xcb.h revision 1016ad83
1/*
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27
28#ifndef __XCB_H__
29#define __XCB_H__
30#include <sys/types.h>
31
32#if defined(__solaris__)
33#include <inttypes.h>
34#else
35#include <stdint.h>
36#endif
37
38#ifndef _WIN32
39#include <sys/uio.h>
40#else
41#include "xcb_windefs.h"
42#endif
43#include <pthread.h>
44
45
46#ifdef __cplusplus
47extern "C" {
48#endif
49
50/**
51 * @file xcb.h
52 */
53
54/**
55 * @defgroup XCB_Core_API XCB Core API
56 * @brief Core API of the XCB library.
57 *
58 * @{
59 */
60
61/* Pre-defined constants */
62
63/** Current protocol version */
64#define X_PROTOCOL 11
65
66/** Current minor version */
67#define X_PROTOCOL_REVISION 0
68
69/** X_TCP_PORT + display number = server port for TCP transport */
70#define X_TCP_PORT 6000
71
72/** xcb connection errors because of socket, pipe and other stream errors. */
73#define XCB_CONN_ERROR 1
74
75/** xcb connection shutdown because of extension not supported */
76#define XCB_CONN_CLOSED_EXT_NOTSUPPORTED 2
77
78/** malloc(), calloc() and realloc() error upon failure, for eg ENOMEM */
79#define XCB_CONN_CLOSED_MEM_INSUFFICIENT 3
80
81/** Connection closed, exceeding request length that server accepts. */
82#define XCB_CONN_CLOSED_REQ_LEN_EXCEED 4
83
84/** Connection closed, error during parsing display string. */
85#define XCB_CONN_CLOSED_PARSE_ERR 5
86
87/** Connection closed because the server does not have a screen matching the display. */
88#define XCB_CONN_CLOSED_INVALID_SCREEN 6
89
90/** Connection closed because some FD passing operation failed */
91#define XCB_CONN_CLOSED_FDPASSING_FAILED 7
92
93#define XCB_TYPE_PAD(T,I) (-(I) & (sizeof(T) > 4 ? 3 : sizeof(T) - 1))
94
95/* Opaque structures */
96
97/**
98 * @brief XCB Connection structure.
99 *
100 * A structure that contain all data that  XCB needs to communicate with an X server.
101 */
102typedef struct xcb_connection_t xcb_connection_t;  /**< Opaque structure containing all data that  XCB needs to communicate with an X server. */
103
104
105/* Other types */
106
107/**
108 * @brief Generic iterator.
109 *
110 * A generic iterator structure.
111 */
112typedef struct {
113    void *data;   /**< Data of the current iterator */
114    int rem;    /**< remaining elements */
115    int index;  /**< index of the current iterator */
116} xcb_generic_iterator_t;
117
118/**
119 * @brief Generic reply.
120 *
121 * A generic reply structure.
122 */
123typedef struct {
124    uint8_t   response_type;  /**< Type of the response */
125    uint8_t  pad0;           /**< Padding */
126    uint16_t sequence;       /**< Sequence number */
127    uint32_t length;         /**< Length of the response */
128} xcb_generic_reply_t;
129
130/**
131 * @brief Generic event.
132 *
133 * A generic event structure.
134 */
135typedef struct {
136    uint8_t   response_type;  /**< Type of the response */
137    uint8_t  pad0;           /**< Padding */
138    uint16_t sequence;       /**< Sequence number */
139    uint32_t pad[7];         /**< Padding */
140    uint32_t full_sequence;  /**< full sequence */
141} xcb_generic_event_t;
142
143/**
144 * @brief GE event
145 *
146 * An event as sent by the XGE extension. The length field specifies the
147 * number of 4-byte blocks trailing the struct.
148 *
149 * @deprecated Since some fields in this struct have unfortunate names, it is
150 * recommended to use xcb_ge_generic_event_t instead.
