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File inputproto-update.patch of Package xorg-x11-proto-inputproto
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am index 77d1ea7..3312f2f 100644 --- a/Makefile.am +++ b/Makefile.am @@ -1,3 +1,6 @@ + +SUBDIRS = specs + inputdir = $(includedir)/X11/extensions input_HEADERS = \ XI.h \ @@ -8,9 +11,6 @@ input_HEADERS = \ pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig pkgconfig_DATA = inputproto.pc -dist_doc_DATA = XI2proto.txt XIproto.txt - - MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = ChangeLog INSTALL .PHONY: ChangeLog INSTALL diff --git a/XI2.h b/XI2.h index 6ba1377..3c39946 100644 --- a/XI2.h +++ b/XI2.h @@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ #define XISetMask(ptr, event) (((unsigned char*)(ptr))[(event)>>3] |= (1 << ((event) & 7))) #define XIClearMask(ptr, event) (((unsigned char*)(ptr))[(event)>>3] &= ~(1 << ((event) & 7))) #define XIMaskIsSet(ptr, event) (((unsigned char*)(ptr))[(event)>>3] & (1 << ((event) & 7))) -#define XIMaskLen(event) (((event + 7) >> 3)) +#define XIMaskLen(event) (((event) >> 3) + 1) /* Fake device ID's for event selection */ #define XIAllDevices 0 diff --git a/XI2proto.h b/XI2proto.h index 2fd91eb..84574a5 100644 --- a/XI2proto.h +++ b/XI2proto.h @@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ #include <X11/Xproto.h> #include <X11/X.h> #include <X11/extensions/XI2.h> +#include <stdint.h> /* make sure types have right sizes for protocol structures. */ #define Window uint32_t diff --git a/XI2proto.txt b/XI2proto.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 10f58c2..0000000 --- a/XI2proto.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,1677 +0,0 @@ - - The X Input Extension - Version 2.0 - - Peter Hutterer - peter.hutterer@redhat.com - Red Hat, Inc. - - - -1. Introduction - -The X Input Extension version 2.0 (XI2) is the second major release of the X -Input Extension. - -XI2 provides a number of enhancements over version 1.5, including: -- use of XGE and GenericEvents. GenericEvents are of flexible length with a - minimum length of 32 bytes. -- explicit device hierarchy of master and slave devices. See Section 4. -- use of multiple independent master devices (Multi-Poiner X or MPX). -- the ability for devices to change capabilities at runtime. -- raw device events - -XI2's intent is to replace both core input processing and prior versions of -the X Input Extension. Historically, the majority of applications employed the -core protocol requests and events to handle user input. The core protocol does -not provide information about which device generated the event. The X Input -Extension version up to 1.5 requires the differentiation between core and -extended devices. Extended devices may not be core devices and thus cannot be -used on applications employing the core protocol. XI2 addresses both of these -issues by enabling devices to be both extended and core devices and providing -device information in each event (with the exception of core events). - - ❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧ - -2. Notations used in this document - -Notation for requests: -┌─── - Name of request - name of request field: type of request field - name of request field: type of request field - ▶ - name of reply field: type of reply field -└─── - -Notation for events: -┌─── - Name of event - name of field: type of field - name of field: type of field -└─── - -Complex fields are specified in the following notation: - name of field: COMPLEXFIELDTYPE -or, if multiple of these fields exist: - name of field: LISTofCOMPLEXFIELDTYPE - -COMPLEXFIELDTYPE: { name of subfield: type of subfield, - name of subfield: type of subfield } - - ❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧ - -3. Interoperability between version 1.x and 2.0 - -There is little interaction between 1.x and 2.x versions of the X Input -Extension. Clients are requested to avoid mixing XI1.x and XI2 code as much as -possible. Several direct incompatibilities are observable: - -3.1 Limitations resulting from different variable ranges - -XI2 provides a larger range for some fields than XI1. As a result, XI1 clients -may not receive data an XI2 client receives. -These fields include: -- devices with a deviceid of greater than 127 are invisible to XI1 clients. -- key events and key grabs featuring larger than 255 can only be sent to XI2 - clients. -- no subpixel information is avialable to XI1 clients. If motion events are in - a subpixel range only, the server may omit these events and an XI 1.x client - will not receive events until the pixel boundary is crossed. - - -3.2 Blocking of grabs - -XI1 grabs are different to XI2 grab and a device may not be grabbed through an -XI2 grab if an XI1 grab is currently active on this device or vice versa. -Likewise, a keycode or button already grabbed by an XI 1.x or XI2 client may -not be grabbed with the same modifier combination by an XI2 or XI 1.x client, -respectively. - -3.3 Invisibility of Master Devices - -XI 1.x was not designed with support for multiple master devices (see Section -4). As a result, only the first master pointer and master keyboard are visible -to XI 1.x clients, all other master devices are invisible and cannot be -accessed from XI 1.x calls. - - ❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧ - -4. The Master/Slave device hierarchy - -XI2 introduces a device hierarchy split up into so-called Master Devices (MD) -and Slave Devices (SD). - -4.1 Master devices -An MD is a virtual device created and managed by the server. MDs may send core -events and XI events. However, an MD does not represent a physical device and -relies on SDs for event generation. MDs come in two forms: as master pointers -or as master keyboards. A master pointer is represented by a visible cursor on -the screen. A master keyboard is represented by a keyboard focus. - -Each master pointer is paired with the respective master keyboard and vice -versa, and this pairing is constant for the lifetime of both input devices. -Clients can use this pairing behaviour to implement input paradigms that -require pointer and keyboard interation (e.g. SHIFT + Click). - -4.2 Slave devices -An SD is usually a physical device configured in the server. SDs are not -represented by a cursor or keyboard focus and may be attached to a master -pointer or master keyboard. SDs can only be attached to any master of the same -type (e.g. a physical pointer device can be attached to any master pointer). - -If an event is generated by an SD -- if the SD is attached to a master pointer, it changes the position and/or - button state of the master pointer. -- if the SD is attached to a master keyboard, it sends events to this - keyboard's focus window (if applicable) and/or changes the modifier state of - this keyboard. -- if the SD is not attached to an MD ("floating"), it does not change - any master device. The SD has its own (invisible) sprite and its own focus. - Both the sprite and the focus must be managed explicitly by the client - program. - -4.3 Event processing for attached slave devices - -Whenever an SD changes its logical state, -- the event is delivered as an XI event to any interested clients. If the - device is floating, event processing stops. - Otherwise, if the device is attached, -- the master device changes its classes to reflect the SD's capabilities. All - interested clients are notified of this device change. -- then, the event is delivered as an XI event from the MD to any interested - clients. If the event has been delivered, event processing stops. - Otherwise, -- the event is delivered as a core event to any interested clients. - -Given that W is the event window, and P the parent window of W, event delivery -to P is only attempted if neither the XI event, nor the core event has been -delivered on W. Once an event has been delivered as either XI or core event, -event processing stops. - -4.4. The ClientPointer principle - -Many core protocol and some extension requests are ambiguous when multiple -master devices are available (e.g. QueryPointer does not specfy which pointer). -The X server does not have the knowledge to chose the contextually correct -master device. For each client, one master pointer is designated as this -clients's "ClientPointer". Whenever a client sends an ambiguous request (e.g. -QueryPointer), the ClientPointer or the keyboard paired with the ClientPointer -is chosen to provide the data for this request. - -This ClientPointer may be explicitly assigned to a client with the -SetClientPointer call. If no ClientPointer is set when a client issues an -ambiguous request, the server choses one device as the ClientPointer. The -method of chosing a ClientPointer from the available master pointers is -implementation-specific. - -If the master pointer currently set as ClientPointer for one or more clients is -removed, the server may either unset the ClientPointer setting or change the -ClientPointer to a different master pointer. - - ❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧ -5. Data types - -BUTTONMASK - A binary mask defined as (1 << button number). - A SETofBUTTONMASK is a binary OR of zero or more BUTTONMASK. - -DEVICE { DEVICEID, AllDevices, AllMasterDevices } - A DEVICE specifies either a DEVICEID or AllDevices or - AllMasterDevices. - -DEVICEID { CARD16 } - A DEVICEID is a numerical ID for a device currently available in the - server. The server may re-use a device ID after a device's removal. - The device IDs 0 and 1 are reserved. - AllDevices ........ 0 - AllMasterDevices .. 