1. NAME

XCreateRegion, XSetRegion, XDestroyRegion - create or destroy regions

2. SYNTAX

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

3. ARGUMENTS

display 1i Specifies the connection to the X server.

gc 1i Specifies the GC.

r 1i Specifies the region.

4. DESCRIPTION

The .ZN XCreateRegion function creates a new empty region.

The .ZN 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 .ZN XDestroyRegion function deallocates the storage associated with a specified region.

5. SEE ALSO