151 */
152typedef struct {
153    uint8_t  response_type;  /**< Type of the response */
154    uint8_t  pad0;           /**< Padding */
155    uint16_t sequence;       /**< Sequence number */
156    uint32_t length;
157    uint16_t event_type;
158    uint16_t pad1;
159    uint32_t pad[5];         /**< Padding */
160    uint32_t full_sequence;  /**< full sequence */
161} xcb_ge_event_t;
162
163/**
164 * @brief Generic error.
165 *
166 * A generic error structure.
167 */
168typedef struct {
169    uint8_t   response_type;  /**< Type of the response */
170    uint8_t   error_code;     /**< Error code */
171    uint16_t sequence;       /**< Sequence number */
172    uint32_t resource_id;     /** < Resource ID for requests with side effects only */
173    uint16_t minor_code;      /** < Minor opcode of the failed request */
174    uint8_t major_code;       /** < Major opcode of the failed request */
175    uint8_t pad0;
176    uint32_t pad[5];         /**< Padding */
177    uint32_t full_sequence;  /**< full sequence */
178} xcb_generic_error_t;
179
180/**
181 * @brief Generic cookie.
182 *
183 * A generic cookie structure.
184 */
185typedef struct {
186    unsigned int sequence;  /**< Sequence number */
187} xcb_void_cookie_t;
188
189
190/* Include the generated xproto header. */
191#include "xproto.h"
192
193
194/** XCB_NONE is the universal null resource or null atom parameter value for many core X requests */
195#define XCB_NONE 0L
196
197/** XCB_COPY_FROM_PARENT can be used for many xcb_create_window parameters */
198#define XCB_COPY_FROM_PARENT 0L
199
200/** XCB_CURRENT_TIME can be used in most requests that take an xcb_timestamp_t */
201#define XCB_CURRENT_TIME 0L
202
203/** XCB_NO_SYMBOL fills in unused entries in xcb_keysym_t tables */
204#define XCB_NO_SYMBOL 0L
205
206
207/* xcb_auth.c */
208
209/**
210 * @brief Container for authorization information.
211 *
212 * A container for authorization information to be sent to the X server.
213 */
214typedef struct xcb_auth_info_t {
215    int   namelen;  /**< Length of the string name (as returned by strlen). */
216    char *name;     /**< String containing the authentication protocol name, such as "MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1" or "XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1". */
217    int   datalen;  /**< Length of the data member. */
218    char *data;   /**< Data interpreted in a protocol-specific manner. */
219} xcb_auth_info_t;
220
221
222/* xcb_out.c */
223
224/**
225 * @brief Forces any buffered output to be written to the server.
226 * @param c: The connection to the X server.
227 * @return > @c 0 on success, <= @c 0 otherwise.
228 *
229 * Forces any buffered output to be written to the server. Blocks
230 * until the write is complete.
231 */
232int xcb_flush(xcb_connection_t *c);
233
234/**
235 * @brief Returns the maximum request length that this server accepts.
236 * @param c: The connection to the X server.
237 * @return The maximum request length field.
238 *
239 * In the absence of the BIG-REQUESTS extension, returns the
240 * maximum request length field from the connection setup data, which
241 * may be as much as 65535. If the server supports BIG-REQUESTS, then
242 * the maximum request length field from the reply to the
243 * BigRequestsEnable request will be returned instead.
244 *
245 * Note that this length is measured in four-byte units, making the
246 * theoretical maximum lengths roughly 256kB without BIG-REQUESTS and
247 * 16GB with.
248 */
249uint32_t xcb_get_maximum_request_length(xcb_connection_t *c);
250
251/**
252 * @brief Prefetch the maximum request length without blocking.
253 * @param c: The connection to the X server.
254 *
255 * Without blocking, does as much work as possible toward computing
256 * the maximum request length accepted by the X server.
257 *
258 * Invoking this function may cause a call to xcb_big_requests_enable,
259 * but will not block waiting for the reply.
