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+.TH vga_getscansegment 3 "27 July 1997" "Svgalib (>= 1.2.11)" "Svgalib User Manual"
+.SH NAME
+vga_getscansegment \- get a list of consecutive pixel values
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+
+.B "#include <vga.h>"
+
+.BI "int vga_getscansegment(unsigned char *" colors ", int " x ", int " y ", int " length );
+
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+The direct opposite of vga_drawscansegment(). The line of
+.I length
+pixels starting at
+.BI ( x ", " y )
+is not drawn but instead the colorvalues are taken from the screen and
+copied into
+.IB color "[0] .. " color [ length " - 1]."
+Svgalib versions was introduced in version 1.2.10.
+In high/truecolor modes, the length must be given in bytes, not pixels.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+
+.BR svgalib (7),
+.BR vgagl (7),
+.BR libvga.config (5),
+.BR vga_clear (3),
+.BR vga_drawpixel (3),
+.BR vga_drawline (3),
+.BR vga_getpixel (3),
+.BR vga_drawscanline (3),
+.BR vga_drawscansegment (3)
+.SH AUTHOR
+
+This manual page was edited by Michael Weller <eowmob@exp-math.uni-essen.de>.
+The referenced function and its documentation are due to
+Bill Randle <billr@master.CNA.TEK.COM>.