XSetFillStyle(3)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so bestie, this is the page for XSetFillStyle and XSetFillRule — the GC convenience routines 💅. It lives in the XSetFillStyle(3) manual slot under XLIB FUNCTIONS, and yes, we're getting into fill styles and fill rules. no cap.

🛠️ SYNTAX

int XSetFillStyle(Display *display, GC gc, int fill_style);

int XSetFillRule(Display *display, GC gc, int fill_rule);

Both are int-returning functions, both take a Display *display, a GC gc, and an int for the setting. iconic.

🎀 ARGUMENTS

• display — specifies the connection to the X server. your server link, basically.
• fill_rule — specifies the fill-rule you want to set for the specified GC. You can pass EvenOddRule or WindingRule.
• fill_style — specifies the fill-style you want to set for the specified GC. You can pass FillSolid, FillTiled, FillStippled, or FillOpaqueStippled.
• gc — specifies the GC. that's the whole note, bestie.

💫 DESCRIPTION

XSetFillStyle sets the fill-style in the specified GC. That's it, that's the function. It can generate BadAlloc, BadGC, and BadValue errors, so don't act surprised when those show up.

XSetFillRule sets the fill-rule in the specified GC. Also simple, also main character. It can generate BadAlloc, BadGC, and BadValue errors too.

🚨 DIAGNOSTICS

• BadAlloc — the server failed to allocate the requested resource or server memory. rude, but okay.
• BadGC — a value for a GContext argument does not name a defined GContext. double-check that gc, bestie.
• 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 accepted. Any argument defined as a set of alternatives can generate this error.

👀 SEE ALSO

• XCreateGC(3)
• XQueryBestSize(3)
• XSetArcMode(3)
• XSetClipOrigin(3)
• XSetFont(3)
• XSetLineAttributes(3)
• XSetState(3)
• XSetTile(3)
• Xlib - C Language X Interface

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and that's the tea 🫶. This page is from X Version 11, libX11 1.8.14, and it's the XSetFillStyle(3) page — there's no date line on it, so we're calling it timeless 💜✨🌈.