XCopyArea(3X11) XLIB FUNCTIONS XCopyArea(3X11)
NAME
XCopyArea, XCopyPlane - copy areas
SYNTAX
int XCopyArea(Display *display, Drawable src, Drawable dest,
GC gc, int src_x, int src_y, unsigned int width,
unsigned height, int dest_x, int dest_y);
int XCopyPlane(Display *display, Drawable src, Drawable
dest, GC gc, int src_x, int src_y, unsigned width, int
height, int dest_x, int dest_y, unsigned long plane);
ARGUMENTS
and specify its upper-left corner
dest_x
dest_y Specify the x and y coordinates, which are rela-
tive to the origin of the destination rectangle.
display Specifies the connection to the X server.
gc Specifies the GC.
plane Specifies the bit plane. You must set exactly one
bit to 1.
src
dest Specify the source and destination rectangles to
be combined.
src_x
src_y Specify the x and y coordinates, which are rela-
tive to the origin of the source rectangle and
specify its upper-left corner. and destination
rectangles
width
height Specify the width and height, which are the dimen-
sions of both the source.
DESCRIPTION
The XCopyArea function combines the specified rectangle of
src with the specified rectangle of dest. The drawables must
have the same root and depth, or a BadMatch error results.
If regions of the source rectangle are obscured and have not
been retained in backing store or if regions outside the
boundaries of the source drawable are specified, those
regions are not copied. Instead, the following occurs on all
corresponding destination regions that are either visible or
are retained in backing store. If the destination is a win-
dow with a background other than None, corresponding regions
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of the destination are tiled with that background (with
plane-mask of all ones and GXcopy function). Regardless of
tiling or whether the destination is a window or a pixmap,
if graphics-exposures is True, then GraphicsExpose events
for all corresponding destination regions are generated. If
graphics-exposures is True but no GraphicsExpose events are
generated, a NoExpose event is generated. Note that by
default graphics-exposures is True in new GCs.
This function uses these GC components: function, plane-
mask, subwindow-mode, graphics-exposures, clip-x-origin,
clip-y-origin, and clip-mask.
XCopyArea can generate BadDrawable, BadGC, and BadMatch
errors.
The XCopyPlane function uses a single bit plane of the
specified source rectangle combined with the specified GC to
modify the specified rectangle of dest. The drawables must
have the same root but need not have the same depth. If the
drawables do not have the same root, a BadMatch error
results. If plane does not have exactly one bit set to 1 and
the value of plane is not less than %2 sup n%, where n is
the depth of src, a BadValue error results.
Effectively, XCopyPlane forms a pixmap of the same depth as
the rectangle of dest and with a size specified by the
source region. It uses the foreground/background pixels in
the GC (foreground everywhere the bit plane in src contains
a bit set to 1, background everywhere the bit plane in src
contains a bit set to 0) and the equivalent of a CopyArea
protocol request is performed with all the same exposure
semantics. This can also be thought of as using the speci-
fied region of the source bit plane as a stipple with a
fill-style of FillOpaqueStippled for filling a rectangular
area of the destination.
This function uses these GC components: function, plane-
mask, foreground, background, subwindow-mode, graphics-
exposures, clip-x-origin, clip-y-origin, and clip-mask.
XCopyPlane can generate BadDrawable, BadGC, BadMatch, and
BadValue errors.
DIAGNOSTICS
BadDrawable
A value for a Drawable argument does not name a
defined Window or Pixmap.
BadGC A value for a GContext argument does not name a
defined GContext.
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BadMatch An InputOnly window is used as a Drawable.
BadMatch Some argument or pair of arguments has the correct
type and range but fails to match in some other
way required by the request.
BadValue Some numeric value falls outside the range of
values accepted by the request. Unless a specific
range is specified for an argument, the full range
defined by the argument's type is accepted. Any
argument defined as a set of alternatives can gen-
erate this error.
SEE ALSO
XClearArea(3X11)
Xlib - C Language X Interface
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