XmbDrawString(3) XLIB FUNCTIONS XmbDrawString(3)
NAME
XmbDrawString, XwcDrawString, Xutf8DrawString - draw text using a single
font set
SYNTAX
void XmbDrawString(Display *display, Drawable d, XFontSet font_set, GC
gc, int x, int y, _Xconst char *string, int num_bytes);
void XwcDrawString(Display *display, Drawable d, XFontSet font_set, GC
gc, int x, int y, _Xconst wchar_t *string, int num_wchars);
void Xutf8DrawString(Display *display, Drawable d, XFontSet font_set, GC
gc, int x, int y, _Xconst char *string, int num_bytes);
ARGUMENTS
d Specifies the drawable.
display Specifies the connection to the X server.
font_set Specifies the font set.
gc Specifies the GC.
num_bytes Specifies the number of bytes in the string argument.
num_wchars
Specifies the number of characters in the string argument.
string Specifies the character string.
x
y Specify the x and y coordinates.
DESCRIPTION
The XmbDrawString, XwcDrawString and Xutf8DrawString functions draw the
specified text with the foreground pixel. When the XFontSet has missing
charsets, each unavailable character is drawn with the default string
returned by XCreateFontSet. The behavior for an invalid codepoint is
undefined.
The function Xutf8DrawString is an extension introduced by The XFree86
Project, Inc., in their 4.0.2 release. Its presence is indicated by the
macro X_HAVE_UTF8_STRING.
SEE ALSO
XDrawImageString(3), XDrawString(3), XDrawText(3), XmbDrawIm-
ageString(3), XmbDrawText(3)
Xlib - C Language X Interface
X Version 11 libX11 1.8.12 XmbDrawString(3)
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