XSetRegion (3)

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NAME

XCreateRegion, XSetRegion, XDestroyRegion - create or destroy regions

SYNTAX

Region XCreateRegion(void);

int XSetRegion(Display *display, GC gc, Region r);

int XDestroyRegion(Region r);

ARGUMENTS

display

Specifies the connection to the X server.

gc

Specifies the GC.

r

Specifies the region.

DESCRIPTION

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.

SEE ALSO

XEmptyRegion(3), XIntersectRegion(3)
Xlib - C Language X Interface