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11<articleinfo>
12   <title>Application Group Extension to the X Protocol</title>
13   <subtitle>X Consortium Standard</subtitle>
14   <authorgroup>
15     <author>
16       <firstname>Kaleb</firstname>
17       <othername>S.</othername>
18       <surname>KEITHLEY</surname>
19       <affiliation><orgname>X Consortium, Inc</orgname></affiliation>
20       <email>kaleb@x.org</email>
21     </author>
22   </authorgroup>
23   <releaseinfo>X Version 11, Release &fullrelvers;</releaseinfo>
24   <releaseinfo>Version 1.0</releaseinfo>
25   <copyright><year>1996</year><holder>X Consortium, Inc.</holder>
26   </copyright>
27
28<legalnotice>
29<para>
30All Rights Reserved.
31</para>
32
33<para>
34THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED &ldquo;AS IS&rdquo;, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
35EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
36MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
37IN NO EVENT SHALL THE X CONSORTIUM BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM,
38DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT
39OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE
40OR THE USE OF 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 used in advertising
44or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written
45authorization from the X Consortium.
46</para>
47<para>X Window System is a trademark of The OpenGroup.</para>
48</legalnotice>
49
50<pubdate>27 September 1996</pubdate>
51
52<abstract>
53<para>
54The Application Group Extension to the X protocol is intended to provide a framework to allow
55more than one program to manage X applications on the desktop. The initial use of this extension
56will be to insert or embed the windows of X programs into the windows of another program, such
57as a web browser. This extension is not intended to address larger embedding issues that, for
58example, OpenDoc does, such as shared menu bars, etc.
59</para>
60</abstract>
61</articleinfo>
62
63<sect1 id='Purpose_and_Goals'>
64<title>Purpose and Goals</title>
65
66<para>
67The Application Group Extension to the X protocol is intended to provide
68a framework to allow more than one program to manage X applications on
69the desktop. The initial use of this extension will be to insert or embed
70the windows of X programs into the windows of another program, such as a
71web browser. This extension is not intended to address larger embedding
72issues that, for example, OpenDoc does, such as shared menu bars, etc.
73Using X programs on the World Wide Web allows for greater control of the
74presentation and takes advantage of the existing body of X programs rather
75than re-implement them in another language. In addition it allows the
76embedding of non-X programs into web browsers by using third party products
77like Wabi, MAE, and WinCenter.
78<footnote><para>
79Wabi is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. MAE is a trademark of Apple
80Computer, Inc. WinCenter is a trademark of Network Computing Devices, Inc.
81</para></footnote>
82</para>
83
84</sect1>
85
86<sect1 id='Overview_of_the_protocol'>
87<title>Overview of the protocol.</title>
88
89<para>
90This extension introduces the concept of an Application Group. An Application Group is a set of one or more applications that are primarily managed by a special application known as the Application Group Leader, which, for example, might be a web browser. The primary purpose of Application Groups is to provide a means of sharing the Substructure-Redirect attribute of the root window between the window manager and one or more Application Group Leaders.
91</para>
92
93<para>
94To join an Application Group an application must present the proper authorization during the connection setup. Authorizations are generated by the X server at the request of an Application Group Leader, and are then stored for the application to use to establish its connection to the X server. To generate an authorization the Application Group Leader sends a request to the server naming the Application Group to which the authorization will be bound, and any applications that connect using that authorization  will automatically become part of the associated Application Group. The protocol to generate an authorization is defined in the Security Extension specification.
95</para>
96
97<para>
98As a member of an Application Group, when an application creates and maps a window as a child of the root window, the MapRequest and ConfigureRequest events are delivered to the Application Group Leader instead of the window manager. The Application Group Leader may then reparent the window into its own window hierarchy; or reissue the map request, in which case the window comes under the control of the window manager.
99</para>
100
101</sect1>
102<sect1 id='Requests'>
103<title>Requests</title>
104
105
106<para><emphasis role='bold'>AppGroupQueryVersion</emphasis></para>
107
108<informaltable frame='none'>
109<?dbfo keep-together="always" ?>
110<tgroup cols='1' colsep='0' rowsep='0'>
111<colspec colsep='0' colwidth='1.0*'/>
112<tbody>
113  <row>
114    <entry>client_major_version: CARD16</entry>
115  </row>
116  <row>
117    <entry>client_minor_version: CARD16</entry>
118  </row>
119  <row>
120    <entry>=&gt;</entry>
121  </row>
122  <row>
123    <entry>server_major_version: CARD16</entry>
124  </row>
125  <row>
126    <entry>server_minor_version: CARD16</entry>
127  </row>
128</tbody>
129</tgroup>
130</informaltable>
131
132<para>
133If supplied, the client_major_version and client_minor_version indicate what version of the protocol the application wants the server to implement. The server version numbers returned indicate the version of the protocol the X server actually supports. This may not match the versions requested by the application. An implementation may (but need not) support more than one version simultaneously. The server_major_version and server_minor_version numbers are a mechanism to support any future revisions of the Application Group extension protocol which may be necessary. In general, the major version would increment for incompatible changes, and the minor version would increment for small, upward-compatible changes. X servers that support the protocol defined in this document will return a server_major_version of 1 and a server_minor_version of 0.