1 - -DEVICEUSE { MasterPointer, MasterKeyboard, SlavePointer, - SlaveKeyboard, FloatingSlave } - A DEVICEUSE field specifies the current use of a device in the MD/SD - device hierarchy. See Section 4 for more information. - -EVENTMASK - An EVENTMASK is a binary mask defined as (1 << event type). - A SETofEVENTMASK is a binary OR of zero or more EVENTMASK. - -FP1616 - Fixed point decimal in 16.16 format as one INT16 and one CARD16. - The INT16 contains the integral part, the CARD32 the decimal fraction - shifted by 16. - -FP3232 - Fixed point decimal in 32.32 format as one INT32 and one CARD32. - The INT32 contains the integral part, the CARD32 the decimal fraction - shifted by 32. - -VALUATORMASK - A binary mask defined as (1 << valuator number). - A SETofVALUATORMASK is a binary OR of zero or more VALUATORMASK. - - ❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧ -6. Errors - -Errors are sent using core X error reports. - -Device - A value for a DEVICE argument does not specify a valid DEVICE. - - ❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧ -7. Requests: - -The server does not guarantee that the length of a reply remains constant in -future revisions of XI2. A client must always retrieve the exact length of the -protocol reply from the connection, even if the reply is longer than defined -for the XI2 version supported by the client. -Additional bytes in a request may include data supported in later versions of -XI2. Clients should ignore this data. Padding bytes in XI2 protocol requests -are required to be 0. - -7.1 Requests introduced in version 2.0 - - ┌─── - XIQueryVersion - major_version: CARD16 - minor_version: CARD16 - ▶ - major_version: CARD16 - minor_version: CARD16 - └─── - - The client sends the highest supported version to the server and the - server sends the highest version it supports, but no higher than the - requested version. Major versions changes can introduce incompatibilities - in existing functionality, minor version changes introduce only backward - compatible changes. It is the client's responsibility to ensure that the - server supports a version which is compatible with its expectations. - - major_version - Major XI2 version. - minor_version - Minor XI2 version. - - If major_version is less than 2, a BadValue error occurs. - - ┌─── - XIQueryDevice - DEVICE deviceid - ▶ - num_devices: CARD16 - deviceinfo: LISTofDEVICEINFO - └─── - - DEVICEINFO { deviceid: DEVICEID - use: DEVICEUSE - attachment: DEVICEID - enabled: BOOL - num_classes: CARD16 - name_len: CARD16 - name: LISTofCHAR8 - classes: LISTofCLASS } - - CLASS { BUTTONCLASS, KEYCLASS, AXISCLASS } - - BUTTONCLASS { type: ButtonClass - length: CARD16 - sourceid: CARD16 - buttons_len: CARD16 - state: SETofBUTTONMASK - labels: LISTofATOM } - - KEYCLASS { type: KeyClass - length: CARD16 - sourceid: CARD16 - num_keys: CARD16 - keys: LISTofCARD32 } - - AXISCLASS { type: AxisClass - length: CARD16 - sourceid: CARD16 - axisnumber: CARD16 - label: ATOM - min: FP3232 - max: FP3232 - value: FP3232 - resolution: CARD32 } - - XIQueryDevice details information about the requested input devices. - - devices - The device to list. If devices is AllDevices, all enabled and - disabled devices are listed. If devices is AllMasterDevices, all - enabled and disabled master devices are listed. If devices is a - valid DEVICE, only this DEVICE is listed and num_devices is 1. - num_devices - The number of deviceinfos returned. - - Each deviceinfo is detailed as follows: - deviceid - The unique ID of the device. Device IDs may get re-used when a device - is removed. - use - If the device is a master pointer, use is MasterPointer. - If the device is a master keyboard, use is MasterKeyboard. - If the device is a slave pointer, use is SlavePointer. - If the device is a slave keyboard, use is SlaveKeyboard. - If the device is a floating slave, use is FloatingSlave. - attachment - If the device is a master pointer or a master keyboard, attachment - specifies the paired master keyboard, or the paired master pointer, - respectively. If the device is a non-floating slave device - attachment specifies the master device this device is attached to. - If the device is a floating slave, attachment is undefined. - enabled - Zero if the device is disabled, non-zero otherwise. - num_classes - Number of classes provided. - name_len - Length of the name in bytes not including padding. - classes - Details the available classes provided by the device in an undefined - order. - name - The device's name. padded to a multiple of 4 bytes. - - For all classes, type specifies the device class. Clients are required - to ignore unknown device classes. The length field specifies the length - of the class in 4 byte units. - The following classes may occur only once: ButtonClass, KeyClass - - ButtonClass: - type - Always ButtonClass. - length - Length in 4 byte units. - sourceid - The device this class originates from. - num_buttons - Number of buttons provided by the device. - labels - List of Atoms specifying the label for each button. An Atom of None - specifies an unlabeled button. Buttons are listed in the device-native - order regardless of the current button mapping. - state - The current button mask for this device after button mapping is - applied. Each bit representing a button is 1 if this button is - logically down, or 0 otherwise. State is a multiple of 4-byte units - and always contains at least num_buttons bits. - - KeyClass: - type - Always KeyClass. - length - Length in 4 byte units. - sourceid - The device this class originates from. - num_keys - Number of keycodes provided by the device. - keys - List of keycodes provided. - - AxisClass: - type - Always AxisClass. - length - Length in 4 byte units. - sourceid - The device this class originates from. - axisnumber - Axis number of this axis. The axis number is in device-native - order and potential axis mappings are ignored. - label - Atom specifying the axis name. An Atom of None specifies an unlabeled - axis. - min - Minimum value. - max - Minimum value. - resolution - Resolution in counts/meter. - mode - Relative or Absolute. - value - Last published axis value (if mode is absolute). - - An axis in Relative mode may specify min and max as a hint to the - client. If no min and max information is available, both must be 0. - - ┌─── - XISelectEvents - window: Window - num_masks: CARD16 - masks: LISTofEVENTMASK - - └─── - - EVENTMASK { deviceid: DEVICE, - mask_len: CARD16, - mask: SETofEVENTMASK - - window - The window to select the events on. - num_masks - Number of items in masks. - deviceid - Numerical deviceid, or AllDevices, or AllMasterDevices. - mask_len - Length of mask in 4 byte units. - mask - Event mask. An event mask for an event type T is defined as (1 << T). - - XISelectEvents selects for XI2 events on window. - - If num_masks is 0, a BadValue error occurs. - - Each mask sets the (and overwrites a previous) event mask for the DEVICE - specified through deviceid. The device AllDevices or - AllMasterDevices is treated as a separate device by server. A client's - event mask is the union of AllDevices, AllMasterDevices and the - per-device event mask. - The removal of device from the server unsets the event masks for the - device. If an event mask is set for AllDevices or AllMasterDevices, the - event mask is not cleared on device removal and affects all future - devices. - - If mask_len is 0, the event mask for the given device is cleared. - - The mask for XIHierarchyEvents may only be selected for XIAllDevices. - Setting it for any other device results in a BadValue error. - - ┌─── - XIGetSelectedEvents - window: Window - ▶ - num_masks: CARD16 - masks: LISTofEVENTMASK - └─── - - window - The window to select the events on. - num_masks - Number of items in masks. - masks - Selected event masks by this client. - - Masks are returned on a per-device basis, with masks for AllDevices and - AllMasterDevices returned separately. A client can calculate the - effective mask for a device with a bitwise OR of the AllDevices, the - AllMasterDevices and the device-specific mask. - - If num_masks is 0, no events have been selected by this client on the - given window. - - ┌─── - XIQueryPointer - window: Window - deviceid: DEVICEID - ▶ - root: Window - child: Window - root_x: FP1616 - root_y: FP1616 - win_x: FP1616 - win_y: FP1616 - same_screen: BOOL - mods: MODIFIERINFO - group: GROUPINFO - buttons_len: CARD16 - buttons: SETofBUTTONMASK - └─── - - Query a master pointer device for its current position. - - root - The root window the pointer is logically on. - child - The child window of window that contains the pointer or None. - root_x - root_y - Pointer position relative to the root window's origin. - win_x - win_y - Pointer position relative to window or 0 if same_screen is false. - same_screen - True if window is on the same screen as the pointer. - mods - XKB modifier state on the paired device. - group - XKB group state on the paired device. - buttons_len - The length of buttons in 4 byte units. - buttons - Button state. - - If the device is not a master pointer device or not a floating slave - pointer, a BadDevice error results. - - ┌─── - XIWarpPointer - src_win: Window - dst_win: Window - src_x: FP1616 - src_y: FP1616 - src_width: INT16 - src_height: INT16 - dst_x: FP1616 - dst_y: FP1616 - deviceid: DEVICEID - └─── - - WarpPointer moves the pointer of deviceid as if the user had moved - the pointer. WarpPointer can only be called for MasterPointer and - FloatingSlave devices. - - src_win - If src_window is not None, the move only takes place if src_window - contains the pointer and the pointer is contained in the specified - rectangle of src_window. - dst_win - If dst_win is None, this request moves the pointer by offsets - dst_x/dst_y relative to the current position of the pointer. If - dst_window is a window, this request moves the pointer to - dst_x/dst_y relative to dst_win's origin. - src_x - src_y - src_width - src_height - Specifies the source window rectangle. - dst_x - dst_y - The relative coordinates to move the pointer if dst_win is None, or - the absolute coordinates if dst_win is a window. - deviceid - The device to warp. - - This request cannot be used to move the pointer outside the confine-to - window of an active pointer grab. An attempt will only move the pointer as - far as the closest edge of the confine-to window. - - This request will generate events just as if the user had instantaneously - moved the pointer. - - ┌─── - XIChangeCursor - win: Window - cursor: Cursor - deviceid: DEVICEID - └─── - - Change a master pointer's cursor on the specified window. - - window - The window. - cursor - The new cursor or None. - deviceid - The master pointer device. - - Whenever device enters a window W, the cursor shape is selected in the - following order: - - if the current window has a device cursor C(d) defined for device, - display this cursor C(d). - - otherwise, if the current window has a cursor C(w) defined in the core - protocol's window attributes, display cursor C(w). - - repeat on parent window until a cursor has been found. - - The device cursor for a given window is reset once the window is destroyed - or the device is removed, whichever comes earlier. - - If deviceid does not specify a master pointer, a BadDevice error - is returned. - - ┌─── - XIChangeHierarchy - num_changes: CARD8 - changes: LISTofHIERARCHYCHANGES - └─── - - HIERARCHYCHANGE { ADDMASTER, REMOVEMASTER, ATTACHSLAVE, DETACHSLAVE } - - HIERARCHYCHANGETYPE { AddMaster, RemoveMaster, AttachSlave, DetachSlave } - - CHANGEMODE { Float, Attach } - - ADDMASTER { type: HIERARCHYCHANGETYPE - length: CARD16 - name_len: CARD16 - send_core: BOOL - enable: BOOL - name: LISTofCHAR8 } - - REMOVEMASTER { type: HIERARCHYCHANGETYPE - length: CARD16 - deviceid: DEVICEID - return_mode: CHANGEMODE - return_pointer: DEVICEID - return_keyboard: DEVICEID } - - ATTACHSLAVE { type: HIERARCHYCHANGETYPE - length: CARD16 - deviceid: DEVICEID - master: DEVICEID } - - DETACHSLAVE { type: HIERARCHYCHANGETYPE - length: CARD16 - deviceid: DEVICEID } - - XIChangeHierarchy allows a client to modify the MD/SD device - hierarchy (see Section 4). - - num_changes - The number of changes to apply to the current hierarchy. - changes - The list of changes. - - The server processes the changes in the order received from the client and - applies each requested change immediately. If an error occurs, processing - stops at the current change and returns the number of successfully applied - changes in the error. - - ADDMASTER creates a pair of master devices. - type - Always AddMaster. - length - Length in 4 byte units. - name_len - Length of name in bytes. - send_core - True if the device should send core events. - enable - True if the device is to be enabled immediately. - name - The name for the new master devices. The master pointer's name is - automatically appended with " pointer", the master keyboard's name is - automatically appended with " keyboard". - - REMOVEMASTER removes an existing master device. - type - Always RemoveMaster. - length - Length in 4 byte units. - deviceid - The device to remove. - return_mode - Return mode for attached slave devices. - If return_mode is Float, all slave devices are set to floating. - If return_mode is Attach, slave pointers are attached to - return_pointer and slave keyboards are attached to - return_keyboard. - return_pointer - return_keyboard - The master pointer and master keyboard to attach slave devices to, if - return_mode is Attach. If return_mode is Float, return_pointer - and return_keyboard are undefined. - - Removing a master pointer removes the paired master keyboard and vice - versa. - - ATTACHSLAVE attaches a slave device to a given master device. - type - Always ChangeAttachment. - length - Length in 4 byte units. - deviceid - Deviceid of the slave device. - master - The new master device to attach this slave device to. - - DETACHSLAVE detaches a slave device from its current master device. - type - Always ChangeAttachment. - length - Length in 4 byte units. - deviceid - Deviceid of the slave device. - - ┌─── - XISetClientPointer - win: Window - deviceid: DEVICEID - └─── - - Set the ClientPointer for the client owning win to the given device. - - win - Window or client ID. - deviceid - The master pointer or master keyboard that acts as ClientPointer. - - Some protocol requests are ambiguous and the server has to choose a device - to provide data for a request or a reply. By default, the server will - choose a client's ClientPointer device to provide the data, unless the - client currently has a grab on another device. See section 4.4 for more - details. - - If win is None, the ClientPointer for this client is set to the given - device. Otherwise, if win is a valid window, the ClientPointer for the - client owning this window is set to the given device. Otherwise, if win is - not a valid window but a client with the client mask equal to win exists, - this client's ClientPointer is set to the given device. - - If deviceid does not specify a master pointer or master keyboard, a - BadDevice error is returned. - - If window does not specify a valid window or client ID and is not None, a - BadWindow error is returned. - - ┌─── - XIGetClientPointer - win: Window - ▶ - set: BOOL - deviceid: DEVICEID - └─── - - Query the ClientPointer for the client owning win. - - win - The window or client ID. - set - True if the client has a ClientPointer set. - deviceid - The master pointer that acts as a ClientPointer if set is True. - - No difference is made between a ClientPointer set explicitly through - XISetClientPointer and a ClientPointer implicitly assigned by the server - in response to an ambiguous request. - - ┌─── - XISetFocus - focus: Window - deviceid: DEVICEID - time: Time - └─── - - Set the focus for the given device to the given window. Future key events - from this device are sent to this window. - This request generates FocusIn and FocusOut events. - - focus - A viewable window or None. - deviceid - The device to modify the focus window for. - time - Specifies the time to change the focus or CurrentTime. - - If focus is None, key events from this device are discarded until a new - focus window is set. If focus is a viewable window, key events from this - device are sent to this window. If the window becomes unviewable, the - window's first viewable ancestor automatically becomes the focus window - and FocusIn and FocusOut events are sent as if a client had changed the - focus window. - This is equivalent to RevertToParent in the core XSetInputFocus window. - - This request has no effect if the specified time is earlier than the - current last-focus-change time or is later than the current X server time. - Otherwise, the last-focus-change time is set to the specified time. - - ┌─── - XIGetFocus - deviceid: DEVICEID - ▶ - focus: Window - └─── - - Return the current focus window for the given device. - - ┌─── - XIGrabDevice - deviceid: DEVICEID - grab_window: Window - owner_events: BOOL - grab_mode: { Synchronous, Asynchronous } - paired_device_mode: { Synchronous, Asynchronous } - time: TIMESTAMP or CurrentTime - cursor: Cursor - mask_len: CARD16 - masks: SETofEVENTMASK - ▶ - status: Success, AlreadyGrabbed, Frozen, InvalidTime, NotViewable - └─── - - This request actively grabs control of the specified input device. Further - input events from this device are reported only to the grabbing client. - This request overides any previous active grab by this client for this - device. - - deviceid - The device to grab. - grab_window - Events are reported relative to the grab window. - owner_events - Specifies whether event will be reported normally or relative to the - grab window. - grab_mode - Specifies if this device will be frozen as a result of the grab. - paired_device_mode - Specifies if the master device paired with this device will be frozen - as a result of the grab. - time - A valid server time or CurrentTime. - cursor - The cursor to display for the duration of the grab or None. - mask_len - Length of mask in 4 byte units. - mask - Event mask. An event mask for an event type T is defined as (1 << T). - status - Success or the reason why the grab could not be established. - - The masks parameter specifies which events the client wishes to receive - while the device is grabbed. - - If owner-events is False, input events generated from this device are - reported with respect to grab-window, and are only reported if selected by - being included in the event-list. If owner-events is True, then if a - generated event would normally be reported to this client, it is reported - normally, otherwise the event is reported with respect to the grab-window, - and is only reported if selected by being included in the event-list. For - either value of owner-events, unreported events are discarded. - - If grab-mode is Asynchronous, device event processing continues normally. - If the device is currently frozen by this client, then processing of - device events is resumed. If grab-mode is Synchronous, the state of the - grabbed device (as seen by means of the protocol) appears to freeze, - and no further device events are generated by the server until the - grabbing client issues a releasing XIAllowEvents request or until the - device grab is released. Actual device input events are not lost while the - device is frozen; they are simply queued for later processing. - - If the device is a slave device, the paired-device-mode is ignored. - Otherwise, if this device is a master device and paired-device-mode is - Asynchronous, event processing is unaffected by activation of the grab. If - this device is a master device and paired-device-mode is Synchronous, the - state of the master device paired with this device (as seen by means of the - protocol) appears to freeze, and no further events are generated by the - server until the grabbing client issues a releasing XIAllowEvents request - or until the device grab is released. Actual events are not lost while the - devices are frozen; they are simply queued for later processing. - - If the cursor is not None and the device is a master pointer device, the - cursor will be displayed until the device is ungrabbed. - - This request fails and returns: - AlreadyGrabbed: If the device is actively grabbed by some other client. - NotViewable: If grab-window is not viewable. - InvalidTime: If the specified time is earlier than the last-grab-time for - the specified device or later than the current X server time. - Otherwise, the last-grab-time for the specified device is set - to the specified time and CurrentTime is replaced by the - current X server time. - Frozen: If the device is frozen by an active grab of another client. - - To release a grab of a device, use XIUngrabDevice. - - ┌─── - XIUngrabDevice - deviceid: DEVICEID - time: TIMESTAMP or CurrentTime - └─── - - This request releases the device if this client has it actively grabbed - (from either XIGrabDevice or XIPassiveGrabDevice) and - releases any queued events. If any devices were frozen by the grab, - XIUngrabDevice thaws them. - - deviceid - The device to grab. - time - A valid server time or CurrentTime. - - The request has no effect if the specified time is earlier than the - last-device-grab time or is later than the current server time. - This request generates FocusIn and FocusOut events. - An XIUngrabDevice is performed automatically if the event window for an - active device grab becomes not viewable. - - ┌─── - XIAllowEvents: - deviceid: DEVICEID - time: TIMESTAMP or CurrentTime - event_mode: { AsyncDevice, SyncDevice, - AsyncPairedDevice, SyncPairedDevice, - ReplayDevice, AsyncPair, SyncPair } - └─── - - The XIAllowEvents request releases some queued events if the client - has caused a device to freeze. - - deviceid - The device to grab. - time - A valid server time or CurrentTime. - event_mode - Specifies whether a device is to be thawed and events are to be - replayed. - - The request has no effect if the specified time is earlier than the - last-grab time of the most recent active grab for the client, or if the - specified time is later than the current X server time. - - The following describes the processing that occurs depending on what constant - you pass to the event-mode argument: - AsyncDevice: - If the specified device is frozen by the client, event processing for that - device continues as usual. If the device is frozen multiple times by the - client on behalf of multiple separate grabs, AsyncDevice thaws for - all. - AsyncDevice has no effect if the specified device is not frozen by the - client, but the device need not be grabbed by the client. - SyncDevice: - If the specified device is frozen and actively grabbed by the client, - event processing for that device continues normally until the next - event is reported to the client. At this time, the specified device - again appears to freeze. However, if the reported event causes the - grab to be released, the specified device does not freeze. - SyncDevice has no effect if the specified