xcb_open_font_checked(3)

xcb_open_font_checked3

Opens a font

Part of xcb_open_font(3).

Usage

#include <xcb/xproto.h>

Request function

xcb_void_cookie_t xcb_open_font(xcb_connection_t *conn, xcb_font_t fid, uint16_t name_len, const char *name);

Request arguments

conn

The XCB connection to X11.

fid

The ID with which you will refer to the font, created by xcb_generate_id.

name_len

Length (in bytes) of name.

name

A pattern describing an X core font.

Overview

Opens any X core font matching the given name (for example "-misc-fixed-*").

Note that X core fonts are deprecated (but still supported) in favor of client-side rendering using Xft.

Return value

Returns an xcb_void_cookie_t. Errors (if any) have to be handled in the event loop.

If you want to handle errors directly with xcb_request_check instead, use xcb_open_font_checked. See xcb-requests(3) for details.

Errors

xcb_name_error_t

No font matches the given name.

Releases

6 releases since Debian 9 (Stretch); the text changed 4 times.

  1. 9
  2. 10
  3. 11
  4. 12
  5. 13–Arch

Author

Generated from xproto.xml. Contact [email protected] for corrections and improvements.

From libxcb 1.17.0-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.