134</para>
135
136
137<para><emphasis role='bold'>AppGroupCreate</emphasis></para>
138
139<informaltable frame='none'>
140<?dbfo keep-together="always" ?>
141<tgroup cols='1' colsep='0' rowsep='0'>
142<colspec colsep='0' colwidth='1.0*'/>
143<tbody>
144  <row>
145    <entry>app_group: APPGROUP</entry>
146  </row>
147  <row>
148    <entry>value_mask: BITMASK</entry>
149  </row>
150  <row>
151    <entry>value_list: LISTofVALUE</entry>
152  </row>
153</tbody>
154</tgroup>
155</informaltable>
156
157<para>
158This request creates an Application Group using app_group as the Application Group ID.
159</para>
160
161
162<para>
163&nbsp;
164</para>
165
166
167<para>
168The value_mask and value_list specify attributes of the Application Group that are to be explicitly initialized. The attributes, their types, and the default values are:
169</para>
170
171<informaltable frame="topbot">
172<?dbfo keep-together="always" ?>
173<tgroup cols='3' colsep='0' rowsep='0'>
174<colspec colname='c1' colwidth='1.0*'/>
175<colspec colname='c2' colwidth='1.0*'/>
176<colspec colname='c3' colwidth='1.0*'/>
177<tbody>
178  <row rowsep='1'>
179  <entry>Attribute</entry>
180  <entry>Type</entry>
181  <entry>Default</entry>
182  </row>
183  <row>
184    <entry>app_group_leader</entry>
185    <entry>Bool</entry>
186    <entry>True</entry>
187  </row>
188  <row>
189    <entry>single_screen</entry>
190    <entry>Bool</entry>
191    <entry>True</entry>
192  </row>
193  <row>
194    <entry>default_root</entry>
195    <entry>Window</entry>
196    <entry>None</entry>
197  </row>
198  <row>
199    <entry>root_visual</entry>
200    <entry>VisualID</entry>
201    <entry>None</entry>
202  </row>
203  <row>
204    <entry>default_colormap</entry>
205    <entry>Colormap</entry>
206    <entry>None</entry>
207  </row>
208  <row>
209    <entry>black_pixel</entry>
210    <entry>Pixel</entry>
211    <entry>0</entry>
212  </row>
213  <row>
214    <entry>white_pixel</entry>
215    <entry>Pixel</entry>
216    <entry>0</entry>
217  </row>
218</tbody>
219</tgroup>
220</informaltable>
221
222<para>
223If the single_screen attribute is True then the number of video screens returned to a program in the Application Group in the connection setup message is one, irrespective of how many video screens the server actually has. If a server supports both video and print screens, then all print screens will always be returned. If single_screen is specified as True then the connection setup message will contain only the information about the video screen which has default_root as its root window, plus any print screens.
224</para>
225
226<note><para>
227The intent is to allow an embedding manager to ensure that it will be able to reparent any top-level windows that Application Group members create. By hiding the fact that there are other screens it can be reasonably assured that applications will only create top-level windows on the same screen that it itself appears on. An embedding manager should take care not to supply an invalid display, e.g. :0.1, to a program that will be in an Application Group where the single_screen attribute is True.
228</para></note>
229
230<para>
231If single_screen is set to True default_root specifies which screen will be returned as screen zero in the connection setup message for applications in the Application Group. If set to None, then the real screen zero is used, otherwise the screen which has default_root as its root window will be used.
232</para>
233
234
235<para>
236If single_screen is set to True the  root_visual and default_colormap attributes may be used to over-ride the default values that are returned in the connection setup information returned to new programs in the Application Group. If None is specified for root_visual or default_colormap then the normal default values for the screen (possibly specified by default_root) are used, otherwise the specified values are used. If root_visual and/or default_colormap are specified they must be valid, i.e. root_visual must be a visual type available on the screen, and the colormap, if specified, must be a valid colormap for the visual that is used.