device is not frozen by the - client or is not grabbed by the client. - ReplayDevice: - If the specified device is actively grabbed by the client and is frozen - as the result of an event having been sent to the client (either from - the activation of a XIGrabButton or from a previous XIAllowEvents with - mode SyncDevice, but not from a Grab), the grab is released and - that event is completely reprocessed. This time, however, the request - ignores any passive grabs at or above (towards the root) the - grab-window of the grab just released. - The request has no effect if the specified device is not grabbed by - the client or if it is not frozen as the result of an event. - AsyncPairedDevice - If the paired master device is frozen by the client, event processing - for it continues as usual. If the paired device is frozen multiple - times by the client on behalf of multiple separate grabs, - AsyncPairedDevice thaws for all. - AsyncPairedDevice has no effect if the device is not frozen by the - client, but those devices need not be grabbed by the client. - AsyncPairedDevice has no effect if deviceid specifies a slave device. - SyncPairedDevice - If the paired master device is frozen by the client, event processing (for - the paired master device) continues normally until the next button or key - event is reported to the client for the grabbed device (button event for - the grabbed device, key or motion event for the device), at which time - the device again appears to freeze. However, if the reported event causes - the grab to be released, then the device does not freeze. - SyncPairedDevice has no effect if the specified device is not grabbed - by the client or if it is no frozen as the result of an event. - SyncPairedDevice has no effect if deviceid specifies a slave device. - SyncPair - If both the device and the paired master device are frozen by the - client, event processing (for both devices) continues normally until - the next XIButtonPress, XIButtonRelease, XIKeyPress, or XIKeyRelease - event is reported to the client for a grabbed device (button event for - a pointer, key event for a keyboard), at which time the devices again - appear to freeze. However, if the reported event causes the grab to be - released, then the devices do not freeze (but if the other device is - still grabbed, then a subsequent event for it will still cause both - devices to freeze). - SyncPair has no effect unless both the device and the paired master - device are frozen by the client. If the device or paired master device - is frozen twice by the client on behalf of two separate grabs, - SyncPair thaws for both (but a subsequent freeze for SyncPair will - only freeze each device once). - SyncPair has no effect if deviceid specifies a slave device. - AsyncPair - If the device and the paired master device are frozen by the client, - event processing for both devices continues normally. If a device is - frozen twice by the client on behalf of two separate grabs, AsyncBoth - thaws for both. AsyncPair has no effect unless both the device and the - paired master device frozen by the client. - AsyncPair has no effect if deviceid specifies a slave device. - - ┌─── - XIPassiveGrabDevice - deviceid: DEVICE - detail: CARD32 - grab_type: GRABTYPE - grab_window: Window - cursor: Cursor - owner_events: Bool - grab_mode: { Synchronous, Asynchronous } - paired_device_mode: { Synchronous, Asynchronous } - num_modifiers: INT16 - mask_len: CARD16 - masks: SETofEVENTMASK - modifiers: CARD32 or GrabAnyModifier - ▶ - num_modifiers_return: INT16 - modifiers_return: GRABMODIFIERINFO - └─── - - GRABTYPE { GrabtypeButton, GrabtypeKeycode, GrabtypeEnter, - GrabtypeFocusIn} - - GRABMODIFIERINFO { status: Access - modifiers: CARD32 } - - Establish an explicit passive grab for a button or keycode - on the specified input device. - - cursor - The cursor to display for the duration of the grab. If grab_type - is not GrabtypeButton, this argument is ignored. - deviceid - The device to establish the passive grab on or AllDevices or - AllMasterDevices. - detail - The button number, or key symbol to grab for. - Must be 0 for GrabtypeEnter and GrabtypeFocusIn. - grab_type - The type of grab to establish. - grab_window - Events are reported relative to the grab window. - grab_mode - If grab-mode is Asynchronous, device event processing continues - normally. If the device is currently frozen by this client, then - processing of device events is resumed. If grab-mode is - Synchronous, the state of the grabbed device (as seen by means of - the protocol) appears to freeze, and no further device events are - generated by the server until the grabbing client issues a - releasing XIAllowEvents request or until the device grab is - released. Actual device input events are not lost while the device - is frozen; they are simply queued for later processing. - mask_len - Length of mask in 4 byte units. - mask - Event mask. An event mask for an event type T is defined as (1 << T). - modifiers - XKB modifier state to activate this passive grab. - num_modifiers - Number of elements in modifiers. - owner_events - Specifies whether event will be reported normally or relative to the - grab window. - num_modifiers_return - Number of elements in modifiers_return - modifiers_return - XKB modifier state that could not be grabbed. - - If owner-events is False, input events generated from this device are - reported with respect to grab-window, and are only reported if - selected by being included in the event-list. If owner-events is - True, then if a generated event would normally be reported to this - client, it is reported normally, otherwise the event is reported - with respect to the grab-window, and is only reported if selected - by being included in the event-list. For either value of - owner-events, unreported events are discarded. - - If deviceid specifies a master pointer, the modifiers of the paired - master keyboard are used. If deviceid specifies a slave pointer - the modifiers of the master keyboard paired with the attached master - pointers are used. If deviceid specifies a slave keyboard, the - modifiers of the attached master keyboard are used. Note that - activating a grab on a slave device detaches the device from its - master. In this case, the modifiers after activation of the grab are - from the slave device only and may be different to the modifier state - when the grab was triggered. - - In the future, if grab_type is GrabtypeButton or GrabtypeKeyboard, the - device is actively grabbed if: - - the device is not grabbed, and - - the specified modifier keys are down, and - - the grab_type is GrabtypeButton and the button specified in detail - is logically pressed or the grab_type is GrabtypeKeycode and the - keycode specified in detail is logically pressed, and - - the grab_window contains the pointer, and - - a passive grab on the same button/keycode + modifier - combination does not exist on an ancestor of grab_window. - - Otherwise, if grab_type is GrabtypeEnter or GrabtypeFocusIn, the - device is actively grabbed if: - - the device is not actively grabbed, and - - the specified modifier keys are down, and - - the grab_type is GrabtypeEnter and the device's pointer has moved - into grab_window or a descendant of grab_window, or the grab_type is - GrabtypeFocusIn and the device's focus has been set to the - grab_window or a descendant of grab_window, - - a passive grab of the same grab_type + modifier combination does not - does not exist on an ancestor of grab_window. - - A modifier of GrabAnyModifier is equivalent to issuing the request for - all possible modifier combinations (including no modifiers). A client - may request a grab for GrabAnyModifier and explicit modifier - combinations in the same request. - - A GrabtypeButton or GrabtypeKeyboard grab is released when all buttons - or keycode are released, independent of the state of modifier keys. - A GrabtypeEnter or GrabtypeFocusIn grab is released when the - pointer or focus leaves the window and all of its descendants, - independent of the state of modifier keys. - Note that the logical state of a device (as seen by means of the - protocol) may lag the physical state if device event processing is - frozen. - - This request overrides all previous passive grabs by the same - client on the same button/key/enter/focus in + modifier combinations - on the same window. - - If some other client already has issued a XIPassiveGrabDevice request - with the same button or keycode and modifier combination, the - failed modifier combinations is returned in modifiers_return. If some - other client already has issued an XIPassiveGrabDevice request of - grab_type XIGrabtypeEnter or XIGrabtypeFocusIn with the same - grab_window and the same modifier combination, the failed modifier - combinations are returned in modifiers_return. If num_modifiers_return - is zero, all passive grabs have been successful. - - If a button grab or enter grab activates, EnterNotify and LeaveNotify - events with mode Grab are generated as if the pointer were to suddenly - warp from its current position some position in the grab_window. - However, the pointer does not warp, and the pointer position is used - as both the initial and final positions for the events. - - If a keycode grab or focus grab activates, FocusIn and FocusOut events - with mode Grab are generated as if the focus were to change from the - current window to the grab_window. - - If an enter or focus in grab activates, additional EnterNotify events - with mode XIPassiveGrabNotify are generated as if the pointer or focus - were to suddenly warp from its current position to some position in - the grab window. These events are sent to the grabbing client only - and only if the grab event mask has selected for it. If such a passive - grab deactivates, addional LeaveNotify events with mode - XIPassiveUngrabNotify are generated and sent to the grabbing client - before the grab deactivates. - - ┌─── - XIPassiveUngrabDevice - deviceid: DEVICEID - detail: CARD32 - grab_type: GRABTYPE - grab_window: Window - num_modifiers: INT16 - modifiers: MODIFIERINFO - └─── - - Release an explicit passive grab on the specified input device. - - deviceid - The device to establish the passive grab on. - detail - The button number or key symbol to ungrab. - Must be 0 for GrabtypeEnter and GrabtypeFocusIn. - grab_type - The type of grab to establish. - grab_window - Events are reported relative to the grab window. - modifiers - XKB modifier state to activate this passive grab. - num_modifiers - Number of elements in modifiers. - - This request has no effect if the client does not have a passive grab - of the same type, same button or keycode (if applicable) and modifier - combination on the grab_window. - - ┌─── - XIListProperties - deviceid: DEVICEID - ▶ - num_properties: INT16 - properties: LISTofATOM - └─── - - List the properties