XmbDrawString(3)

✨ XmbDrawString(3) — XLIB FUNCTIONS ✨

okay bestie, we’re in XLIB FUNCTIONS territory and the main character is XmbDrawString(3). Let’s get into it. 💅

🎀 NAME 🎀

XmbDrawString, XwcDrawString, Xutf8DrawString — draw text using a single font set. That’s the whole assignment, no cap. 💖

🦋 SYNTAX 🦋

Here’s the exact spellbook, bestie — copy these signatures character for character:

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 🌈

Every parameter gets its moment, because we do not skip the supporting cast:

• 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 💖

XmbDrawString, XwcDrawString, and Xutf8DrawString draw the specified text with the foreground pixel. Slay. 🎨✨

When the XFontSet has missing charsets, each unavailable character is drawn with the default string returned by XCreateFontSet. That’s the fallback situation. 🫶

The behavior for an invalid codepoint is undefined. This is the danger zone, bestie — undefined behavior means don’t count on a cute outcome. 💀

The function Xutf8DrawString is an extension introduced by The XFree86 Project, Inc., in their 4.0.2 release. Iconic behavior from the XFree86 girlies. 🌟 Its presence is indicated by the macro X_HAVE_UTF8_STRING. iykyk. 🧚

🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

Go read these next, bestie — the whole friend group is here:

• XDrawImageString(3)
• XDrawString(3)
• XDrawText(3)
• XmbDrawImageString(3)
• XmbDrawText(3)
• Xlib - C Language X Interface

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xoxo, your Unix bestie 💖 This was the XmbDrawString(3) page from X Version 11, libX11 1.8.14. Bye, love you, go draw some text! 🎀✨