237</para>
238
239<para>
240IF single_screen is set to True and default_colormap is not specified as None, the black_pixel and white_pixel attributes must be specified, and they will over-ride the default values that are returned in the connection setup returned to new programs in the Application Group. If default_colormap is specified as None and black_pixel and/or white_pixel are specified, they will be ignored.
241</para>
242
243<para>
244The app_group_leader attribute is used to identify the Application Group Leader program for the app_group. By specifying True the server will identify the program making the request as the Application Group Leader for the application group. The Application Group Leader receives MapRequest and ConfigureRequest events from the server when an attempt is made to map or configure top-level windows of a program in an Application Group, instead of being sent to a window manager that has selected SubstructureRedirect events on the root window. The parent window field in these events will contain the Application Group ID.
245</para>
246
247<para><emphasis role='bold'>AppGroupDestroy</emphasis></para>
248
249<para>app_group: APPGROUP</para>
250
251
252<para>
253This request destroys the app_group. If the app_group_leader attribute for the app_group is True, then any applications in the Application Group that are still connected will be killed as if a KillClient request had been received for that application.
254</para>
255
256<note><para>
257If the application that created a non-embedded Application Group exits, and therefore any Authorizations to be cancelled, and any applications  that attempt to open new connections to the X server using one of those Authorizations will be unable to do so.
258</para></note>
259
260<para><emphasis role='bold'>AppGroupGetAttr</emphasis></para>
261
262
263<informaltable frame='none'>
264<?dbfo keep-together="always" ?>
265<tgroup cols='1' colsep='0' rowsep='0'>
266<colspec colname='c1' colwidth='1.0*'/>
267<tbody>
268  <row>
269    <entry>>app_group: APPGROUP</entry>
270  </row>
271  <row>
272    <entry>=&gt;</entry>
273  </row>
274  <row>
275    <entry>LISTofVALUE</entry>
276  </row>
277</tbody>
278</tgroup>
279</informaltable>
280
281<para>
282This request returns the application group attributes for app_group.
283</para>
284
285<para><emphasis role='bold'>AppGroupQuery</emphasis></para>
286
287<informaltable frame='none'>
288<?dbfo keep-together="always" ?>
289<tgroup cols='1' colsep='0' rowsep='0'>
290<colspec colname='c1' colwidth='1.0*'/>
291<tbody>
292  <row>
293    <entry>resource: XID</entry>
294  </row>
295  <row>
296    <entry>=&gt;</entry>
297  </row>
298  <row>
299    <entry>app_group: APPGROUP</entry>
300  </row>
301</tbody>
302</tgroup>
303</informaltable>
304
305<para>
306This request returns the Application Group ID of the application that created resource or None if that application is not associated with any Application Group. The resource value may be the resource base of the application.
307</para>
308
309<para><emphasis role='bold'>AppGroupCreateAssociation</emphasis></para>
310
311<informaltable frame='none'>
312<?dbfo keep-together="always" ?>
313<tgroup cols='1' colsep='0' rowsep='0'>
314<colspec colname='c1' colwidth='1.0*'/>
315<tbody>
316  <row>
317    <entry>window: WINDOW</entry>
318  </row>
319  <row>
320    <entry>window_type: CARD32</entry>
321  </row>
322  <row>
323    <entry>system_window: LISTofCARD8</entry>
324  </row>
325</tbody>
326</tgroup>
327</informaltable>
328
329<para>
330This request associates window with system_window. The window_type indicates the native window system of the application making the request. For non-X window_types both the embedding manager and the server must be executing on the same host. When system_window is Microsoft Windows or OS/2 Presentation Manager, the system_window is an HWND; when the native window system is Macintosh, the system_window is a WindowPtr and a Rect. The window may be used for any X request that takes a Window.
331</para>
332
333<para><emphasis role='bold'>AppGroupDestroyAssociation</emphasis></para>
334
335<informaltable frame='none'>
336<?dbfo keep-together="always" ?>
337<tgroup cols='1' colsep='0' rowsep='0'>
338<colspec colname='c1' colwidth='1.0*'/>
339<tbody>
340  <row>
341    <entry>window: WINDOW</entry>
342  </row>
343</tbody>
344</tgroup>
345</informaltable>
346
347<para>
348This request destroys the association created with AppGroupCreateAssociation. The window is destroyed. The system_window that was specified in the AppGroupCreateAssociation request is not affected.
