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XLIB FUNCTIONS                               XmbTextExtents(3x11)



NAME
     XmbTextExtents, XwcTextExtents, Xutf8TextExtents - compute
     text extents

SYNTAX
     cc [ flag... ] file... -lX11 [ library... ]

     int XmbTextExtents(XFontSet font_set, char *string, int
          num_bytes, XRectangle *overall_ink_return, XRectangle
          *overall_logical_return);

     int XwcTextExtents(XFontSet font_set, wchar_t *string, int
          num_wchars, XRectangle *overall_ink_return, XRectangle
          *overall_logical_return);

     int Xutf8TextExtents(XFontSet font_set, char *string, int
          num_bytes, XRectangle *overall_ink_return, XRectangle
          *overall_logical_return);

ARGUMENTS
     font_set  Specifies the font set.

     num_bytes Specifies the number of bytes in the string argu-
               ment.

     num_wchars
               Specifies the number of characters in the string
               argument.

     overall_ink_return
               Returns the overall ink dimensions.

     overall_logical_return
               Returns the overall logical dimensions.

     string    Specifies the character string.

DESCRIPTION
     The XmbTextExtents, XwcTextExtents and Xutf8TextExtents
     functions set the components of the specified
     overall_ink_return and overall_logical_return arguments to
     the overall bounding box of the string's image and a logical
     bounding box for spacing purposes, respectively.  They
     return the value returned by XmbTextEscapement, XwcTextEs-
     capement or Xutf8TextEscapement.  These metrics are relative
     to the drawing origin of the string, using the fonts loaded
     for the specified font set.

     If the overall_ink_return argument is non-NULL, it is set to
     the bounding box of the string's character ink.  The
     overall_ink_return for a nondescending, horizontally drawn
     Latin character is conventionally entirely above the



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XLIB FUNCTIONS                               XmbTextExtents(3x11)



     baseline; that is, overall_ink_return.height <=
     -overall_ink_return.y.  The overall_ink_return for a nonk-
     erned character is entirely at, and to the right of, the
     origin; that is, overall_ink_return.x >= 0.  A character
     consisting of a single pixel at the origin would set
     overall_ink_return fields y = 0, x = 0, width = 1, and
     height = 1.

     If the overall_logical_return argument is non-NULL, it is
     set to the bounding box that provides minimum spacing to
     other graphical features for the string.  Other graphical
     features, for example, a border surrounding the text, should
     not intersect this rectangle.

     When the XFontSet has missing charsets, metrics for each
     unavailable character are taken from the default string
     returned by XCreateFontSet so that the metrics represent the
     text as it will actually be drawn.  The behavior for an
     invalid codepoint is undefined.

     The function Xutf8TextExtents is an extension introduced by
     The XFree86 Project, Inc. in their 4.0.2 release. Its pres-
     ence is indicated by the macro X_HAVE_UTF8_STRING.

SEE ALSO
     XmbTextEscapement(3x11), XmbTextPerCharExtents(3x11) Xlib -
     C Language X Interface


ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attri-
     butes:

     ____________________________________________________________
    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Availability                | x11/library/libx11          |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Interface Stability         | Committed                   |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | MT-Level                    | See XInitThreads(3X11)      |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|













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