLIB FUNCTIONS 	       XcmsAllocColor(3)

NAME
     XcmsAllocColor, XcmsAllocNamedColor - allocate colors

SYNTAX
     Status   XcmsAllocColor(Display   *display,  Colormap  colormap,  XcmsColor
	    *color_in_out, XcmsColorFormat result_format);

     Status XcmsAllocNamedColor(Display  *display,  Colormap  colormap,  _Xconst
	    char   *color_string,   XcmsColor	*color_screen_return,  XcmsColor
	    *color_exact_return, XcmsColorFormat result_format);

ARGUMENTS
     display   Specifies the connection to the X server.

     colormap  Specifies the colormap.

     color_exact_return
	       Returns the color specification parsed from the color  string  or
	       parsed  from the corresponding string found in a color-name data-
	       base.

     color_in_out
	       Specifies the color to allocate and returns the pixel  and  color
	       that is actually used in the colormap.

     color_screen_return
	       Returns the pixel value of the color cell and color specification
	       that  actually  is  stored  for	that  cell.  Specifies the color
	       string whose color definition structure is to be returned.

     result_format
	       Specifies the color format for the returned color specification.

DESCRIPTION
     The XcmsAllocColor function is similar to XAllocColor except the color  can
     be  specified  in any format.  The XcmsAllocColor function ultimately calls
     XAllocColor to allocate a read-only color cell (colormap  entry)  with  the
     specified	color.	 XcmsAllocColor first converts the color specified to an
     RGB value and then passes this to XAllocColor.  XcmsAllocColor returns  the
     pixel  value  of  the color cell and the color specification actually allo-
     cated.  This returned color specification is the result of  converting  the
     RGB  value  returned  by XAllocColor into the format specified with the re-
     sult_format argument.  If there is no interest in a returned color specifi-
     cation, unnecessary computation can be bypassed if result_format is set  to
     XcmsRGBFormat.  The corresponding colormap cell is read-only.  If this rou-
     tine  returns XcmsFailure, the color_in_out color specification is left un-
     changed.

     XcmsAllocColor can generate a BadColor errors.

     The XcmsAllocNamedColor function is similar to XAllocNamedColor except that
     the color returned can be in any format  specified.   This  function  ulti-
     mately  calls XAllocColor to allocate a read-only color cell with the color
     specified by a color string.  The color string is parsed into an  XcmsColor
     structure	(see  XcmsLookupColor),  converted  to an RGB value, and finally
     passed to XAllocColor.  If the color name is not in the Host Portable Char-
     acter Encoding, the result is implementation-dependent.  Use  of  uppercase
     or lowercase does not matter.

     This  function  returns both the color specification as a result of parsing
     (exact specification) and the actual  color  specification  stored  (screen
     specification).   This screen specification is the result of converting the
     RGB value returned by XAllocColor into the format specified in  result_for-
     mat.   If	there is no interest in a returned color specification, unneces-
     sary computation can be bypassed if result_format is set to  XcmsRGBFormat.
     If  color_screen_return and color_exact_return point to the same structure,
     the pixel field will be set correctly, but the color values are undefined.

     XcmsAllocNamedColor can generate a BadColor errors.

DIAGNOSTICS
     BadColor  A value for a Colormap argument does not name a defined Colormap.

SEE ALSO
     XcmsQueryColor(3), XcmsStoreColor(3)
     Xlib - C Language X Interface

X Version 11			  libX11 1.8.13 	       XcmsAllocColor(3)

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