349</para>
350
351</sect1>
352
353<sect1 id='Changes_to_Existing_Requests'>
354<title>Changes to Existing Requests</title>
355
356<sect2 id='MapWindow'>
357<title>MapWindow</title>
358
359<para>
360If the override-redirect attribute of the window is False and if the window is a child of a root window and if the window belongs to an application that is in an application group and if some other application is the application group leader for that group, then a MapRequest event is generated and the window remains unmapped. Otherwise, the core protocol semantics apply.
361</para>
362
363</sect2>
364<sect2 id='ConfigureWindow'>
365<title>ConfigureWindow</title>
366
367<para>
368If the override-redirect attribute of the window is False and if the window is a child of a root window and if the window belongs to an application that is in an application group and if some other application is the application group leader for that group, then a ConfigureRequest event is generated and the window remains unchanged. Otherwise, the core protocol semantics apply.
369</para>
370
371</sect2>
372<sect2 id='CreateWindow'>
373<title>CreateWindow</title>
374
375<para>
376When a program in an Application Group creates a window that is a child of a root window and specifies CopyFromParent for the Visual, if the single_screen attribute is True and the root_visual attribute is set to something other than None, then the window will be created using the Application Group’s root_visual, otherwise core protocol semantics apply.
377</para>
378
379<para>
380When a program in an Application Group creates a window that is a child of a root window and specifies CopyFromParent for the Colormap, if the single_screen attribute is True, the default_colormap attribute is set to something other than None, and the window’s Visual is the same as the Application Group’s root_visual attribute, then the window will be created using the Application Group’s default_colormap, otherwise core protocol semantics apply.
381</para>
382
383</sect2>
384
385<sect2 id='ChangeWindowAttributes'>
386<title>ChangeWindowAttributes</title>
387
388<para>
389When a program in an Application Group changes the attributes of a window that is a child of a root window and specifies CopyFromParent for the Colormap, if the single_screen attribute is True, the default_colormap attribute is set to something other than None, and the window’s Visual is the same as the Application Group’s root_visual attribute, then the window will be created using the Application Group’s default_colormap, otherwise core protocol semantics apply.
390</para>
391
392</sect2>
393
394</sect1>
395
396<sect1 id='Changes_to_Existing_Events'>
397<title>Changes to Existing Events</title>
398
399<para>
400When the top-level window of an application that is a member of an Application Group  is the target of a MapWindow or ConfigureWindow request, if there is an Application Group Leader then MapRequest and ConfigureRequest events are automatically delivered to it, otherwise the core protocol semantics apply, i.e. they are delivered to the client, if any, that has SubstructureRedirect set in its root-window event mask, e.g. the window manager.
401</para>
402
403<note><para>
404The Application Group Leader must not select SubstructuRedirect events on a root window as doing so would result in a core protocol error; only one client is permitted to do so, and that is usually the window manager.
405</para></note>
406
407
408<sect2 id='MapRequest'>
409<title>MapRequest</title>
410
411<para>
412When a MapWindow request is received for a window whose override-redirect attribute is set to False and whose parent is the root window and the window belongs to an application that is in an application group and there is an application group leader for the group, then this event is delivered to the Application Group Leader with the parent field in the event set to the AppGroup ID. Otherwise the core protocol semantics apply.
413</para>
414
415</sect2>
416<sect2 id='ConfigureRequest'>
417<title>ConfigureRequest</title>
418
419<para>
420When a ConfigureWindow request is received for a window whose override-redirect attribute is set to False and whose parent is the root window and the window belongs to an application that is in an application group and there is an application group leader for the group, then this event is delivered to the Application Group Leader with the parent field in the event set to the AppGroup ID. Otherwise the core protocol semantics apply.
421</para>
422
423</sect2>
424</sect1>
425
426<sect1 id='Errors'>
427<title>Errors</title>
428
429<sect2 id='AppGroupQueryVersion'>
430<title>AppGroupQueryVersion</title>
431
432<para>
433There are no errors for AppGroupQueryVersion.
434</para>
435
436</sect2>
437
438<sect2 id='AppGroupCreate'>
439<title>AppGroupCreate</title>
440
441<para>
442A Window error is returned if default_root is specified and is not a valid root window..
443</para>
444
445<para>
446A Color error is returned default_colormap is specified but default_colormap is not a valid colormap for the screen of default_root.
447</para>
448
449<para>
450A Match error is returned if root_visual and default_colormap are both specified, but
451</para>
452
453<para>
454default_colormap’s visual is not root_visual.
455</para>
456
457<para>
458A Match error is returned if root_visual does not exist for the screen of the default_root.
459</para>
460
461</sect2>
462
463<sect2 id='AppGroupDestroy'>
464<title>AppGroupDestroy</title>
465
466<para>
467An AppGroup error is returned if app_group is not a valid Application Group.
