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XSetFontPath()							XSetFontPath()

Name
  XSetFontPath – set the font search path.

Synopsis
  XSetFontPath(display, directories, ndirs)
	Display *display;
	char **directories;
	int ndirs;

Arguments
  display   Specifies	a  connection  to  an  X  server;  returned  from
	    XOpenDisplay().

  directories
	    Specifies the directory path used to look for the font.  Set‐
	    ting  the  path  to	 the empty list restores the default path
	    defined for the X server.

  ndirs	    Specifies the number of directories in the path.

Description
  XSetFontPath() defines the directory search path for	font  lookup  for
  all  clients.	  Therefore  the  user	should	construct a new directory
  search path carefully by  adding  to	the  old  directory  search  path
  obtained by XGetFontPath().  Passing an invalid path can result in pre‐
  venting the server from accessing any fonts.	Also avoid restoring  the
  default path, since some other client may have changed the path on pur‐
  pose.

  The interpretation of the strings  is	 operating-system-dependent,  but
  they	are  intended  to specify directories to be searched in the order
  listed.  Also, the contents of these strings are operating system  spe‐
  cific and are not intended to be used by client applications.

  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 errors from this request is implementation-dependent.

Errors
  BadValue

See Also
  XCreateFontCursor(),	XFreeFont(),  XFreeFontInfo(),	XFreeFontNames(),
  XFreeFontPath(),   XGetFontPath(),   XGetFontProperty(),  XListFonts(),
  XListFontsWithInfo(),	 XLoadFont(),	XLoadQueryFont(),   XQueryFont(),
  XSetFont(), XUnloadFont().

Xlib - Fonts							XSetFontPath()

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