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XSetFontPath(3) 		 XLIB FUNCTIONS 		 XSetFontPath(3)

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.	 Setting
	       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  implementation-depen-
     dent, 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 guar-
     anteed to flush all cached information about fonts  for  which  there  cur-
     rently  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  con-
     taining the search path.  The contents of these strings are implementation-
     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 specified for  an  argu-
	       ment,  the full range defined by the argument's type is accepted.
	       Any argument defined as a set of alternatives can  generate  this
	       error.

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

X Version 11			  libX11 1.8.13 		 XSetFontPath(3)

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