Name

XTextWidth, XTextWidth16 − compute text width

Syntax

int XTextWidth(font_struct, string, count)
      XFontStruct *font_struct;
      char *string;
      int count;

int XTextWidth16(font_struct, string, count)
      XFontStruct *font_struct;
      XChar2b *string;
      int count;

Arguments

countSpecifies the character count in the specified string. 

font_structSpecifies the font used for the width computation. 

stringSpecifies the character string. 

Description

The XTextWidth and XTextWidth16 functions return the width of the specified 8-bit or 2-byte character strings.

See Also

XTextExtents(3X11)
Guide to the Xlib Library