1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> 2<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN" 3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd"> 4 5 6<article id="xtest1"> 7 8<articleinfo> 9 <title>X11 INPUT SYNTHESIS EXTENSION PROPOSAL</title> 10 <subtitle>X Consortium Standard</subtitle> 11 <releaseinfo>Version 1.0</releaseinfo> 12 <authorgroup> 13 <author> 14 <firstname>Larry</firstname><surname>Woestman</surname> 15 <affiliation><jobtitle>Member of Technical Staff</jobtitle> 16 <orgname>Hewlett Packard</orgname></affiliation> 17 </author> 18 </authorgroup> 19 <copyright><year>1993</year><holder>X Consortium</holder></copyright> 20 21<legalnotice> 22<para> 23Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of 24this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in 25the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to 26use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies 27of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do 28so, subject to the following conditions: 29</para> 30<para> 31The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all 32copies or substantial portions of the Software. 33</para> 34<para> 35THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR 36IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, 37FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE X 38CONSORTIUM BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN 39ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION 40WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. 41</para> 42<para> 43Except as contained in this notice, the name of the X Consortium shall not be 44used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other dealings in 45this Software without prior written authorization from the X Consortium. 46</para> 47<para>X Window System is a trademark of The Open Group.</para> 48</legalnotice> 49 50<abstract> 51<para> 52This is a proposal for an extension to the X11 server and Xlib. 53</para> 54</abstract> 55 56</articleinfo> 57 58<sect1 id="introduction"> 59<title>Introduction</title> 60<para> 61This is a proposal for an extension to the X11 server and Xlib. 62It provides two capabilities: 63</para> 64 65<itemizedlist> 66 <listitem> 67 <para> 68It allows a client to generate user input actions in the server without 69requiring a user to be present. 70 </para> 71 </listitem> 72 <listitem> 73 <para> 74It also allows a client to control the 75handling of user input actions by the server. 76 </para> 77 </listitem> 78</itemizedlist> 79 80<para> 81The capability 82to allow a client to generate user input actions in the server 83will be used by some of the X Testing Consortium Xlib tests. 84Both capabilities will be used by the X Testing Consortium client exerciser 85program. 86These capabilities may also be useful in other programs. 87</para> 88 89<para> 90This extension requires modification to device-dependent code in the 91server. Therefore it is not a 'portable' extension as defined by the 92X11 Server Extensions document. However, the majority of the code 93and functionality of this extension will be implementation-independent. 94</para> 95 96</sect1> 97 98<sect1 id="conventions_used_in_this_document"> 99<title>Conventions Used In This Document</title> 100 101<para> 102The naming conventions used in the Xlib documentation are followed 103with these additions: 104</para> 105 106<itemizedlist> 107 <listitem> 108 <para> 109The names of all functions defined in this extension begin with 'XTest', 110with the first letter of each additional word capitalized. 111 </para> 112 </listitem> 113 <listitem> 114 <para> 115The names of the protocol request structures follow the Xlib convention 116of 'x<name>Req'. 117 </para> 118 </listitem> 119 <listitem> 120 <para> 121The names of the protocol request minor type codes follow the Xlib convention 122of 'X_<name>'. 123 </para> 124 </listitem> 125 <listitem> 126 <para> 127The names of all other constants defined in this extension begin with 'XTest', 128with the rest of the name in upper case letters. 