Ubuntu Manpage: XDrawArc, XDrawArcs, XArc - draw arcs and arc structure

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NAME

       XDrawArc, XDrawArcs, XArc - draw arcs and arc structure

SYNTAX

       int XDrawArc(Display *display, Drawable d, GC gc, int x, int y, unsigned int width, unsigned int height,
              int angle1, int angle2);

       int XDrawArcs(Display *display, Drawable d, GC gc, XArc *arcs, int narcs);

ARGUMENTS

       angle1    Specifies the start of the arc relative to the three-o'clock position from the center, in units
                 of degrees * 64.

       angle2    Specifies the path and extent of the arc relative to the start of the arc, in units of degrees
                 * 64.

       arcs      Specifies an array of arcs.

       d         Specifies the drawable.

       display   Specifies the connection to the X server.

       gc        Specifies the GC.

       narcs     Specifies the number of arcs in the array.

       width
       height    Specify the width and height, which are the major and minor axes of the arc.

       x
       y         Specify the x and y coordinates, which are relative to the origin of the drawable and specify
                 the upper-left corner of the bounding rectangle.

DESCRIPTION

XDrawArc draws a single circular or elliptical arc, and XDrawArcs draws multiple circular or elliptical
arcs. Each arc is specified by a rectangle and two angles. The center of the circle or ellipse is the
center of the rectangle, and the major and minor axes are specified by the width and height. Positive
angles indicate counterclockwise motion, and negative angles indicate clockwise motion. If the magnitude
of angle2 is greater than 360 degrees, XDrawArc or XDrawArcs truncates it to 360 degrees.

For an arc specified as [x,y,width,height,angle1,angle2], the origin of the major and minor axes is at
[x+w_i_d_t_h_,y+h_e_i_g_h_t_], and the infinitely thin path describing the entire circle or ellipse intersects the
horizontal axis at [x,y+h_e_i_g_h_t_] and [x+width,y+h_e_i_g_h_t_] and intersects the vertical axis at [x+w_i_d_t_h_,y]
and [x+w_i_d_t_h_,y+height]. These coordinates can be fractional and so are not truncated to discrete
coordinates. The path should be defined by the ideal mathematical path. For a wide line with line-width
lw, the bounding outlines for filling are given by the two infinitely thin paths consisting of all points
whose perpendicular distance from the path of the circle/ellipse is equal to lw/2 (which may be a
fractional value). The cap-style and join-style are applied the same as for a line corresponding to the
tangent of the circle/ellipse at the endpoint.

For an arc specified as [x,y,width,height,angle1,angle2], the angles must be specified in the effectively
skewed coordinate system of the ellipse (for a circle, the angles and coordinate systems are identical).
The relationship between these angles and angles expressed in the normal coordinate system of the screen
(as measured with a protractor) is as follows:

skewed-angle=atan⎛⎝tan(normal-angle)*h_we_ii_dg_th_ht_⎞⎠+adjust

The skewed-angle and normal-angle are expressed in radians (rather than in degrees scaled by 64) in the
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STRUCTURES

       The XArc structure contains:

       typedef struct {
            short x, y;
            unsigned short width, height;
            short angle1, angle2;             /* Degrees * 64 */
       } XArc;

       All x and y members are signed integers.  The width and height members are 16-bit unsigned integers.  You
       should be careful not to generate coordinates and sizes out of the 16-bit ranges, because the protocol
       only has 16-bit fields for these values.

DIAGNOSTICS