468</para>
469
470<para>
471An Access error is returned if an untrusted application attempts to destroy an Application Group created by a trusted application.
472</para>
473
474</sect2>
475
476<sect2 id='AppGroupGetAttr'>
477<title>AppGroupGetAttr</title>
478
479<para>
480An AppGroup error is returned if app_group is not a valid Application Group.
481</para>
482
483<para>
484An Access error is returned if an untrusted application attempts to get the attributes of an Application Group created by a trusted application.
485</para>
486
487</sect2>
488
489<sect2 id='AppGroupQuery'>
490<title>AppGroupQuery</title>
491
492<para>
493An Access error is returned if an untrusted application attempts to query the Application Group of a trusted application.
494</para>
495
496</sect2>
497
498<sect2 id='AppGroupCreateAssociation'>
499<title>AppGroupCreateAssociation</title>
500
501<para>
502A Match error is returned if the X server does not support the window_type.
503</para>
504
505<para>
506An Access error may be returned if the X server only supports the window_type on the local host and the program making the request is on a non-local host.
507</para>
508
509<para>
510A Window error may be returned for system-specific errors related to system_window, e.g. system_window does not represent a valid native window.
511</para>
512
513</sect2>
514
515<sect2 id='AppGroupDestroyAssociation'>
516<title>AppGroupDestroyAssociation</title>
517
518<para>
519A Window error is returned if window was not specified in a previous AppGroupCreateAssociation request.
520</para>
521
522</sect2>
523</sect1>
524
525<sect1 id='Encoding'>
526<title>Encoding</title>
527
528<para>
529Please refer to the X11 Protocol encoding document as this document uses conventions established there.
530</para>
531
532
533<para>
534The name of this extension is XC-APPGROUP
535</para>
536
537
538<literallayout class='monospaced'>
539<emphasis role='bold'>AppGroupQueryVersion</emphasis>
540      1      CARD8        opcode
541      1      0            XC-APPGROUP opcode
542      2      3            length
543      2      CARD16       client_major_version
544      2      CARD16       client_minor_version
545=&gt;
546      1      1            Reply
547      1                   unused
548      2      CARD16       sequence_number
549      4      0            length
550      2      CARD16       server_major_version
551      2      CARD16       server_minor_version
552      20                  unused
553</literallayout>
554
555
556<literallayout class='monospaced'>
557<emphasis role='bold'>AppGroupCreate</emphasis>
558      1      CARD8            opcode
559      1      1                XC-APPGROUP opcode
560      2      8+n              length
561      4      XID              app_group
562      4      BITMASK          attrib_mask
563             #x00000001   app_group_leader
564             #x00000002   single_screen
565             #0x0000004   default_root
566             #x00000008   root_visual
567             #x00000010   default_colormap
568             #x00000020   black_pixel
569             #x00000040   white_pixel
570      n      LISTofVALUE      value-list
571VALUEs
572      4      BOOL             app_group_leader
573      4      BOOL             single_screen
574      4      WINDOW           default_root
575      4      VISUALID         root_visual
576      4      COLORMAP         default_colormap
577      4      CARD32           black_pixel
578      4      CARD32           white_pixel
579</literallayout>
580
581
582<literallayout class='monospaced'>
583<emphasis role='bold'>AppGroupDestroy</emphasis>
584      1      CARD8            opcode
585      1      2                XC-APPGROUP opcode
586      2      2                length
587      4      XID              app_group
588</literallayout>
589
590<literallayout class='monospaced'>
591<emphasis role='bold'>AAppGroupGetAttr</emphasis>
592      1      CARD8            opcode
593      1      4                XC-APPGROUP opcode
594      2      2                length
595      4      XID              app_group
596=&gt;
597      1      1                Reply
598      1                       unused
599      2      CARD16           sequence_number
600      4      0                length
601      4      WINDOW           default_root
602      4      VISUALID         root_visual
603      4      COLORMAP         default_colormap
604      4      CARD32           black_pixel
605      4      CARD32           whte_pixel
606      1      BOOL             single_screen
607      1      BOOL             app_group_leader
608      2                       unused
609</literallayout>
610
611
612<literallayout class='monospaced'>
613<emphasis role='bold'>AppGroupQuery</emphasis>
614      1      CARD8            opcode
615      1      5                XC-APPGROUP opcode
616      2      2                length
617      4      XID              resource
618=&gt;
619      1      1                Reply