129 </para> 130 </listitem> 131 <listitem> 132 <para> 133All constants and structures defined in this extension will have their 134values specified in the 'xtestext1.h' file (listed in section 5). 135 </para> 136 </listitem> 137</itemizedlist> 138 139</sect1> 140<sect1 id="definition_of_terms"> 141<title>Definition Of Terms</title> 142 143<sect2 id="input_actions"> 144<title>Input Actions</title> 145<para> 146Input actions are pointer movements, button presses and releases, 147and key presses and releases. They can be generated by a user or by a client 148(using functions in this extension). 149</para> 150</sect2> 151 152<sect2 id="user_input_actions"> 153<title>User Input Actions</title> 154<para> 155User input actions are input actions that are generated by the user 156moving a pointing device (typically a mouse), pressing and releasing buttons on 157the pointing device, and pressing and releasing keys on the keyboard. 158</para> 159</sect2> 160 161</sect1> 162 163<sect1 id="what_does_this_extension_do"> 164<title>What Does This Extension Do?</title> 165<para> 166Without this extension, user input actions are processed by the server, 167and are converted into normal X events that are sent to the 168appropriate client or clients. 169</para> 170 171<para> 172This extension adds the following capabilities: 173</para> 174 175<itemizedlist> 176 <listitem> 177 <para> 178Input actions may be sent from a client to the server to be 179processed just as if the user had physically performed them. 180The input actions are provided to the server in the form of X protocol 181requests defined by this extension. 182The information provided to the server includes what action should be 183performed, and how long to delay before processing the action in the server. 184 </para> 185 </listitem> 186 <listitem> 187 <para> 188User input actions may be diverted to a client before being processed by the 189server. 190The effect on the server is as if the user had performed no input action. 191The user input actions are provided to the client in the form of X events 192defined by this extension. 193The information provided to the client includes what user input action 194occurred and the delay between this user input action and the previous user 195input action. 196The client may then do anything it wishes with this information. 197 </para> 198 </listitem> 199 <listitem> 200 <para> 201User input actions may be copied, with one copy going to the server in the 202normal way, and the other copy being sent to a client as described above. 203 </para> 204 </listitem> 205</itemizedlist> 206 207</sect1> 208<sect1 id="functions_in_this_extension"> 209<title>Functions In This Extension</title> 210 211<sect2 id="high_level_functions"> 212<title>High Level Functions</title> 213 214<para> 215These functions are built on top of the low level functions described later. 216</para> 217 218<sect3 id="xtestmovepointer"> 219<title>XTestMovePointer</title> 220 221<funcsynopsis> 222<funcprototype> 223 <funcdef>int <function>XTestMovePointer</function></funcdef> 224 <paramdef>Display <parameter>*display</parameter></paramdef> 225 <paramdef>int <parameter>device_id</parameter></paramdef> 226 <paramdef>unsigned long <parameter>delay</parameter></paramdef> 227 <paramdef>int <parameter>x</parameter></paramdef> 228 <paramdef>int <parameter>y</parameter></paramdef> 229 <paramdef>unsigned int <parameter>count</parameter></paramdef> 230</funcprototype> 231</funcsynopsis> 232 233<variablelist> 234 <varlistentry> 235 <term>display</term> 236 <listitem> 237 <para> 238Specifies the connection to the X server. 239 </para> 240 </listitem> 241 </varlistentry> 242 <varlistentry> 243 <term>device_id</term> 244 <listitem> 245 <para> 246Specifies which pointer device was supposed to have caused the input action. 247This is a provision for future support of multiple (distinguishable) pointer 248devices, and should always be set to 0 for now. 249 </para> 250 </listitem> 251 </varlistentry> 252 <varlistentry> 253 <term>delay</term> 254 <listitem> 255 <para> 256Specifies the time (in milliseconds) to wait before each movement 257of the pointer. 