XDraw

Syntax

#include <X11/X10.h>

Status XDraw(display, d, gc, vlist, vcount)
	Display *display;
	Drawable d;
	GC gc;
	Vertex *vlist;
	int vcount;

Arguments

Description

Each Vertex, as defined in X11/X10.h, is a structure with the following members:

typedef struct _Vertex {
	short x,y;
	unsigned short flags;
} Vertex;

The x and y members are the coordinates of the vertex that are relative to either the upper-left inside corner of the drawable (if VertexRelative is zero) or the previous vertex (if VertexRelative is one).

The flags, as defined in X11/X10.h , are as follows:

VertexRelative	0x0001	/* else absolute */
VertexDontDraw	0x0002	/* else draw */
VertexCurved	0x0004	/* else straight */
VertexStartClosed	0x0008	/* else not */
VertexEndClosed	0x0010	/* else not */

• If VertexRelative is not set, the coordinates are absolute (that is, relative to the drawable's origin). The first vertex must be an absolute vertex.

• If VertexDontDraw is one, no line or curve is drawn from the previous vertex to this one. This is analogous to picking up the pen and moving to another place before drawing another line.

• If VertexCurved is one, a spline algorithm is used to draw a smooth curve from the previous vertex through this one to the next vertex. Otherwise, a straight line is drawn from the previous vertex to this one. It makes sense to set VertexCurved to one only if a previous and next vertex are both defined (either explicitly in the array or through the definition of a closed curve).

• It is permissible for VertexDontDraw bits and VertexCurved bits both to be one. This is useful if you want to define the previous point for the smooth curve but do not want an actual curve drawing to start until this point.

• If VertexStartClosed is one, then this point marks the beginning of a closed curve. This vertex must be followed later in the array by another vertex whose effective coordinates are identical and that has a VertexEndClosed bit of one. The points in between form a cycle to determine predecessor and successor vertices for the spline algorithm.

This function uses these GC components: function, plane-mask, line-width, line-style, cap-style, join-style, fill-style, subwindow-mode, clip-x-origin, clip-y-origin, and clip-mask. It also uses these GC mode-dependent components: foreground, background, tile, stipple, tile-stipple-x-origin, tile-stipple-y-origin, dash-offset, and dash-list.

See also