XmbTextEscapement(3X11) X11R5 XmbTextEscapement(3X11)NAME
XmbTextEscapement, XwcTextEscapement - obtain the escapement of text
SYNTAX
int XmbTextEscapement(font_set, string, num_bytes)
XFontSet font_set;
char *string;
int num_bytes;
int XwcTextEscapement(font_set, string, num_wchars)
XFontSet font_set;
wchar_t *string;
int num_wchars;
ARGUMENTS
font_set Specifies the font set.
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.
DESCRIPTION
The and functions return the escapement in pixels of the specified
string as a value, using the fonts loaded for the specified font set.
The escapement is the distance in pixels in the primary draw direction
from the drawing origin to the origin of the next character to be
drawn, assuming that the rendering of the next character is not depen‐
dent on the supplied string.
Regardless of the character rendering order, the escapement is always
positive.
SEE ALSOXmbTextExtents(3X11), XmbTextPerCharExtents(3X11) Xlib - C Language X
Interface
XmbTextEscapement(3X11)
