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XSetRegion(3)

XSetRegion3

Create or destroy regions

Part of XCreateRegion(3).

Usage

Region XCreateRegion(void);

int XDestroyRegion(Region r);

Arguments

display

Specifies the connection to the X server.

gc

Specifies the GC.

r

Specifies the region.

Overview

The XCreateRegion function creates a new empty region.

The XSetRegion function sets the clip-mask in the GC to the specified region. The region is specified relative to the drawable's origin. The resulting GC clip origin is implementation-dependent. Once it is set in the GC, the region can be destroyed.

The XDestroyRegion function deallocates the storage associated with a specified region.

History

  • Arch Linux 2026-11-01: the text shown here
  • Debian 13 (Trixie)
  • Debian 12 (Bookworm)
  • Debian 11 (Bullseye)
  • Debian 10 (Buster)
  • Debian 9 (Stretch)
  • Debian 8 (Jessie)
  • Debian 7 (Wheezy)
  • Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)
  • Debian 5.0 (Lenny)
  • Debian 4.0 (Etch)

From libx11 1.8.14-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.