620      1                       unused
621      2      CARD16           sequence_number
622      4      0                length
623      4      XID              app_group
624      20                      unused
625</literallayout>
626
627<literallayout class='monospaced'>
628<emphasis role='bold'>AppGroupCreateAssoc</emphasis>
629      1      CARD8            opcode
630      1      6                XC-APPGROUP opcode
631      2      n                length
632      4      WINDOW           window
633      2      CARD16           window_type
634             #0      X11
635             #1      Macintosh
636             #2      Win32, OS/2 PM 2.x
637             #3      Win16, OS/2 PM 1.x
638      2      n                system_window_len
639      n      LISTofCARD8      system_window
640</literallayout>
641
642
643<literallayout class='monospaced'>
644<emphasis role='bold'>AppGroupDestroyAssoc</emphasis>
645      1      CARD8            opcode
646      1      7                XC-APPGROUP opcode
647      2      2                length
648      4      WINDOW           window
649</literallayout>
650
651</sect1>
652
653<sect1 id='Library_API'>
654<title>Library API</title>
655
656<informaltable frame='none'>
657<?dbfo keep-together="always" ?>
658<tgroup cols='1' colsep='0' rowsep='0'>
659<colspec colname='c1' colwidth='1.0*'/>
660<tbody>
661  <row>
662    <entry role='functiondecl'>
663Status <emphasis>XagQueryVersion</emphasis> (<emphasis> xkb, keycode</emphasis>)                              /* macro */
664    </entry>
665  </row>
666  <row>
667    <entry role='functionargdecl'>
668Display            <emphasis>dpy</emphasis>;
669    </entry>
670  </row>
671  <row>
672    <entry role='functionargdecl'>
673int *            <emphasis>major_version_return</emphasis>;
674    </entry>
675  </row>
676  <row>
677    <entry role='functionargdecl'>
678int *            <emphasis>minor_version_return</emphasis>;
679    </entry>
680  </row>
681</tbody>
682</tgroup>
683</informaltable>
684
685<para>
686XagQueryVersion sets major_version_return and minor_version_return to the major and minor Application Group protocol version supported by the server. If the Xag library is compatible with the version returned by the server it returns non-zero. If dpy does not support the Application Group extension, or if the server and library protocol versions are incompatible, or if there was an error during communication with the server, it returns zero. No other Xag functions may be called before this function. If a program violates this rule, the effects of all subsequent Xag calls that it makes are undefined.
687</para>
688
689<note><para>
690An embedding manager in, e.g. a Personal Computer Web Browser, will need to open a connection to the Personal Computer X server by calling XOpenDisplay() before using the Application Group extension.
691</para></note>
692
693<para>
694An embedding manager such as a web browser that intends to embed programs in an Application Group should create the Application Group with XagCreateEmbeddedApplicationGroup.
695</para>
696
697
698<informaltable frame='none'>
699<?dbfo keep-together="always" ?>
700<tgroup cols='1' colsep='0' rowsep='0'>
701<colspec colname='c1' colwidth='1.0*'/>
702<tbody>
703  <row>
704    <entry role='functiondecl'>
705Status XagCreateEmbeddedApplicationGroup(
706    </entry>
707  </row>
708  <row>
709    <entry role='functionargdecl'>
710      Display*      dpy,
711    </entry>
712  </row>
713  <row>
714    <entry role='functionargdecl'>
715      VisualID      root_visual,
716    </entry>
717  </row>
718  <row>
719    <entry role='functionargdecl'>
720      Colormap      default_colormap,
721    </entry>
722  </row>
723  <row>
724    <entry role='functionargdecl'>
725      unsigned long      black_pixel,
726    </entry>
727  </row>
728  <row>
729    <entry role='functionargdecl'>
730      unsigned long      white_pixel,
731    </entry>
732  </row>
733  <row>
734    <entry role='functionargdecl'>
735      XAppGroup*      app_group_return);
736    </entry>
737  </row>
738</tbody>
739</tgroup>
740</informaltable>
741
742
743<para>
744XagCreateEmbeddedApplicationGroup creates an Application Group for an embedding manager with the attributes specified. It also sets the default_root attribute to DefaultRoot(dpy, DefaultsScreen(dpy)) and the single_screen and app_group_leader attributes to True. It returns the Application Group ID in app_group_return.
745</para>
746
747<para>
748You can create an Application Group without intending to do embedding. One reason for doing this is to give a group of clients their own font-path.
749</para>
750
751<note><para>
752A special font-path can be created by creating an Application Group, getting an Authorization using XSecurityGenerateAuthorization, and then running ‘xset fp+ &lt;new font path&gt;’ as a member of the Application Group. Font-path elements added in this way will be "private" to the Application Group.