260 * xcb_get_maximum_request_length will return the prefetched data
261 * after possibly blocking while the reply is retrieved.
262 *
263 * Note that in order for this function to be fully non-blocking, the
264 * application must previously have called
265 * xcb_prefetch_extension_data(c, &xcb_big_requests_id) and the reply
266 * must have already arrived.
267 */
268void xcb_prefetch_maximum_request_length(xcb_connection_t *c);
269
270
271/* xcb_in.c */
272
273/**
274 * @brief Returns the next event or error from the server.
275 * @param c: The connection to the X server.
276 * @return The next event from the server.
277 *
278 * Returns the next event or error from the server, or returns null in
279 * the event of an I/O error. Blocks until either an event or error
280 * arrive, or an I/O error occurs.
281 */
282xcb_generic_event_t *xcb_wait_for_event(xcb_connection_t *c);
283
284/**
285 * @brief Returns the next event or error from the server.
286 * @param c: The connection to the X server.
287 * @return The next event from the server.
288 *
289 * Returns the next event or error from the server, if one is
290 * available, or returns @c NULL otherwise. If no event is available, that
291 * might be because an I/O error like connection close occurred while
292 * attempting to read the next event, in which case the connection is
293 * shut down when this function returns.
294 */
295xcb_generic_event_t *xcb_poll_for_event(xcb_connection_t *c);
296
297/**
298 * @brief Returns the next event without reading from the connection.
299 * @param c: The connection to the X server.
300 * @return The next already queued event from the server.
301 *
302 * This is a version of xcb_poll_for_event that only examines the
303 * event queue for new events. The function doesn't try to read new
304 * events from the connection if no queued events are found.
305 *
306 * This function is useful for callers that know in advance that all
307 * interesting events have already been read from the connection. For
308 * example, callers might use xcb_wait_for_reply and be interested
309 * only of events that preceded a specific reply.
310 */
311xcb_generic_event_t *xcb_poll_for_queued_event(xcb_connection_t *c);
312
313typedef struct xcb_special_event xcb_special_event_t;
314
315/**
316 * @brief Returns the next event from a special queue
317 */
318xcb_generic_event_t *xcb_poll_for_special_event(xcb_connection_t *c,
319                                                xcb_special_event_t *se);
320
321/**
322 * @brief Returns the next event from a special queue, blocking until one arrives
323 */
324xcb_generic_event_t *xcb_wait_for_special_event(xcb_connection_t *c,
325                                                xcb_special_event_t *se);
326/**
327 * @typedef typedef struct xcb_extension_t xcb_extension_t
328 */
329typedef struct xcb_extension_t xcb_extension_t;  /**< Opaque structure used as key for xcb_get_extension_data_t. */
330
331
332/**
333 * @brief Listen for a special event
334 */
335xcb_special_event_t *xcb_register_for_special_xge(xcb_connection_t *c,
336                                                  xcb_extension_t *ext,
337                                                  uint32_t eid,
338                                                  uint32_t *stamp);
339
340/**
341 * @brief Stop listening for a special event
342 */
343void xcb_unregister_for_special_event(xcb_connection_t *c,
344                                      xcb_special_event_t *se);
345
346/**
347 * @brief Return the error for a request, or NULL if none can ever arrive.
348 * @param c: The connection to the X server.
349 * @param cookie: The request cookie.
350 * @return The error for the request, or NULL if none can ever arrive.
351 *
352 * The xcb_void_cookie_t cookie supplied to this function must have resulted
353 * from a call to xcb_[request_name]_checked().  This function will block
354 * until one of two conditions happens.  If an error is received, it will be
355 * returned.  If a reply to a subsequent request has already arrived, no error
356 * can arrive for this request, so this function will return NULL.
357 *
358 * Note that this function will perform a sync if needed to ensure that the
359 * sequence number will advance beyond that provided in cookie; this is a
360 * convenience to avoid races in determining whether the sync is needed.
