XCreateRegion (3) - Linux Manuals
XCreateRegion: create or destroy regions
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.