associated with the given device. - - deviceid - The device to list the properties for. - num_atoms - Number of atoms in the reply - atoms - All properties on the device. - - ┌─── - XIChangeProperty - deviceid: DEVICEID - property: ATOM - type: ATOM - format: { 8, 16, 32 } - mode: { Append, Prepend, Replace } - num_items: CARD32 - data: LISTofINT8, or LISTofINT16, or LISTofINT32 - └─── - - Change the given property on the given device. - - deviceid - The device to change the property on. - property - The property to modify. - type - The property's type. - mode - One of Append, Prepend, or Replace - num_items - Number of items following this request. - data - Property data (nitems * format/8 bytes) - - The type is uninterpreted by the server. The format specifies whether - the data should be viewed as a list of 8-bit, 16-bit, or 32-bit - quantities so that the server can correctly byte-swap as necessary. - - If the mode is Replace, the previous propert y value is discarded. If - the mode is Prepend or Append, then the type and format must match the - existing property value (or a Match error results). If the property is - undefined, it is treated as defined with the correct type and format - with zero-length data. For Prepend, the data is tacked on to the - beginning of the existing data, and for Append, it is tacked on to the - end of the existing data. - - The lifetime of a property is not tied to the storing client. Properties - remain until explicitly deleted, until the device is removed, or - until server reset. - - A property cannot be deleted by setting nitems to zero. To delete a - property, use XIDeleteProperty. - - This request generates an XIPropertyEvent. - - ┌─── - XIDeleteProperty - deviceid: DEVICEID - property: ATOM - └─── - - Deletes the given property on the given device. - - deviceid - The device to delete the property on. - property - The property to delete. - - If the property is deleted, an XIPropertyEvent is generated on the device. - If the property does not exist, this request does nothing. - - ┌─── - XIGetProperty - deviceid: DEVICEID - property: ATOM - type: Atom or AnyPropertyType - offset: CARD32 - len: CARD32 - delete: BOOL - ▶ - type: Atom - bytes_after: CARD32 - num_items: CARD32 - format: { 8, 16, 32 } - data: LISTofINT8, or LISTofINT16, or LISTofINT32 - └─── - - Get the data for the given property on the given device. - - deviceid - The device to retrieve the property data from. - property - The property to retrieve the data from.. - type - The property type to retrieve or AnyPropertyType - offset - The offset in 4-byte units. - len - Number of bytes to receive in 4-byte units. - delete - Delete the property after retrieving the data. - bytes_after - Number of unread bytes in the stored property - num_items - Number of items in data - format - 8, 16, or 32 - data - Property data (nitems * format/8 bytes) - - If the specified property does not exist for the specified device, then - the return type is None, the format and bytes-after are zero, and the value is - empty. The delete argument is ignored in this case. If the specified property - exists but its type does not match the specified type, then the return - type is the actual type of the property, the format is the actual format of the - property (never zero), the bytes-after is the length of the property in bytes - (even if the format is 16 or 32), and the value is empty. The delete - argument is ignored in this case. If the specified property exists and - either AnyPropertyType is specified or the specified type matches the actual - type of the property, then the return type is the actual type of the property, - the format is the actual format of the property - (never zero), and the bytes-after and value are as follows, given: - N = actual length of the stored property in bytes - (even if the format is 16 or 32) - I = 4 * long-offset - T = N−I - L = MINIMUM(T, 4 * long-length) - A = N − (I + L) - The returned value starts at byte index I in the property (indexing - from 0), and its length in bytes is L. However, it is a Value error if - offset is given such that L is negative. The value of bytes_after is A, - giving the number of trailing unread bytes in the stored property. If - delete is True and the bytes_after is zero, the property is also - deleted from the device, and a XIPropertyNotify event is generated on - the device. - - -8. Events: - -An event specifies its length in 4-byte units after the initial 32 bytes. -Future versions of the protocol may provide additional information -in the same event, thus increasing the event size. Clients are required to -always read the number of bytes specified by the event, not the size of the -event they may have been compiled against. - - -The following event types are available in XI2. - -Version 2.0: - HierarchyChanged - DeviceChanged - KeyPress - KeyRelease - ButtonPress - ButtonRelease - Motion - RawKeyPress - RawKeyRelease - RawButtonPress - RawButtonRelease - RawMotion - Enter - Leave - FocusIn - FocusOut - PropertyEvent - -All events have a set of common fields specified as EVENTHEADER. - - -EVENTHEADER { type: BYTE - extension: BYTE - sequenceNumber: CARD16 - length: CARD32 - evtype: CARD16 - deviceid: DEVICEID - time: Time } - - type - Always GenericEvent. - extension - Always the X Input extension offset. - sequenceNumber - Sequence number of last request processed by the server. - length - Length in 4-byte units after the initial 32 bytes. - evtype - XI-specific event type. - deviceid - Numerical device id for a device. - time - Time in ms. - - - ┌─── - HierarchyEvent: - EVENTHEADER - flags: SETofHIERARCHYMASK - num_info: CARD16 - info: LISTofHIERARCHYINFO - └─── - - - HIERARCHYMASK { MasterAdded, MasterRemoved, SlaveAttached, SlaveDetached, - SlaveAdded, SlaveRemoved, DeviceEnabled, DeviceDisabled } - - HIERARCHYINFO { deviceid: DEVICEID, - attachment: DEVICEID, - type: DEVICEUSE - enabled: BOOL - flags: SETofHIERARCHYMASK} - - flags - Set of the changes that have occured, causing this event. - num_info - The number of device info structs following the request. - info: - The current hierarchy information. - - An XIHierarchyEvent is sent whenever the device hierarchy been - changed. The flags specify all types of hierarchy modifiations that have - occured. - For all devices, info details the hierarchy information after the - modification of the hierarchy has occured. For each device specified with - deviceid: - - if type is MasterPointer or MasterKeyboard, attachment decribes the - pairing of this device. - - if type is SlavePointer or SlaveKeyboard, attachment describes the - master device this device is attached to. - - if type is FloatingSlave device, attachment is undefined. - - enabled - True if the device is enabled and can send events. A disabled master - device will not forward events from an attached, enabled slave - device. - - Note: Multiple devices may be affected in one hierarchy change, - deviceid in an XIHierarchyEvent is always the first affected - device. Clients should ignore deviceid and instead use the devices list. - - ┌─── - DeviceChangedEvent: - EVENTHEADER - reason: CHANGEREASON - source: DEVICEID - num_classes: CARD16 - classes: LISTofCLASS - └─── - - CHANGEREASON { SlaveSwitch, DeviceChange } - - A DeviceChangeEvent is sent whenever a device changes it's capabilities. - This can happen either by a new slave device sending events through a - master device, or by a physical device changing capabilities at runtime. - - reason - The reason for generating this event. - If reason is SlaveSwitch, the slave device sending events through - this device has changed and source specifies the new slave device. - A SlaveSwitch reason can only occur on a master device. - If reason is DeviceChange, the device itself has changed through - other means (e.g. a physical device change) and source is - the device itself. - source - The source of the new classes. - num_classes - Number of classes provided. - classes - Details the available classes provided by the device. The order the - classes are provided in is undefined. - - For a detailed description of classes, see the XQueryDevice request. - - ┌─── - DeviceEvent: - EVENTHEADER - detail: CARD32 - root: Window - event: Window - child: Window - root_x: FP1616 - root_y: FP1616 - event_x: FP1616 - event_y: FP1616 - buttons_len: CARD16 - valuators_len: CARD16 - sourceid: DEVICEID - mods: MODIFIERINFO - group: GROUPINFO - flags: DEVICEEEVENTFLAGS - buttons: SETofBUTTONMASK - valuators: SETofVALUATORMASK - axisvalues: LISTofFP3232 - └─── - - BUTTONBIT { (1 << Button1), (1 << Button2), ... , (1 << ButtonN) } - VALUATORBIT { (1 << 1), ( 1 << 2), ... ( 1 << n) } - - MODIFIERINFO { base_mods: CARD32, - latched_mods: CARD32, - locked_mods: CARD32, - effective_mods: CARD32} - GROUPINFO { base_group: CARD8, - latched_group: CARD8, - locked_group: CARD8, - effective_group: CARD8} - - DEVICEEVENTFLAGS (all events): none - DEVICEEVENTFLAGS (key events only): { KeyRepeat } - DEVICEEVENTFLAGS (pointer events only): none - - An XIDeviceEvent is generated whenever the logical state of a device - changes in response to a button press, a button release, a motion, a key - press or a key release. The event type may be one of KeyPress, - KeyRelease, ButtonPress, ButtonRelease, Motion. - - detail - The button number or key code, or 0. - root - event - child - The root window, event window or subwindow, respectively. See core - protocol specification for more detail. - root_x - root_y - The position of the pointer in screen coordinates (16.16 fixed point). - event_x - event_y - The position of the pointer in screen coordinates relative to the - event window (16.16 fixed point). - - buttons_len - The length of buttons in 4 byte units. - valuators_len - The length of valuators in 4 byte units. - sourceid - The source device that originally generated the event. - mods - XKB modifier state before the event occured. - group - XKB group state before the event. - buttons - Button state before the event. - valuators - Bitmask of valuators provided in axisvalues. - axisvalues - Valuator data in device-native resolution. - flags - Miscellaneous information about this event; the union of the - common flag set and either the key or pointer flag set, - depending on the event type. - KeyRepeat means that this event is for repeating purposes, and - the physical state of the key has not changed. This is only - valid for KeyPress events. - - Modifier state in mods is detailed as follows: - base_mods - XKB base modifier state. - latched_mods - XKB latched modifier state. - locked_mods - XKB locked modifier state. - - Group state in group is detailed as follows: - base_group - XKB base group state. - latched_group - XKB latched group state. - locked_group - XKB locked group state. - - ┌─── - RawEvent - EVENTHEADER - detail: CARD32 - flags: DEVICEEVENTFLAGS - valuators_len: CARD16 - valuators: SETofVALUATORMASK - axisvalues: LISTofFP3232 - axisvalues_raw: LISTofFP3232 - └─── - - A RawEvent provides the information provided by the driver to the - client. RawEvent provides both the raw data as supplied by the driver and - transformed data as used in the server. Transformations include, but are - not limited to, axis clipping and acceleration. - Transformed valuator data may be equivalent to raw data. In this case, - both raw and transformed valuator data is provided. - RawEvents are sent exclusively to all root windows or to the client - that grabbed the device only. - - eventtype - The type of event that occured on the device. - detail - The button number or keycode. - flags - Flags as described in DeviceEvent. - valuators_len - The length of valuators in 4 byte units. - valuators - Bitmask of valuators provided in axisvalues and axisvalues_raw. - axisvalues - Valuator data in device-native resolution. - axisvalues_raw - Untransformed valuator data in device-native resolution. - - ┌─── - Enter or Leave or FocusIn or FocusOut - EVENTHEADER - root: Window - event: Window - child: Window - sourceid: DEVICEID - root_x: FP1616 - root_y: FP1616 - event_x FP1616 - event_y: FP1616 - mode: NOTIFYMODE - detail: NOTIFYDETAIL - same_screen: BOOL - focus: BOOL - mods: MODIFIERINFO - group: GROUPINFO - buttons_len: CARD16 - buttons: SETofBUTTONMASK - └─── - - NOTIFYMODE { Normal, Grab, Ungrab } - NOTIFYDETAIL { Ancestor, Virtual, Inferior, Nonlinear, NonlinearVirtual, - Pointer, PointerRoot, None } - - Enter or Leave events are sent whenever a device's pointer enters or - leaves a window. - FocusIn or FocusOut events are sent whenever a device's focus is set to or - away from a window. - The enter/leave and focus in/out model is described in the core protocol - specification, Section 11. (EnterNotify, LeaveNotify events). - - For enter and leave events, the modifier and group state is the state of - the paired master device if the device is a master device, or the state of - the attached master keyboard if the device is an attached slave device, or - zero if the device is a floating slave device. - - For focus in and out events, the button state is the state of the paired - master device if the device is a master device, or the state of the - attached master keyboard if the device is an attached slave device, or - zero if the device is a floating slave device. - - root - event - child - The root window, event window, and child window, respectively. See the - core protocol specification for more detail. - sourceid - The device that caused the pointer to move. - root_x - root_y - The pointer coordinates relative to the root window. - event_x - event_y - The pointer coordinates relative to the event window. - mode - Normal pointer motion events have mode Normal. Pseudo-motion events - when a grab activates have mode Grab, and pseudo-motion events when a - grab deactivates have mode Ungrab. Pseudo-motion events caused by the - activation or deactivation of a passive enter or focus in grab have mode - XIPassiveGrabNotify or XIPassiveUngrabNotify. - detail - Specifies the relation of the event window to the window the pointer - entered or left. See the core protocol spec for details. - same_screen - True if the event window is on the same screen as the pointer's root - window. - focus - If the event window is the focus window or an inferior of the focus - window, then focus is True. Otherwise, focus is False. This field is - unspecified for focus in/out events. - mods - XKB modifier state before the event occured. - group - XKB group state before the event. - buttons_len - The length of buttons in 4 byte units. - buttons - Button state before the event. - - ┌─── - XIPropertyEvent - EVENTHEADER - property: ATOM - what: { PropertyCreated, PropertyDeleted, PropertyModified } - └─── - - XIPropertyEvents are sent whenever a device property is created, deleted or - modified by a client. - - property - The property that has been created, deleted, or modified - what - Specifies what has been changed. - - - ❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧ diff --git a/XIproto.txt b/XIproto.txt deleted file mode 100644 index f9d19f0..0000000 --- a/XIproto.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,2544 +0,0 @@ - X11 Input Extension Protocol Specification - Version 1.0 - X Consortium Standard - X Version 11, Release 6.8 - Mark Patrick, Ardent Computer - George Sachs, Hewlett-Packard - - Version 1.5 - Peter Hutterer - - Copyright © 1989, 1990, 1991 by Hewlett-Packard Company and - Ardent Computer - - Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this - documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby - granted, provided that the above copyright notice and this - permission notice appear in all copies. 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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT - HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, - WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING - FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR - OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. - -1. Input Extension Overview - - This document defines an extension to the X11 protocol to - support input devices other than the core X keyboard and - pointer. An accompanying document defines a corresponding - extension to Xlib (similar extensions for languages other than - C are anticipated). This first section gives an overview of the - input extension. The next section defines the new protocol - requests defined by the extension. We conclude with a - description of the new input events generated by the additional - input devices. - - This document only describes the behaviour of servers supporting - up to the X Input Extension 1.5. For servers supporting the X - Input Extensions 2.0, see XI2proto.txt. New clients are discouraged - from using this protocol specification. Instead, the use of XI 2.x - is recommended. - -1.1 Design Approach - - The design approach of the extension is to define requests and - events analogous to the core requests and events. This allows - extension input devices to be individually distinguishable from - each other and from the core input devices. These requests and - events make use of a device identifier and support the - reporting of n-dimensional motion data as well as other data - that is not reportable via the core input events. - -1.2 Core Input Devices - - The X server core protocol supports two input devices: a - pointer and a keyboard. The pointer device has two major - functions. First, it may be used to generate motion information - that client programs can detect. Second, it may also be used to - indicate the current location and focus of the X keyboard. To - accomplish this, the server echoes a cursor at the current - position of the X pointer. Unless the X keyboard has been - explicitly focused, this cursor also shows the current location - and focus of the X keyboard. The X keyboard is used to generate - input that client programs can detect. - - In servers supporting XI 1.4 and above, the core pointer and - the core keyboard are virtual devices that do not represent a - physical device connected to the host computer. - In servers supporting XI 2.0 and above, there may be multiple - core pointers and keyboards. Refer to XI2proto.txt for more - information. - - The X keyboard and X pointer are referred to in this document - as the core devices, and the input events they generate - (KeyPress, KeyRelease, ButtonPress, ButtonRelease, and - MotionNotify) are known as the core input events. All other - input devices are referred to as extension input devices and - the input events they generate are referred to as extension - input events. - - In servers supporting only XI 1.x, this input extension does - not change the behavior or functionality of the core input - devices, core events, or core protocol requests, with the - exception of the core grab requests. These requests may affect - the synchronization of events from extension devices. See the - explanation in the section titled "Event Synchronization and - Core Grabs". - - Selection of the physical devices to be initially used by the - server as the core devices is left implementation-dependent. - Requests are defined that allow client programs to change which - physical devices are used as the core devices. - -1.3 Extension Input Devices - - The input extension v1.x controls access to input devices other - than the X keyboard and X pointer. It allows client programs to - select input from these devices independently from each other - and independently from the core devices. - - A client that wishes to access a specific device must first - determine whether that device is connected to the X server. - This is done through the ListInputDevices request, which will - return a list of all devices that can be opened by the X - server. A client can then open one or more of these devices - using the OpenDevice request, specify what events they are - interested in receiving, and receive and process input events - from extension devices in the same way as events from the X - keyboard and X pointer. Input events from these devices are of - extension types ( DeviceKeyPress, DeviceKeyRelease, - DeviceButtonPress, DeviceButtonRelease, DeviceMotionNotify, - etc.) and contain a device identifier so that events of the - same type coming from different input devices can be - distinguished. - - Any kind of input device may be used as an extension input - device. Extension input devices may have 0 or more keys, 0 or - more buttons, and may report 0 or more axes of motion. Motion - may be reported as relative movements from a previous position - or as an absolute position. All valuators reporting motion - information for a given extension input device must report the - same kind of motion information (absolute or relative). - - This extension is designed to accommodate new types of input - devices that may be added in the future. The protocol requests - that refer to specific characteristics of input devices - organize that information by input classes. Server implementors - may add new classes of input devices without changing the - protocol requests. Input classes are unique numbers registered - with the X Consortium. Each extension input device may support - multiple input classes. - - In XI 1.x, all extension input devices are treated like the - core X keyboard in determining their location and focus. The - server does not track the location of these devices on an - individual basis, and therefore does not echo a cursor to - indicate their current location. Instead, their location is - determined by the location of the core X pointer. Like the core - X keyboard, some may be explicitly focused. If they are not - explicitly focused, their focus is determined by the location - of the core X