xcb_render_add_glyphs(3)

✨ xcb_render_add_glyphs — the manual page bestie 💖

okay so this is the xcb_render_add_glyphs(3) page from the XCB Requests manual, and we're gonna get through it together, no cap. it's a request function, it lives in libxcb, and it's literally one of those "add glyphs to a glyphset" situations. let's go 🦋

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🌸 NAME 🌸

xcb_render_add_glyphs —

(yes bestie, the original really does just leave it hanging like that. the description is vibing, not existing. we move on 💅)

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

first things first, you gotta pull in the header:

#include <xcb/render.h>

🎀 Request function 🎀

here's the whole signature, character for character, don't @ me:

xcb_void_cookie_t xcb_render_add_glyphs(xcb_connection_t *conn,
       xcb_render_glyphset_t glyphset, uint32_t glyphs_len, const
       uint32_t *glyphids, const xcb_render_glyphinfo_t *glyphs,
       uint32_t data_len, const uint8_t *data);

that's a lot of parameters and honestly? it's giving "trust the process" 🔥

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💜 REQUEST ARGUMENTS 💜

every single one, in order, no skipping, periodt:

• conn — the XCB connection to X11. your lil lifeline to the server, your main character connection 🫶
• glyphset — TODO: NOT YET DOCUMENTED.
• glyphs_len — TODO: NOT YET DOCUMENTED.
• glyphids — TODO: NOT YET DOCUMENTED.
• glyphs — TODO: NOT YET DOCUMENTED.
• data_len — TODO: NOT YET DOCUMENTED.
• data — TODO: NOT YET DOCUMENTED.

ngl the docs team left six of these on read 😭 that's not me being shady, that's just literally what the page says. TODO: NOT YET DOCUMENTED. iconic in a cursed way 💀

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🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

...and that's it. that's the whole description section. it's empty. it's giving minimalist. it's giving "we'll fill this in later" 🙈

the original has literally nothing here, so i'm not gonna make anything up — that would be lying to my bestie and i would never 💖

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⭐ RETURN VALUE ⭐

so it hands you back an xcb_void_cookie_t. and because it's a void cookie, any errors (if there even are any) have to be handled over in the event loop, not right here, bestie. that's just the deal 🦋

but wait — if you wanna handle errors directly instead of waiting around in the event loop, you can use xcb_request_check. and for that you want the checked version of this request: xcb_render_add_glyphs_checked. all the deets on how that works live in xcb-requests(3). go read it, i'll wait 💅

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💀 ERRORS 💀

this request does never generate any errors.

literally zero. none. not a single one. it's the chillest request at the function and it did NOT come to start drama 🎀

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

nothing here either — the original just has the heading and then vibes. so: no see-also entries. that's the whole tea ☕

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🌸 AUTHOR 🌸

this page was generated from render.xml. if you spot something wrong or wanna send corrections and improvements, hit up xcb@lists.freedesktop.org — they're accepting notes, fr fr 🫶

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and that's the whole page bestie!! this came from X Version 11, libxcb 1.17.0, and the page is xcb_render_add_glyphs(3) in case you scrolled all the way down here and forgot what we were even reading. slay, go forth, add those glyphs ✨💖