258 </para> 259 </listitem> 260 </varlistentry> 261 <varlistentry> 262 <term>x, y</term> 263 <listitem> 264 <para> 265Specifies the x and y coordinates to move the pointer to relative to the 266root window for the specified display. 267 </para> 268 </listitem> 269 </varlistentry> 270 <varlistentry> 271 <term>count</term> 272 <listitem> 273 <para> 274Specifies the number of 'delay, x, y' triplets contained in the 275<emphasis>delay</emphasis>, 276<emphasis>x</emphasis> and 277<emphasis>y</emphasis> arrays. 278 </para> 279 </listitem> 280 </varlistentry> 281</variablelist> 282 283<para> 284The 285<function>XTestMovePointer</function> 286function creates input actions to be sent to the the server. 287The input actions will be accumulated in a request defined by this extension 288until the request is full or the XTestFlush function is called. 289They will then be sent to the server. 290When the input actions are sent to the server, the input actions will cause 291the server to think that the pointer was moved to the specified position(s), 292with the specified delay before each input action. 293</para> 294<para> 295The 296<function>XTestMovePointer</function> 297function will return -1 if there is an error, and 0 otherwise. 298</para> 299</sect3> 300 301<sect3 id="xtestpressbutton"> 302<title>XTestPressButton</title> 303 304<funcsynopsis> 305<funcprototype> 306 <funcdef>int <function>XTestPressButton</function></funcdef> 307 <paramdef>Display <parameter>*display</parameter></paramdef> 308 <paramdef>int <parameter>device_id</parameter></paramdef> 309 <paramdef>unsigned long <parameter>delay</parameter></paramdef> 310 <paramdef>unsigned int <parameter>button_number</parameter></paramdef> 311 <paramdef>unsigned int <parameter>button_action</parameter></paramdef> 312</funcprototype> 313</funcsynopsis> 314 315 316<!-- .VL 15 --> 317<variablelist> 318 <varlistentry> 319 <term>display</term> 320 <listitem> 321 <para> 322Specifies the connection to the X server. 323 </para> 324 </listitem> 325 </varlistentry> 326 <varlistentry> 327 <term>device_id</term> 328 <listitem> 329 <para> 330Specifies which button device was supposed to have caused the input action. 331This is a provision for future support of multiple (distinguishable) button 332devices, and should always be set to 0 for now. 333 </para> 334 </listitem> 335 </varlistentry> 336 <varlistentry> 337 <term>delay</term> 338 <listitem> 339 <para> 340Specifies the time (in milliseconds) to wait before the input action. 341 </para> 342 </listitem> 343 </varlistentry> 344 <varlistentry> 345 <term>button_number</term> 346 <listitem> 347 <para> 348Specifies which button is being acted upon. 349 </para> 350 </listitem> 351 </varlistentry> 352 <varlistentry> 353 <term>button_action</term> 354 <listitem> 355 <para> 356Specifies the action to be performed (one of 357<emphasis>XTestPRESS</emphasis>, 358<emphasis>XTestRELEASE</emphasis>, or 359<emphasis>XTestSTROKE</emphasis>). 360 </para> 361 </listitem> 362 </varlistentry> 363</variablelist> 364 365<para> 366The 367<function>XTestPressButton</function> 368function creates input actions to be sent to the the server. 369The input actions will be accumulated in a request defined by this extension 370until the request is full or the XTestFlush function is called. 371They will then be sent to the server. 372When the input actions are sent to the server, the input actions will cause 373the server to think that the specified button was moved as specified. 374</para> 375<para> 376The 377<function>XTestPressButton</function> 378function will return -1 if there is an error, and 0 otherwise. 379</para> 380</sect3> 381 382<sect3 id="xtestpresskey"> 383<title>XTestPressKey</title> 384 385<funcsynopsis> 386<funcprototype> 387 <funcdef>int <function>XTestPressKey</function></funcdef> 388 <paramdef>Display <parameter>*display</parameter></paramdef> 389 <paramdef>int <parameter>device_id</parameter></paramdef> 390 <paramdef>unsigned long <parameter>delay</parameter></paramdef> 391 <paramdef>unsigned int <parameter>keycode</parameter></paramdef> 392 <paramdef>unsigned int <parameter>key_action</parameter></paramdef> 393</funcprototype> 394</funcsynopsis> 395 396<!