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vga_gettextfont(3)	       Svgalib User Manual	      vga_gettextfont(3)

NAME
     vga_gettextfont, vga_puttextfont - get/set the font used in text mode

SYNOPSIS
     #include <vga.h>

     void vga_gettextfont(void *font);
     void vga_puttextfont(void *font);

DESCRIPTION
     The  functions gives access to the buffer where svgalib saves the font used
     by the kernel.  This is used by the  restorefont(1),  savetextmode(1),  and
     textmode(1) utilities to restore a possibly screwed console font.

     The font buffer occupies 8192 bytes. However, versions 1.2.13 and later use
     a	larger	buffer internally and the size of the buffers passed to vga_get-
     textfont(3) and vga_puttextfont(3) can be set with vga_ext_set(3).

     The functions give access to the internal buffers of svgalib, not the  font
     tables  of  the  VGA card. This means that both functions must be called in
     graphics mode and a newly set font takes effect only at the  next	vga_set-
     mode(TEXT) call.

SEE ALSO
     vga_setmode(3), vga_ext_set(3), svgalib(7), vgagl(7), libvga.config(5), re-
     storefont(1),   restoretextmode(1),   restorepalette(1),	savetextmode(1),
     textmode(1), vga_dumpregs(3), vga_gettextmoderegs(3), dumpreg(1)

AUTHOR
     This manual page was  edited  by  Michael	Weller	<eowmob@exp-math.uni-es-
     sen.de>.  The  exact  source  of  the referenced function as well as of the
     original documentation is unknown.

     It is very likely that both are at least to some extent  are  due	to  Harm
     Hanemaayer <H.Hanemaayer@inter.nl.net>.

     Occasionally this might be wrong. I hereby asked to be excused by the orig-
     inal  author  and	will happily accept any additions or corrections to this
     first version of the svgalib manual.

Svgalib (>= 1.2.11)		  27 July 1997		      vga_gettextfont(3)

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