753</para></note>
754
755<informaltable frame='none'>
756<?dbfo keep-together="always" ?>
757<tgroup cols='1' colsep='0' rowsep='0'>
758<colspec colname='c1' colwidth='1.0*'/>
759<tbody>
760  <row>
761    <entry role='functiondecl'>
762Status XagCreateNonembeddedApplicationGroup(
763    </entry>
764  </row>
765  <row>
766    <entry role='functionargdecl'>
767      Display*      dpy,
768    </entry>
769  </row>
770  <row>
771    <entry role='functionargdecl'>
772      XAppGroup*      app_group_return);
773    </entry>
774  </row>
775</tbody>
776</tgroup>
777</informaltable>
778
779<para>
780An Application Group created with XagCreateNonembeddedApplicationGroup will have the default_root, root_visual, and default_colormap attributes all set to None; the single_screen and app_group_leader attributes are set to False, and the black_pixel and white_pixel attributes are not used since the default_colormap attribute is None.
781</para>
782
783<para>
784To destroy an Application Group use XagDestroyApplicationGroup.
785</para>
786
787<informaltable frame='none'>
788<?dbfo keep-together="always" ?>
789<tgroup cols='1' colsep='0' rowsep='0'>
790<colspec colname='c1' colwidth='1.0*'/>
791<tbody>
792  <row>
793    <entry role='functiondecl'>
794Status XagDestroyApplicationGroup(
795    </entry>
796  </row>
797  <row>
798    <entry role='functionargdecl'>
799      Display*      dpy,
800    </entry>
801  </row>
802  <row>
803    <entry role='functionargdecl'>
804      XAppGroup      app_group);
805    </entry>
806  </row>
807</tbody>
808</tgroup>
809</informaltable>
810
811<para>
812The Application Group specified by app_group is destroyed. If the Application Group was created using XagCreateEmbeddingApplicationGroup, i.e. and therefore the app_group_leader attribute is True, all programs that are members of the Application Group are killed as if a KillClient request had been issued.
813</para>
814
815
816<para>
817To retrieve the attributes of an Application Group use XagGetApplicationGroupAttributes.
818</para>
819
820
821<informaltable frame='none'>
822<?dbfo keep-together="always" ?>
823<tgroup cols='1' colsep='0' rowsep='0'>
824<colspec colname='c1' colwidth='1.0*'/>
825<tbody>
826  <row>
827    <entry role='functiondecl'>
828Status XagGetApplicationGroupAttributes(
829    </entry>
830  </row>
831  <row>
832    <entry role='functionargdecl'>
833      Display*      dpy,
834    </entry>
835  </row>
836  <row>
837    <entry role='functionargdecl'>
838      XAppGroup      app_group,
839    </entry>
840  </row>
841  <row>
842    <entry role='functionargdecl'>
843      ...);
844    </entry>
845  </row>
846</tbody>
847</tgroup>
848</informaltable>
849
850
851
852<para>
853XagGetApplicationGroupAttributes is a varargs function that retrieves the Application Group’s attributes specified in the vararg parameter list.
854</para>
855
856<para>
857The attributes that may be specified are: XagNappGroupLeader, XagNsingleScreen, XagNdefaultRoot, XagNrootVisual, XagNdefaultColormap, XagNblackPixel, and XagNwhitePixel; which correspond to app_group_leader, single_screen, default_root, root_visual, default_colormap, black_pixel, and white_pixel respectively. See AppGroupCreate in Section 3 for a description of each attribute.
858</para>
859
860<para>
861The types for each of the parameters are pointers to the following:
862</para>
863
864<literallayout>
865      single_screen          Bool
866      default_root           Window
867      root_visual            VisualID
868      default_colormap       Colormap
869      black_pixel            unsigned long
870      white_pixel            unsigned long
871      app_group_leader       Bool
872</literallayout>
873
874<para><programlisting>
875Example:
876      ...
877      Boolean app_group_leader, single_screen;
878      Window default_root;
879      VisualID root_visual;
880      Colormap default_colormap;
881      Pixel black_pixel, white_pixel;
882      ...
883      status = XagGetApplicationGroupAttributes(dpy, app_group,
884            XagNappGroupLeader, &amp;app_group_leader,
885            XagNsingleScreen, &amp;single_screen,
886            XagNdefault_root, &amp;default_root,
887            XagNrootVisual, &amp;root_visual,
888            XagNdefaultColormap, &amp;default_colormap,
889            XagNblackPixel, &amp;black_pixel,
890            XagNwhitePixel, &amp;white_pixel,
891            NULL);
892      ...
