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XSetBackground(3)


NAME

   XSetState, XSetFunction, XSetPlaneMask, XSetForeground, XSetBackground
   - GC convenience routines

SYNTAX

   int XSetState(Display *display, GC gc, unsigned long foreground,
          unsigned int background, int function, unsigned long
          plane_mask);

   int XSetFunction(Display *display, GC gc, int function);

   int XSetPlaneMask(Display *display, GC gc, unsigned long plane_mask);

   int XSetForeground(Display *display, GC gc, unsigned long foreground);

   int XSetBackground(Display *display, GC gc, unsigned long background);

ARGUMENTS

   background
             Specifies the background you want to set for the specified
             GC.

   display   Specifies the connection to the X server.

   foreground
             Specifies the foreground you want to set for the specified
             GC.

   function  Specifies the function you want to set for the specified GC.

   gc        Specifies the GC.

   plane_mask
             Specifies the plane mask.

DESCRIPTION

   The XSetState function sets the foreground, background, plane mask, and
   function components for the specified GC.

   XSetState can generate BadAlloc, BadGC, and BadValue errors.

   XSetFunction sets a specified value in the specified GC.

   XSetFunction can generate BadAlloc, BadGC, and BadValue errors.

   The XSetPlaneMask function sets the plane mask in the specified GC.

   XSetPlaneMask can generate BadAlloc and BadGC errors.

   The XSetForeground function sets the foreground in the specified GC.

   XSetForeground can generate BadAlloc and BadGC errors.

   The XSetBackground function sets the background in the specified GC.

   XSetBackground can generate BadAlloc and BadGC errors.

DIAGNOSTICS

   BadAlloc  The server failed to allocate the requested resource or
             server memory.

   BadGC     A value for a GContext argument does not name a defined
             GContext.

   BadValue  Some numeric value falls outside the range of values accepted
             by the request.  Unless a specific range is specified for an
             argument, the full range defined by the argument's type is
             accepted.  Any argument defined as a set of alternatives can
             generate this error.

SEE ALSO

   XCreateGC(3), XQueryBestSize(3), XSetArcMode(3), XSetClipOrigin(3),
   XSetFillStyle(3), XSetFont(3), XSetLineAttributes(3), XSetTile(3)
   Xlib - C Language X Interface



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