-- .VL 12 --> 397<variablelist> 398 <varlistentry> 399 <term>display</term> 400 <listitem> 401 <para> 402Specifies the connection to the X server. 403 </para> 404 </listitem> 405 </varlistentry> 406 <varlistentry> 407 <term>device_id</term> 408 <listitem> 409 <para> 410Specifies which keyboard device was supposed to have caused the input action. 411This is a provision for future support of multiple (distinguishable) keyboard 412devices, and should always be set to 0 for now. 413 </para> 414 </listitem> 415 </varlistentry> 416 <varlistentry> 417 <term>delay</term> 418 <listitem> 419 <para> 420Specifies the time (in milliseconds) to wait before the input action. 421 </para> 422 </listitem> 423 </varlistentry> 424 <varlistentry> 425 <term>keycode</term> 426 <listitem> 427 <para> 428Specifies which keycode is being acted upon. 429 </para> 430 </listitem> 431 </varlistentry> 432 <varlistentry> 433 <term>key_action</term> 434 <listitem> 435 <para> 436Specifies the action to be performed (one of 437<emphasis>XTestPRESS</emphasis>, 438<emphasis>XTestRELEASE</emphasis>, or 439<emphasis>XTestSTROKE</emphasis>). 440 </para> 441 </listitem> 442 </varlistentry> 443</variablelist> 444 445 446<para> 447The 448<function>XTestPressKey</function> 449function creates input actions to be sent to the the server. 450The input actions will be accumulated in a request defined by this extension 451until the request is full or the XTestFlush function is called. 452They will then be sent to the server. 453When the input actions are sent to the server, the input actions will cause 454the server to think that the specified key on the keyboard was moved as 455specified. 456</para> 457 458<para> 459The 460<function>XTestPressKey</function> 461function will return -1 if there is an error, and 0 otherwise. 462</para> 463 464</sect3> 465<sect3 id="xtestflush"> 466<title>XTestFlush</title> 467 468<funcsynopsis> 469<funcprototype> 470 <funcdef>int <function>XTestFlush</function></funcdef> 471 <paramdef>Display <parameter>*display</parameter></paramdef> 472</funcprototype> 473</funcsynopsis> 474 475<!-- .VL 9 --> 476<variablelist> 477 <varlistentry> 478 <term>display</term> 479 <listitem> 480 <para> 481Specifies the connection to the X server. 482 </para> 483 </listitem> 484 </varlistentry> 485</variablelist> 486 487<para> 488The 489<function>XTestFlush</function> 490will send any remaining input actions to the server. 491</para> 492 493<para> 494The 495<function>XTestFlush</function> 496function will return -1 if there is an error, and 0 otherwise. 497</para> 498 499</sect3> 500</sect2> 501 502<!-- .H 2 Low~Level~Functions --> 503<sect2 id="low_level_functions"> 504<title>Low Level Functions</title> 505 506<!-- .H 3 XTestGetInput --> 507<sect3 id="xtestgetinput"> 508<title>XTestGetInput</title> 509 510<funcsynopsis> 511<funcprototype> 512 <funcdef>int <function>XTestGetInput</function></funcdef> 513 <paramdef>Display <parameter>*display</parameter></paramdef> 514 <paramdef>int <parameter>action_handling</parameter></paramdef> 515</funcprototype> 516</funcsynopsis> 517 518 519<variablelist> 520 <varlistentry> 521 <term>display</term> 522 <listitem> 523 <para> 524Specifies the connection to the X server. 525 </para> 526 </listitem> 527 </varlistentry> 528 <varlistentry> 529 <term>action_handling</term> 530 <listitem> 531 <para> 532Specifies to the server what to do with the user input actions. (one of 5330, <emphasis>XTestPACKED_MOTION</emphasis> or 534<emphasis>XTestPACKED_ACTIONS</emphasis>; optionally 'or'ed 535with <emphasis>XTestEXCLUSIVE</emphasis>). 536 </para> 537 </listitem> 538 </varlistentry> 539</variablelist> 540 541 542<para> 543The 544<function>XTestGetInput</function> 545function tells the server to begin putting information about user input actions 546into events to be sent to the client that called this function. These events 547can be read via the Xlib <function>XNextEvent</function>fR function. 548</para> 549 550<para> 551The server assigns an event type of 552<emphasis>XTestInputActionType</emphasis> to these events 553to distinguish them from other events. 