893</programlisting></para>
894
895
896<para>
897To determine which Application Group a resource (such as a window) belongs to, use XagQueryApplicationGroup.
898</para>
899
900<informaltable frame='none'>
901<?dbfo keep-together="always" ?>
902<tgroup cols='1' colsep='0' rowsep='0'>
903<colspec colname='c1' colwidth='1.0*'/>
904<tbody>
905  <row>
906    <entry role='functiondecl'>
907Status XagQueryApplicationGroup(
908    </entry>
909  </row>
910  <row>
911    <entry role='functionargdecl'>
912      Display*      dpy,
913    </entry>
914  </row>
915  <row>
916    <entry role='functionargdecl'>
917      XID      resource,
918    </entry>
919  </row>
920  <row>
921    <entry role='functionargdecl'>
922      XAppGroup*      app_group_return);
923    </entry>
924  </row>
925</tbody>
926</tgroup>
927</informaltable>
928
929
930<para>
931The Application Group is returned in app_group_return, if the resource is not in any Application Group then app_group_return will be set to None.
932</para>
933
934<para>
935To associate an X Window ID with a system-specific window ID, such as a HWND or a WindowPtr, use XagCreateAssociation.
936</para>
937
938<informaltable frame='none'>
939<?dbfo keep-together="always" ?>
940<tgroup cols='1' colsep='0' rowsep='0'>
941<colspec colname='c1' colwidth='1.0*'/>
942<tbody>
943  <row>
944    <entry role='functiondecl'>
945Status XagCreateAssociation(
946    </entry>
947  </row>
948  <row>
949    <entry role='functionargdecl'>
950      Display*      dpy,
951    </entry>
952  </row>
953  <row>
954    <entry role='functionargdecl'>
955      Window*      window_return,
956    </entry>
957  </row>
958  <row>
959    <entry role='functionargdecl'>
960      void*      system_window);
961    </entry>
962  </row>
963</tbody>
964</tgroup>
965</informaltable>
966
967
968<para>
969The window_ret may be used as the target for a ReparentWindow request.
970</para>
971
972<note><para>
973Because XReparentWindow is not constrained in the same way that Win32’s  SetParent and the Macintosh are, there is no reason to call XagCreateAssociation in an X-based embedding manager. As such if XagCreateAssociation is called in a native X program, the window_return will be the same as the system_window, and the implementation may even elect to not generate any protocol.
974</para></note>
975
976<para>To create an association on the Macintosh:</para>
977
978<para><programlisting>
979      struct {
980          WindowPtr win;
981          Rect rect;
982      } system_window;
983      system_window.win = win_ptr;
984      system_window.rect.top = system_window.rect.left = 20;
985      system_window.rect.bottom = 180;
986      system_window.rect.right = 380;
987</programlisting></para>
988
989<para><programlisting>
990      status = XagCreateAssociation (dpy, &amp;window, (void*)&amp;system_window);
991</programlisting></para>
992
993<para>
994To create an association using a Win16, Win32, or OS/2 PM:
995</para>
996
997<para><programlisting>
998      HWND system_window;
999      status = XagCreateAssociation (dpy, &amp;window, (void*)&amp;system_window);
1000</programlisting></para>
1001
1002<para>
1003To destroy the association created with XagCreateAssociation use XagDestroyAssociation.
1004</para>
1005
1006
1007<informaltable frame='none'>
1008<?dbfo keep-together="always" ?>
1009<tgroup cols='1' colsep='0' rowsep='0'>
1010<colspec colname='c1' colwidth='1.0*'/>
1011<tbody>
1012  <row>
1013    <entry role='functiondecl'>
1014Status XagDestroyAssociation(
1015    </entry>
1016  </row>
1017  <row>
1018    <entry role='functionargdecl'>
1019      Display*      dpy,
1020    </entry>
1021  </row>
1022  <row>
1023    <entry role='functionargdecl'>
1024      Window      window);
1025    </entry>
1026  </row>
1027</tbody>
1028</tgroup>
1029</informaltable>
1030
1031<para>
1032After calling XagDestroyAssociation the window may no longer be used to
1033reparent windows with XReparentWindow.
1034</para>
1035
1036<note><para>
1037Like XagCreateAssociation, if the native window system is X11 the implementation may elect  to not generate any protocol as a result of this function call in order to avoid unintentionally destroying the the system_window that was specified in the prior XagCreateAssociation call.
1038</para></note>
1039</sect1>
1040<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"  href="appendix.xml"/>
1041</article>
1042