Xlib Reference Manual for Version 11 of the X Window System

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Function Group Summary

This quick reference is intended to help you find and use the right function for a particular task. It supplies two lists:

• Listing of Functions by Groups
• Alphabetical Listing of Functions

Both functions and macros are listed in all the groups in which they belong. Therefore, several of them are listed more than once.

Remember that Xlib functions begin with the letter “X”; macros do not.

Group Listing with Brief Descriptions

Association Tables

XCreateAssocTable	Create a new association table (X10).
XDeleteAssoc	Delete an entry from an association table.
XDestroyAssocTable	Free the memory allocated for an association table.
XLookUpAssoc	Obtain data from an association table.
XMakeAssoc	Create an entry in an association table.

Buffers

XStoreBuffer	Store data in a cut buffer.
XStoreBytes	Store data in cut buffer 0.
XFetchBuffer	Return data from a cut buffer.
XFetchBytes	Return data from cut buffer 0.
XRotateBuffers	Rotate the cut buffers.

Client Connections

XKillClient	Destroy a client or its remaining resources.
XSetCloseDownMode	Change the close down mode of a client.

Colorcells

XAllocColor	Allocate a read-only colormap cell with closest hardware-supported color.
XAllocColorCells	Allocate read/write (nonshared) colorcells.
XAllocColorPlanes	Allocate read/write (nonshareable) color planes.
XAllocNamedColor	Allocate a read-only colorcell from color name.
XLookupColor	Get database RGB values and closest hardware-supported ...