554Since the actual value of the event type may vary depending on how many 555extensions are included with an X11 implementation, 556<emphasis>XTestInputActionType</emphasis> is a variable that will be 557contained in the Xlib 558part of this extension. It may be referenced as follows: 559</para> 560 561<para> 562extern int XTestInputActionType; 563</para> 564 565<itemizedlist> 566 <listitem> 567 <para> 568An <emphasis>action_handling</emphasis> value of 0 causes the server 569to send one user input action in each 570<emphasis>XTestInputActionType</emphasis> event. 571This can sometimes cause performance problems. 572 </para> 573 </listitem> 574 <listitem> 575 <para> 576An <emphasis>action_handling</emphasis> value of 577<emphasis>XTestPACKED_ACTIONS</emphasis> causes the server 578to pack as many user input actions as possible into a 579<emphasis>XTestInputActionType</emphasis> event. 580This is needed if user input actions are happening rapidly (such as 581when the user moves the pointer) to keep performance at a reasonable level. 582 </para> 583 </listitem> 584 <listitem> 585 <para> 586An <emphasis>action_handling</emphasis> value of 587<emphasis>XTestPACKED_MOTION</emphasis> causes the server 588to pack only user input actions associated with moving the pointer. 589This allows the 590client to receive button and key motions as they happen without waiting for the 591event to fill up, while still keeping performance at a reasonable level. 592 </para> 593 </listitem> 594 <listitem> 595 <para> 596An <emphasis>action_handling</emphasis> value with 597<emphasis>XTestEXCLUSIVE</emphasis> 'or'ed in 598causes the server to send user input actions only to the client. 599The effect on the server is as if the user had performed no input actions. 600 </para> 601 </listitem> 602 <listitem> 603 <para> 604An <emphasis>action_handling</emphasis> value without 605<emphasis>XTestEXCLUSIVE</emphasis> 606causes the server to copy user input actions, sending one copy to the 607client, and handling the other copy normally (as it would if this extension 608were not installed). 609 </para> 610 </listitem> 611</itemizedlist> 612 613<para> 614There are four types of input actions that are passed from the server 615to the client. They are: 616</para> 617 618<variablelist> 619 <varlistentry> 620 <term>key/button~state~change</term> 621 <listitem> 622 <para> 623This type of input action contains the keycode of the key or button that 624changed state; 625whether the key or button is up or down, 626and the time delay between this input action and the previous input action. 627 </para> 628 </listitem> 629 </varlistentry> 630 <varlistentry> 631 <term>pointer~motions</term> 632 <listitem> 633 <para> 634This type of input action contains information about the motion of the 635pointer when the pointer has only moved a short distance. 636If the pointer has moved a long distance, 637the pointer jump input action is used. 638 </para> 639 </listitem> 640 </varlistentry> 641 <varlistentry> 642 <term>pointer~jumps</term> 643 <listitem> 644 <para> 645This type of input action contains information about the motion of the 646pointer when the pointer has moved a long distance. 647 </para> 648 </listitem> 649 </varlistentry> 650 <varlistentry> 651 <term>delays</term> 652 <listitem> 653 <para> 654This type of input action is used when the delay between input actions is too 655large to be held in the other input actions. 656 </para> 657 </listitem> 658 </varlistentry> 659</variablelist> 660 661<para> 662The 663<function>XTestGetInput</function> 664function will return -1 if there is an error, and 0 otherwise. 665</para> 666<para> 667An error code of <emphasis>BadAccess</emphasis> means that another client 668has already requested that user input actions be sent to it. 669</para> 670 671</sect3> 672 673<!-- .H 3 XTestStopInput --> 674<sect3 id="xteststopinput"> 675<title>XTestStopInput</title> 676 677<funcsynopsis> 678<funcprototype> 679 <funcdef>int <function>XTestStopInput</function></funcdef> 680 <paramdef>Display <parameter>*display</parameter></paramdef> 681</funcprototype> 682</funcsynopsis> 683 684 685 686<variablelist> 687 <varlistentry> 688 <term>display</term> 689 <listitem> 690 <para> 691Specifies the connection to the X server. 