pointer. - - Most input events reported by the server to a client are of - fixed size (32 bytes). In order to represent the change in - state of an input device the extension may need to generate a - sequence of input events. A client side library (such as Xlib) - will typically take these raw input events and format them into - a form more convenient to the client. - -1.4 Event Classes - - In the core protocol a client registers interest in receiving - certain input events directed to a window by modifying that - window's event-mask. Most of the bits in the event mask are - already used to specify interest in core X events. The input - extension specifies a different mechanism by which a client can - express interest in events generated by this extension. - - When a client opens a extension input device via the OpenDevice - request, an XDevice structure is returned. Macros are provided - that extract 32-bit numbers called event classes from that - structure, that a client can use to register interest in - extension events via the SelectExtensionEvent request. The - event class combines the desired event type and device id, and - may be thought of as the equivalent of core event masks. - -1.5 Input Classes - - Some of the input extension requests divide input devices into - classes based on their functionality. This is intended to allow - new classes of input devices to be defined at a later time - without changing the semantics of these requests. The following - input device classes are currently defined: - - KEY - The device reports key events. - - BUTTON - The device reports button events. - - VALUATOR - The device reports valuator data in motion events. - - PROXIMITY - The device reports proximity events. - - FOCUS - The device can be focused and reports focus events. - - FEEDBACK - The device supports feedbacks. - - OTHER - The ChangeDeviceNotify, DeviceMappingNotify, and - DeviceStateNotify macros may be invoked passing the - XDevice structure returned for this device. - - Each extension input device may support multiple input classes. - Additional classes may be added in the future. Requests that - support multiple input classes, such as the ListInputDevices - function that lists all available input devices, organize the - data they return by input class. Client programs that use these - requests should not access data unless it matches a class - defined at the time those clients were compiled. In this way, - new classes can be added without forcing existing clients that - use these requests to be recompiled. - -2. Requests - - Extension input devices are accessed by client programs through - the use of new protocol requests. This section summarizes the - new requests defined by this extension. The syntax and type - definitions used below follow the notation used for the X11 - core protocol. - -2.1 Getting the Extension Version - - The GetExtensionVersion request returns version information - about the input extension. - - GetExtensionVersion - name: STRING - => - present: BOOL - protocol-major-version: CARD16 - protocol-minor-version: CARD16 - - The protocol version numbers returned indicate the version of - the input extension supported by the target X server. The - version numbers can be compared to constants defined in the - header file XI.h. Each version is a superset of the previous - versions. - - The name must be the name of the Input Extension as defined - in the header file XI.h. - -2.2 Listing Available Devices - - A client that wishes to access a specific device must first - determine whether that device is connected to the X server. - This is done through the ListInputDevices request, which will - return a list of all devices that can be opened by the X - server. - - ListInputDevices - => - input-devices: ListOfDeviceInfo - - where - - DEVICEINFO: - [type: ATOM - id: CARD8 - num_classes: CARD8 - use: {IsXKeyboard, IsXPointer, IsXExtensionPointer, - IsXExtensionKeyboard, IsExtensionDevice} - info: LISTofINPUTINFO - name: STRING8] - - INPUTINFO: {KEYINFO, BUTTONINFO, VALUATORINFO} - KEYINFO: - [class: CARD8 - length: CARD8 - min-keycode: KEYCODE - max-keycode: KEYCODE - num-keys: CARD16] - BUTTONINFO: - [class: CARD8 - length: CARD8 - num-buttons: CARD16] - VALUATORINFO: - [class: CARD8 - length: CARD8 - num_axes: CARD8 - mode: SETofDEVICEMODE - motion_buffer_size: CARD32 - axes: LISTofAXISINFO] - - AXISINFO: - [resolution: CARD32 - min-val: CARD32 - max-val: CARD32] - DEVICEMODE: {Absolute, Relative} - - Errors: None - - This request returns a list of all devices that can be opened - by the X server, including the core X keyboard and X pointer. - Some implementations may open all input devices as part of X - initialization, while others may not open an input device until - requested to do so by a client program. - - The information returned for each device is as follows: - - type - The type field is of type Atom and indicates the nature - of the device. Clients may determine device types by - invoking the XInternAtom request passing one of the - names defined in the header file XI.h. The following - names have been defined to date: - - MOUSE - TABLET - KEYBOARD - TOUCHSCREEN - TOUCHPAD - BUTTONBOX - BARCODE - KNOB_BOX - TRACKBALL - QUADRATURE - SPACEBALL - DATAGLOVE - EYETRACKER - CURSORKEYS - FOOTMOUSE - ID_MODULE - ONE_KNOB - NINE_KNOB - JOYSTICK - - - id - The id is a small cardinal value in the range 0-128 that - uniquely identifies the device. It is assigned to the - device when it is initialized by the server. Some - implementations may not open an input device until - requested by a client program, and may close the device - when the last client accessing it requests that it be - closed. If a device is opened by a client program via - XOpenDevice, then closed via XCloseDevice, then opened - again, it is not guaranteed to have the same id after - the second open request. - - num_classes - The num_classes field is a small cardinal value in the - range 0-255 that specifies the number of input classes - supported by the device for which information is - returned by ListInputDevices. Some input classes, such - as class Focus and class Proximity do not have any - information to be returned by ListInputDevices. - - use - The use field specifies how the device is currently - being used. If the value is IsXKeyboard, the device is - currently being used as the X keyboard. If the value is - IsXPointer, the device is currently being used as the X - pointer. If the value is IsXExtensionPointer, the device - is available for use as an extension pointer. If the value - is IsXExtensionKeyboard, the device is available for use as - and extension keyboard. - Older versions of XI report all extension devices as - IsXExtensionDevice. - - name - The name field contains a pointer to a null-terminated - string that corresponds to one of the defined device - types. - - InputInfo - InputInfo is one of: KeyInfo, ButtonInfo or - ValuatorInfo. The first two fields are common to all - three: - - class - The class field is a cardinal value in the range - 0-255. It uniquely identifies the class of input - for which information is returned. - - length - The length field is a cardinal value in the range - 0-255. It specifies the number of bytes of data - that are contained in this input class. The length - includes the class and length fields. - - The remaining information returned for input class - KEYCLASS is as follows: - - min_keycode - min_keycode is of type KEYCODE. It specifies the - minimum keycode that the device will report. The - minimum keycode will not be smaller than 8. - - max_keycode - max_keycode is of type KEYCODE. It specifies the - maximum keycode that the device will report. The - maximum keycode will not be larger than 255. - - num_keys - num_keys is a cardinal value that specifies the - number of keys that the device has. - - The remaining information returned for input class - BUTTONCLASS is as follows: - - num_buttons - num_buttons is a cardinal value that specifies the - number of buttons that the device has. - - The remaining information returned for input class - VALUATORCLASS is as follows: - - mode - mode is a constant that has one of the following - values: Absolute or Relative. Some devices allow - the mode to be changed dynamically via the - SetDeviceMode request. - - motion_buffer_size - motion_buffer_size is a cardinal number that - specifies the number of elements that can be - contained in the motion history buffer for the - device. - - axes - The axes field contains a pointer to an AXISINFO - struture. - - The information returned for each axis reported by the - device is: - - resolution - The resolution is a cardinal value in - counts/meter. - - min_val - The min_val field is a cardinal value in that - contains the minimum value the device reports for - this axis. For devices whose mode is Relative, the - min_val field will contain 0. - - max_val - The max_val field is a cardinal value in that - contains the maximum value the device reports for - this axis. For devices whose mode is Relative, the - max_val field will contain 0. - -2.3 Enabling Devices - - Client programs that wish to access an extension device must - request that the server open that device. This is done via the - OpenDevice request. - - OpenDevice - id: CARD8 - => - DEVICE: - [device_id: XID - num_classes: INT32 - classes: LISTofINPUTCLASSINFO] - INPUTCLASSINFO: - [input_class: CARD8 - event_type_base: CARD8] - - Errors: Device - - This request returns the event classes to be used by the client - to indicate which events the client program wishes to receive. - Each input class may report several event classes. For example, - input class Keys reports DeviceKeyPress and DeviceKeyRelease - event classes. Input classes are unique numbers registered with - the X Consortium. Input class Other exists to report event - classes that are not specific to any one input class, such as - DeviceMappingNotify, ChangeDeviceNotify, and DeviceStateNotify. - - The information returned for each device is as follows: - - device_id - The device_id is a number that uniquely identifies the - device. - - num_classes - The num_classes field contains the number of input - classes supported by this device. - - For each class of input supported by the device, the - InputClassInfo structure contains the following information: - - input_class - The input_class is a small cardinal number that - identifies the class of input. - - event_type_base - The event_type_base is a small cardinal number that - specifies the event type of one of the events reported - by this input class. This information is not directly - used by client programs. Instead, the Device is used by - macros that return extension event types and event - classes. This is described in the section of this - document entitled "Selecting Extension Device Events". - - The information in the InputClassInfo reflects