361 */
362xcb_generic_error_t *xcb_request_check(xcb_connection_t *c, xcb_void_cookie_t cookie);
363
364/**
365 * @brief Discards the reply for a request.
366 * @param c: The connection to the X server.
367 * @param sequence: The request sequence number from a cookie.
368 *
369 * Discards the reply for a request. Additionally, any error generated
370 * by the request is also discarded (unless it was an _unchecked request
371 * and the error has already arrived).
372 *
373 * This function will not block even if the reply is not yet available.
374 *
375 * Note that the sequence really does have to come from an xcb cookie;
376 * this function is not designed to operate on socket-handoff replies.
377 */
378void xcb_discard_reply(xcb_connection_t *c, unsigned int sequence);
379
380
381/* xcb_ext.c */
382
383/**
384 * @brief Caches reply information from QueryExtension requests.
385 * @param c: The connection.
386 * @param ext: The extension data.
387 * @return A pointer to the xcb_query_extension_reply_t for the extension.
388 *
389 * This function is the primary interface to the "extension cache",
390 * which caches reply information from QueryExtension
391 * requests. Invoking this function may cause a call to
392 * xcb_query_extension to retrieve extension information from the
393 * server, and may block until extension data is received from the
394 * server.
395 *
396 * The result must not be freed. This storage is managed by the cache
397 * itself.
398 */
399const xcb_query_extension_reply_t *xcb_get_extension_data(xcb_connection_t *c, xcb_extension_t *ext);
400
401/**
402 * @brief Prefetch of extension data into the extension cache
403 * @param c: The connection.
404 * @param ext: The extension data.
405 *
406 * This function allows a "prefetch" of extension data into the
407 * extension cache. Invoking the function may cause a call to
408 * xcb_query_extension, but will not block waiting for the
409 * reply. xcb_get_extension_data will return the prefetched data after
410 * possibly blocking while it is retrieved.
411 */
412void xcb_prefetch_extension_data(xcb_connection_t *c, xcb_extension_t *ext);
413
414
415/* xcb_conn.c */
416
417/**
418 * @brief Access the data returned by the server.
419 * @param c: The connection.
420 * @return A pointer to an xcb_setup_t structure.
421 *
422 * Accessor for the data returned by the server when the xcb_connection_t
423 * was initialized. This data includes
424 * - the server's required format for images,
425 * - a list of available visuals,
426 * - a list of available screens,
427 * - the server's maximum request length (in the absence of the
428 * BIG-REQUESTS extension),
429 * - and other assorted information.
430 *
431 * See the X protocol specification for more details.
432 *
433 * The result must not be freed.
434 */
435const xcb_setup_t *xcb_get_setup(xcb_connection_t *c);
436
437/**
438 * @brief Access the file descriptor of the connection.
439 * @param c: The connection.
440 * @return The file descriptor.
441 *
442 * Accessor for the file descriptor that was passed to the
443 * xcb_connect_to_fd call that returned @p c.
444 */
445int xcb_get_file_descriptor(xcb_connection_t *c);
446
447/**
448 * @brief Test whether the connection has shut down due to a fatal error.
449 * @param c: The connection.
450 * @return > 0 if the connection is in an error state; 0 otherwise.
451 *
452 * Some errors that occur in the context of an xcb_connection_t
453 * are unrecoverable. When such an error occurs, the
454 * connection is shut down and further operations on the
455 * xcb_connection_t have no effect.
456 *
457 * @return XCB_CONN_ERROR, because of socket errors, pipe errors or other stream errors.
458 * @return XCB_CONN_CLOSED_EXT_NOTSUPPORTED, when extension not supported.
459 * @return XCB_CONN_CLOSED_MEM_INSUFFICIENT, when memory not available.
460 * @return XCB_CONN_CLOSED_REQ_LEN_EXCEED, exceeding request length that server accepts.