692 </para> 693 </listitem> 694 </varlistentry> 695</variablelist> 696 697<para> 698The 699<function>XTestStopInput</function> 700function tells the server to stop putting information about user input actions 701into events. 702The server will process user input actions normally (as it would 703if this extension were not in the server). 704</para> 705 706<para> 707The 708<function>XTestStopInput</function> 709function will return -1 if there is an error, and 0 otherwise. 710</para> 711 712<para> 713An error code of <emphasis>BadAccess</emphasis> means that a request 714was made to stop input when input has never been started. 715</para> 716 717</sect3> 718 719<!-- .H 3 XTestFakeInput --> 720<sect3 id="xtestfakeinput"> 721<title>XTestFakeInput</title> 722 723<funcsynopsis> 724<funcprototype> 725 <funcdef>int <function>XTestFakeInput</function></funcdef> 726 <paramdef>Display <parameter>*display</parameter></paramdef> 727 <paramdef>char <parameter>*action_list_addr</parameter></paramdef> 728 <paramdef>int <parameter>action_list_size</parameter></paramdef> 729 <paramdef>int <parameter>ack_flag</parameter></paramdef> 730</funcprototype> 731</funcsynopsis> 732 733 734<!-- .VL 18 --> 735 736<variablelist> 737 <varlistentry> 738 <term>display</term> 739 <listitem> 740 <para> 741Specifies the connection to the X server. 742 </para> 743 </listitem> 744 </varlistentry> 745 <varlistentry> 746 <term>action_list_addr</term> 747 <listitem> 748 <para> 749Specifies the address of an list of input actions to be sent to the server. 750 </para> 751 </listitem> 752 </varlistentry> 753 <varlistentry> 754 <term>action_list_size</term> 755 <listitem> 756 <para> 757Specifies the size (in bytes) of the list of input actions. 758It may be no larger than <emphasis>XTestMAX_ACTION_LIST_SIZE</emphasis> bytes. 759 </para> 760 </listitem> 761 </varlistentry> 762 <varlistentry> 763 <term>ack_flag</term> 764 <listitem> 765 <para> 766Specifies whether the server needs to send an event to indicate that its 767input action buffer is empty (one of 768<emphasis>XTestFAKE_ACK_NOT_NEEDED</emphasis> or 769<emphasis>XTestFAKE_ACK_REQUEST</emphasis>). 770 </para> 771 </listitem> 772 </varlistentry> 773</variablelist> 774 775<para> 776The 777<function>XTestFakeInput</function> 778function tells the server to take the specified user input actions and process 779them as if the user had physically performed them. 780</para> 781 782<para> 783The server can only accept a limited number of input actions at one 784time. This limit can be determined by the 785<function>XTestQueryInputSize</function> function 786in this extension. 787</para> 788 789<para> 790The client should set <emphasis>ack_flag</emphasis> to 791<emphasis>XTestFAKE_ACK_NOT_NEEDED</emphasis> 792on calls to <emphasis>XTestFakeInput</emphasis> that do not reach this limit. 793</para> 794 795<para> 796The client should set <emphasis>ack_flag</emphasis> to 797<emphasis>XTestFAKE_ACK_REQUEST</emphasis> 798on the call to <emphasis>XTestFakeInput</emphasis> that reaches this limit. 799</para> 800 801<para> 802When the server sees an <emphasis>ack_flag</emphasis> value of 803<emphasis>XTestFAKE_ACK_REQUEST</emphasis> 804it finishes processing its input action buffer, then sends an event with 805type <emphasis>XTestFakeAckType</emphasis> to the client. 806When the client reads this event, it knows that it is safe to resume 807sending input actions to the server. 808</para> 809 810<para> 811Since the actual value of the event type may vary depending on how many 812extensions are included with an X11 implementation, 813<emphasis>XTestFakeAckType</emphasis> is a variable that is contained 814in the Xlib part of this extension. It may be referenced as follows: 815</para> 816 817<para> 818extern int XTestFakeAckType; 819</para> 820 821<para> 822There are four types of input actions that are passed from the client 823to the server. They are: 824</para> 825 826<variablelist> 827 <varlistentry> 828 <term>key/button~state~change</term> 829 <listitem> 830 <para> 831This type of input action contains the keycode of the key or button that 832is to change state; 833whether the key or button is to be up or down, 834and the time to delay before changing the state of the key or button. 