XPutImage(3) XLIB FUNCTIONS XPutImage(3)
NAME
XPutImage, XGetImage, XGetSubImage - transfer images
SYNTAX
int XPutImage(Display *display, Drawable d, GC gc, XImage *image, int
src_x, int src_y, int dest_x, int dest_y, unsigned int width, un-
signed int height);
XImage *XGetImage(Display *display, Drawable d, int x, int y, unsigned
int width, unsigned int height, unsigned long plane_mask, int
format);
XImage *XGetSubImage(Display *display, Drawable d, int x, int y, un-
signed int width, unsigned int height, unsigned long plane_mask,
int format, XImage *dest_image, int dest_x, dest_y);
ARGUMENTS
d Specifies the drawable.
dest_image
Specifies the destination image.
dest_x
dest_y Specify the x and y coordinates, which are relative to the
origin of the drawable and are the coordinates of the subimage
or which are relative to the origin of the destination rectan-
gle, specify its upper-left corner, and determine where the
subimage is placed in the destination image.
display Specifies the connection to the X server.
format Specifies the format for the image. You can pass XYPixmap or
ZPixmap.
gc Specifies the GC.
image Specifies the image you want combined with the rectangle.
plane_mask
Specifies the plane mask.
src_x Specifies the offset in X from the left edge of the image de-
fined by the XImage structure.
src_y Specifies the offset in Y from the top edge of the image de-
fined by the XImage structure.
width
height Specify the width and height of the subimage, which define the
dimensions of the rectangle.
x
y Specify the x and y coordinates, which are relative to the
origin of the drawable and define the upper-left corner of the
rectangle.
DESCRIPTION
The XPutImage function combines an image with a rectangle of the speci-
fied drawable. The section of the image defined by the src_x, src_y,
width, and height arguments is drawn on the specified part of the draw-
able. If XYBitmap format is used, the depth of the image must be one,
or a BadMatch error results. The foreground pixel in the GC defines the
source for the one bits in the image, and the background pixel defines
the source for the zero bits. For XYPixmap and ZPixmap, the depth of
the image must match the depth of the drawable, or a BadMatch error re-
sults.
If the characteristics of the image (for example, byte_order and
bitmap_unit) differ from what the server requires, XPutImage automati-
cally makes the appropriate conversions.
This function uses these GC components: function, plane-mask, subwindow-
mode, clip-x-origin, clip-y-origin, and clip-mask. It also uses these
GC mode-dependent components: foreground and background.
XPutImage can generate BadDrawable, BadGC, BadMatch, and BadValue er-
rors.
The XGetImage function returns a pointer to an XImage structure. This
structure provides you with the contents of the specified rectangle of
the drawable in the format you specify. If the format argument is XYP-
ixmap, the image contains only the bit planes you passed to the
plane_mask argument. If the plane_mask argument only requests a subset
of the planes of the display, the depth of the returned image will be
the number of planes requested. If the format argument is ZPixmap, XGe-
tImage returns as zero the bits in all planes not specified in the
plane_mask argument. The function performs no range checking on the
values in plane_mask and ignores extraneous bits.
XGetImage returns the depth of the image to the depth member of the XIm-
age structure. The depth of the image is as specified when the drawable
was created, except when getting a subset of the planes in XYPixmap for-
mat, when the depth is given by the number of bits set to 1 in
plane_mask.
If the drawable is a pixmap, the given rectangle must be wholly con-
tained within the pixmap, or a BadMatch error results. If the drawable
is a window, the window must be viewable, and it must be the case that
if there were no inferiors or overlapping windows, the specified rectan-
gle of the window would be fully visible on the screen and wholly con-
tained within the outside edges of the window, or a BadMatch error re-
sults. Note that the borders of the window can be included and read
with this request. If the window has backing-store, the backing-store
contents are returned for regions of the window that are obscured by
noninferior windows. If the window does not have backing-store, the re-
turned contents of such obscured regions are undefined. The returned
contents of visible regions of inferiors of a different depth than the
specified window's depth are also undefined. The pointer cursor image
is not included in the returned contents. If a problem occurs, XGetIm-
age returns NULL.
XGetImage can generate BadDrawable, BadMatch, and BadValue errors.
The XGetSubImage function updates dest_image with the specified subimage
in the same manner as XGetImage. If the format argument is XYPixmap,
the image contains only the bit planes you passed to the plane_mask ar-
gument. If the format argument is ZPixmap, XGetSubImage returns as zero
the bits in all planes not specified in the plane_mask argument. The
function performs no range checking on the values in plane_mask and ig-
nores extraneous bits. As a convenience, XGetSubImage returns a pointer
to the same XImage structure specified by dest_image.
The depth of the destination XImage structure must be the same as that
of the drawable. If the specified subimage does not fit at the speci-
fied location on the destination image, the right and bottom edges are
clipped. If the drawable is a pixmap, the given rectangle must be
wholly contained within the pixmap, or a BadMatch error results. If the
drawable is a window, the window must be viewable, and it must be the
case that if there were no inferiors or overlapping windows, the speci-
fied rectangle of the window would be fully visible on the screen and
wholly contained within the outside edges of the window, or a BadMatch
error results. If the window has backing-store, then the backing-store
contents are returned for regions of the window that are obscured by
noninferior windows. If the window does not have backing-store, the re-
turned contents of such obscured regions are undefined. The returned
contents of visible regions of inferiors of a different depth than the
specified window's depth are also undefined. If a problem occurs, XGet-
SubImage returns NULL.
XGetSubImage can generate BadDrawable, BadGC, BadMatch, and BadValue er-
rors.
DIAGNOSTICS
BadDrawable
A value for a Drawable argument does not name a defined Window
or Pixmap.
BadGC A value for a GContext argument does not name a defined GCon-
text.
BadMatch An InputOnly window is used as a Drawable.
BadMatch Some argument or pair of arguments has the correct type and
range but fails to match in some other way required by the re-
quest.
BadValue Some numeric value falls outside the range of values accepted
by the request. Unless a specific range is specified for an
argument, the full range defined by the argument's type is ac-
cepted. Any argument defined as a set of alternatives can
generate this error.
SEE ALSO
Xlib - C Language X Interface
X Version 11 libX11 1.8.12 XPutImage(3)
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