461 * @return XCB_CONN_CLOSED_PARSE_ERR, error during parsing display string.
462 * @return XCB_CONN_CLOSED_INVALID_SCREEN, because the server does not have a screen matching the display.
463 */
464int xcb_connection_has_error(xcb_connection_t *c);
465
466/**
467 * @brief Connects to the X server.
468 * @param fd: The file descriptor.
469 * @param auth_info: Authentication data.
470 * @return A newly allocated xcb_connection_t structure.
471 *
472 * Connects to an X server, given the open socket @p fd and the
473 * xcb_auth_info_t @p auth_info. The file descriptor @p fd is
474 * bidirectionally connected to an X server. If the connection
475 * should be unauthenticated, @p auth_info must be @c
476 * NULL.
477 */
478xcb_connection_t *xcb_connect_to_fd(int fd, xcb_auth_info_t *auth_info);
479
480/**
481 * @brief Closes the connection.
482 * @param c: The connection.
483 *
484 * Closes the file descriptor and frees all memory associated with the
485 * connection @c c.
486 */
487void xcb_disconnect(xcb_connection_t *c);
488
489
490/* xcb_util.c */
491
492/**
493 * @brief Parses a display string name in the form documented by X(7x).
494 * @param name: The name of the display.
495 * @param host: A pointer to a malloc'd copy of the hostname.
496 * @param display: A pointer to the display number.
497 * @param screen: A pointer to the screen number.
498 * @return 0 on failure, non 0 otherwise.
499 *
500 * Parses the display string name @p display_name in the form
501 * documented by X(7x). Has no side effects on failure. If
502 * @p displayname is @c NULL or empty, it uses the environment
503 * variable DISPLAY. @p hostp is a pointer to a newly allocated string
504 * that contain the host name. @p displayp is set to the display
505 * number and @p screenp to the preferred screen number. @p screenp
506 * can be @c NULL. If @p displayname does not contain a screen number,
507 * it is set to @c 0.
508 */
509int xcb_parse_display(const char *name, char **host, int *display, int *screen);
510
511/**
512 * @brief Connects to the X server.
513 * @param displayname: The name of the display.
514 * @param screenp: A pointer to a preferred screen number.
515 * @return A newly allocated xcb_connection_t structure.
516 *
517 * Connects to the X server specified by @p displayname. If @p
518 * displayname is @c NULL, uses the value of the DISPLAY environment
519 * variable. If a particular screen on that server is preferred, the
520 * int pointed to by @p screenp (if not @c NULL) will be set to that
521 * screen; otherwise the screen will be set to 0.
522 */
523xcb_connection_t *xcb_connect(const char *displayname, int *screenp);
524
525/**
526 * @brief Connects to the X server, using an authorization information.
527 * @param display: The name of the display.
528 * @param auth: The authorization information.
529 * @param screen: A pointer to a preferred screen number.
530 * @return A newly allocated xcb_connection_t structure.
531 *
532 * Connects to the X server specified by @p displayname, using the
533 * authorization @p auth. If a particular screen on that server is
534 * preferred, the int pointed to by @p screenp (if not @c NULL) will
535 * be set to that screen; otherwise @p screenp will be set to 0.
536 */
537xcb_connection_t *xcb_connect_to_display_with_auth_info(const char *display, xcb_auth_info_t *auth, int *screen);
538
539
540/* xcb_xid.c */
541
542/**
543 * @brief Allocates an XID for a new object.
544 * @param c: The connection.
545 * @return A newly allocated XID.
546 *
547 * Allocates an XID for a new object. Typically used just prior to
548 * various object creation functions, such as xcb_create_window.
549 */
550uint32_t xcb_generate_id(xcb_connection_t *c);
551
552
553/**
554 * @}
555 */
556
557#ifdef __cplusplus
558}
559#endif
560
561
562#endif /* __XCB_H__ */
563