---
name: "XmFontListInitFontContext"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "openmotif"
version: "2.3.8-4"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/XmFontListInitFontContext"
---

# XmFontListInitFontContext(3)

A font list function that allows applications to access the entries in a font list

## NAME

**XmFontListInitFontContext** — A font list function that allows applications to access the entries in a font list

## SYNOPSIS

```
#include <Xm/Xm.h>
Boolean XmFontListInitFontContext(
XmFontContext *context,
XmFontList fontlist);
```

## DESCRIPTION

**XmFontListInitFontContext** establishes a context to allow applications to access the contents of a font list. This context is used when reading the font list entry tag, font, or font set associated with each entry in the font list. A Boolean status is returned to indicate whether or not the font list is valid.

If an application deallocates the font list passed to **XmFontListInitFontContext** as the fontlist argument, the context established by this function is rendered no longer valid.

- *context*

  Specifies a pointer to the allocated context

- *fontlist*

  Specifies the font list

## RETURN

Returns True if the context was allocated; otherwise, returns False. If the function allocated a context, the application is responsible for managing the allocated space. The application can recover the allocated space by calling **XmFontListFreeFontContext**.

## RELATED

[**XmFontList**(3)](/XmFontList/3.md), [**XmFontListFreeFontContext**(3)](/XmFontListFreeFontContext/3.md), and [**XmFontListNextEntry**(3)](/XmFontListNextEntry/3.md).