835 </para> 836 </listitem> 837 </varlistentry> 838 <varlistentry> 839 <term>pointer~motions</term> 840 <listitem> 841 <para> 842This type of input action contains information about the motion of the 843pointer when the pointer is to be moved a short distance, 844and the time to delay before moving the pointer. 845If the pointer is to be moved a long distance, 846the pointer jump input action must be used. 847 </para> 848 </listitem> 849 </varlistentry> 850 <varlistentry> 851 <term>pointer~jumps</term> 852 <listitem> 853 <para> 854This type of input action contains information about the motion of the 855pointer when the pointer is to be moved a long distance, 856and the time to delay before moving the pointer. 857 </para> 858 </listitem> 859 </varlistentry> 860 <varlistentry> 861 <term>delays</term> 862 <listitem> 863 <para> 864This type of input action is used when the delay between input actions is too 865large to be held in the other input actions. 866 </para> 867 </listitem> 868 </varlistentry> 869</variablelist> 870 871 872<para> 873The 874<function>XTestFakeInput</function> 875function will return -1 if there is an error, and 0 otherwise. 876</para> 877 878<para> 879An error code of \fIBadAccess\fR means that another client has already 880sent user input actions to the server, and the server has not finished 881processing the user input actions. 882</para> 883 884</sect3> 885 886<!-- .H 3 XTestQueryInputSize --> 887<sect3 id="xtestqueryinputsize"> 888<title>XTestQueryInputSize</title> 889 890<funcsynopsis> 891<funcprototype> 892 <funcdef>int <function>XTestQueryInputSize</function></funcdef> 893 <paramdef>Display <parameter>*display</parameter></paramdef> 894 <paramdef>unsigned long <parameter>size_return</parameter></paramdef> 895</funcprototype> 896</funcsynopsis> 897 898 899<variablelist> 900 <varlistentry> 901 <term>display</term> 902 <listitem> 903 <para> 904Specifies the connection to the X server. 905 </para> 906 </listitem> 907 </varlistentry> 908 <varlistentry> 909 <term>size_return</term> 910 <listitem> 911 <para> 912Returns the number of input actions that the server's input action buffer can 913hold. 914 </para> 915 </listitem> 916 </varlistentry> 917</variablelist> 918 919<para> 920The 921<function>XTestQueryInputSize</function> 922function asks the server to return the number of input actions that it can hold 923in its input action buffer in the unsigned long pointed to by \fIsize_return\fR. 924</para> 925<para> 926The 927<function>XTestQueryInputSize</function> 928function will return -1 if there is an error, and 0 otherwise. 929</para> 930</sect3> 931 932<!-- .H 3 XTestReset --> 933<sect3 id="xtestreset"> 934<title>XTestReset</title> 935 936<funcsynopsis> 937<funcprototype> 938 <funcdef>int <function>XTestReset</function></funcdef> 939 <paramdef>Display <parameter>*display</parameter></paramdef> 940</funcprototype> 941</funcsynopsis> 942 943 944<variablelist> 945 <varlistentry> 946 <term>display</term> 947 <listitem> 948 <para> 949Specifies the connection to the X server. 950 </para> 951 </listitem> 952 </varlistentry> 953</variablelist> 954 955<para> 956The 957<function>XTestReset</function> 958function tells the server to set everything having to do with this extension 959back to its initial state. After this call the server will act as if this 960extension were not installed until one of the extension functions is called by 961a client. This function is not normally needed, but is included in case a 962client wishes to clean up the server state, such as after a serious error. 963</para> 964 965<para> 966The 967<function>XTestReset</function> 968function will return -1 if there is an error, and 0 otherwise. 969</para> 970 971</sect3> 972</sect2> 973</sect1> 974 975<!-- .H 1 'xtestext1.h'~File~Listing --> 976<!-- .so xtestext1.h --> 977<!-- .TC 1 1 4 --> 978</article> 979