XcmsAllocColor(XS)

Syntax

   Status XcmsAllocColor(display, colormap, color_in_out, result_format)
         Display *display;
         Colormap colormap;
         XcmsColor *color_in_out;
         XcmsColorFormat result_format;
   

   Status XcmsAllocNamedColor(display, colormap, color_string,
                              color_screen_return, color_exact_return,
                              result_format)
         Display *display;
         Colormap colormap;
         char *color_string;
         XcmsColor *color_screen_return;
         XcmsColor *color_exact_return;
         XcmsColorFormat result_format;

Arguments

display

Specifies the connection to the X server.

colormap

Specifies the colormap.

color_exact_return

Returns the color specification parsed from the color string or parsed from the corresponding string found in a color name database.

color_in_out

Specifies the color to allocate and returns the pixel and color that is actually used in the colormap.

color_screen_return

Returns the pixel value of the color cell and color specification that actually is stored for that cell.

color_string

Specifies the color string whose color definition structure is to be returned.

result_format

Specifies the color format for the returned color specification.

Description

XcmsAllocColor can generate a ``BadColor'' errors.

The XcmsAllocNamedColor function is similar to XAllocNamedColor except the color returned can be in any format specified. This function ultimately calls XAllocColor to allocate a read-only color cell with the color specified by a color string. The color string is parsed into an XcmsColor structure (see XcmsLookupColor(XS)), converted to an RGB value, then finally passed to the XAllocColor. If the color name is not in the Host Portable Character Encoding the result is implementation dependent. Use of uppercase or lowercase does not matter.

This function returns both the color specification as a result of parsing (exact specification) and the actual color specification stored (screen specification). This screen specification is the result of converting the RGB value returned by XAllocColor into the format specified in result_format. If there is no interest in a returned color specification, unnecessary computation can be bypassed if result_format is set to XcmsRGBFormat.

XcmsAllocNamedColor can generate a ``BadColor'' errors.

Diagnostics

``BadColor''

A value for a Colormap argument does not name a defined Colormap.

See also