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x_fontmanager


     NAME
	  x_fontmanager	- part of Simula to Xlib interface

     DESCRIPTION
	     Xlib_fontmanager class X_FontManager(display);
	     ref(Xlib_Display)	 display;
	  Interface to XWindow Server utilities	to find	available font
	  names.    Results   are   carried  in	 an  object  of	 class
	  XTextArray.

	  SUPERS: Xlib_fontmanager
	  KIND:	Abstract, only subclass	XFontManager
	  INIT:	-
	  Sequencing: (GetFontPath/ListFonts)*

     OPERATIONS
     GetFontPath
	     ref(XTextArray) Procedure GetFontPath;
	  Returns the FontPaths	 from  the  XWindow  Server.  See  X11
	  documentation.

     ListFonts
	     ref(XTextArray) Procedure ListFonts(Pattern,maxfonts);
	     text Pattern; integer MaxFonts;
	  List	available  Fonts  matching  the	 text  'Pattern'.  The
	  returned  set	 of  font-names	 is resticted by the parameter
	  'maxfont'.  The names	returned can be	used as	 paramters  to
	  the  procedure  getExactFont	in  XFontManager,  to actually
	  create a XFont object, so the	font  can  be  used  from  the
	  Application.