the state of - this device at the time the request was processed. - - Before it exits, the client program should explicitly request - that the server close the device. This is done via the - CloseDevice request. - - A client may open the same extension device more than once. - Requests after the first successful one return an additional - XDevice structure with the same information as the first, but - otherwise have no effect. A single CloseDevice request will - terminate that client's access to the device. - - Closing a device releases any active or passive grabs the - requesting client has established. If the device is frozen only - by an active grab of the requesting client, the queued events - are released when the client terminates. - - If a client program terminates without closing a device, the - server will automatically close that device on behalf of the - client. This does not affect any other clients that may be - accessing that device. - - CloseDevice: - device: DEVICE - - Errors: Device - -2.4 Changing The Mode Of A Device - - Some devices are capable of reporting either relative or - absolute motion data. To change the mode of a device from - relative to absolute, use the SetDeviceMode request. The valid - values are Absolute or Relative. - - This request will fail and return DeviceBusy if another client - already has the device open with a different mode. It will fail - and return AlreadyGrabbed if another client has the device - grabbed. The request will fail with a BadMatch error if the - device has no valuators and reports no axes of motion. The - request will fail with a BadMode error if the requested mode - is not supported by the device. - - SetDeviceMode - device:DEVICE - mode: {Absolute, Relative} - => - status: {Success, DeviceBusy, AlreadyGrabbed} - - Errors: Device, Match, Mode - -2.5 Initializing Valuators on an Input Device - - Some devices that report absolute positional data can be - initialized to a starting value. Devices that are capable of - reporting relative motion or absolute positional data may - require that their valuators be initialized to a starting value - after the mode of the device is changed to Absolute. To - initialize the valuators on such a device, use the - SetDeviceValuators request. - - SetDeviceValuators - device: DEVICE - first_valuator: CARD8 - num_valuators: CARD8 - valuators: LISTOFINT32 - => - status: {Success, AlreadyGrabbed} - - Errors: Length, Device, Match, Value - - This request initializes the specified valuators on the - specified extension input device. Valuators are numbered - beginning with zero. Only the valuators in the range specified - by first_valuator and num_valuators are set. If the number of - valuators supported by the device is less than the expression - first_valuator + num_valuators, a Value error will result. - - If the request succeeds, Success is returned. If the specifed - device is grabbed by some other client, the request will fail - and a status of AlreadyGrabbed will be returned. - -2.6 Getting Input Device Controls - - GetDeviceControl - device: DEVICE - control: XID - => - controlState: {DeviceState} - - where - - DeviceState: DeviceResolutionState - - Errors: Length, Device, Match, Value - - This request returns the current state of the specified device - control. The device control must be supported by the target - server and device or an error will result. - - If the request is successful, a pointer to a generic - DeviceState structure will be returned. The information - returned varies according to the specified control and is - mapped by a structure appropriate for that control. - - GetDeviceControl will fail with a BadValue error if the server - does not support the specified control. It will fail with a - BadMatch error if the device does not support the specified - control. - - Supported device controls and the information returned for them - include: - - DEVICE_RESOLUTION: - [control: CARD16 - length: CARD16 - num_valuators: CARD8 - resolutions: LISTofCARD32 - min_resolutions: LISTofCARD32 - max_resolutions: LISTofCARD32] - - This device control returns a list of valuators and the range - of valid resolutions allowed for each. Valuators are numbered - beginning with 0. Resolutions for all valuators on the device - are returned. For each valuator i on the device, resolutions[i] - returns the current setting of the resolution, - min_resolutions[i] returns the minimum valid setting, and - max_resolutions[i] returns the maximum valid setting. - - When this control is specified, XGetDeviceControl will fail - with a BadMatch error if the specified device has no valuators. - - ChangeDeviceControl: - device: DEVICE - XID: controlId - control: DeviceControl - - where - - DeviceControl: DeviceResolutionControl - => - status: {Success, DeviceBusy, AlreadyGrabbed} - - Errors: Length, Device, Match, Value - - ChangeDeviceControl changes the specifed device control - according to the values specified in the DeviceControl - structure. The device control must be supported by the target - server and device or an error will result. - - The information passed with this request varies according to - the specified control and is mapped by a structure appropriate - for that control. - - ChangeDeviceControl will fail with a BadValue error if the - server does not support the specified control. It will fail - with a BadMatch error if the server supports the specified - control, but the requested device does not. The request will - fail and return a status of DeviceBusy if another client - already has the device open with a device control state that - conflicts with the one specified in the request. It will fail - with a status of AlreadyGrabbed if some other client has - grabbed the specified device. If the request succeeds, Success - is returned. If it fails, the device control is left unchanged. - - Supported device controls and the information specified for - them include: - - DEVICE_RESOLUTION: - [control: CARD16 - length: CARD16 - first_valuator: CARD8 - num_valuators: CARD8 - resolutions: LISTofCARD32] - - This device control changes the resolution of the specified - valuators on the specified extension input device. Valuators - are numbered beginning with zero. Only the valuators in the - range specified by first_valuator and num_valuators are set. A - value of -1 in the resolutions list indicates that the - resolution for this valuator is not to be changed. - num_valuators specifies the number of valuators in the - resolutions list. - - When this control is specified, XChangeDeviceControl will fail - with a BadMatch error if the specified device has no valuators. - If a resolution is specified that is not within the range of - valid values (as returned by XGetDeviceControl) the request - will fail with a BadValue error. If the number of valuators - supported by the device is less than the expression - first_valuator + num_valuators, a BadValue error will result. - - If the request fails for any reason, none of the valuator - resolutions will be changed. - - ChangeDeviceControl causes the server to send a DevicePresence - event to interested clients. - -2.7 Selecting Extension Device Events - - Extension input events are selected using the - SelectExtensionEvent request. - - SelectExtensionEvent - interest: LISTofEVENTCLASS - window: WINDOW - - Errors: Window, Class, Access - - This request specifies to the server the events within the - specified window which are of interest to the client. As with - the core XSelectInput function, multiple clients can select - input on the same window. - - XSelectExtensionEvent requires a list of event classes. An - event class is a 32-bit number that combines an event type and - device id, and is used to indicate which event a client wishes - to receive and from which device it wishes to receive it. - Macros are provided to obtain event classes from the data - returned by the XOpenDevice request. The names of these macros - correspond to the desired events, i.e. the DeviceKeyPress is - used to obtain the event class for DeviceKeyPress events. The - syntax of the macro invocation is: - DeviceKeyPress (device, event_type, event_class); - device: DEVICE - event_type: INT - event_class: INT - - The value returned in event_type is the value that will be - contained in the event type field of the XDeviceKeyPressEvent - when it is received by the client. The value returned in - event_class is the value that should be passed in making an - XSelectExtensionEvent request to receive DeviceKeyPress events. - - For DeviceButtonPress events, the client may specify whether or - not an implicit passive grab should be done when the button is - pressed. If the client wants to guarantee that it will receive - a DeviceButtonRelease event for each DeviceButtonPress event it - receives, it should specify the DeviceButtonPressGrab event - class as well as the DeviceButtonPress event class. This - restricts the client in that only one client at a time may - request DeviceButtonPress events from the same device and - window if any client specifies this class. - - If any client has specified the DeviceButtonPressGrab class, - any requests by any other client that specify the same device - and window and specify DeviceButtonPress or - DeviceButtonPressGrab will cause an Access error to be - generated. - - If only the DeviceButtonPress class is specified, no implicit - passive grab will be done when a button is pressed on the - device. Multiple clients may use this class to specify the same - device and window combination. - - A client may also specify the DeviceOwnerGrabButton class. If - it has specified both the DeviceButtonPressGrab and the - DeviceOwnerGrabButton classes, implicit passive grabs will - activate with owner_events set to True. If only the - DeviceButtonPressGrab class is specified, implicit passive - grabs will activate with owner_events set to False. - - The client may select DeviceMotion events only when a button is - down. It does this by specifying the event classes - Button1Motion through Button5Motion, or ButtonMotion. An input - device will only support as many button motion classes as it - has buttons. - -2.8 Determining Selected Events - - To determine which extension events are currently selected from - a given window, use GetSelectedExtensionEvents. - - GetSelectedExtensionEvents - window: WINDOW - => - this-client: LISTofEVENTCLASS - all-clients: LISTofEVENTCLASS - - Errors: Window - - This request returns two lists specifying the events selected - on the specified window. One list gives the extension events - selected by this client from the specified window. The other - list gives the extension events selected by all clients from - the specified window. This information is equivalent to that - returned by your-event-mask and all-event-masks in a - GetWindowAttributes request. - -2.9 Controlling Event Propagation - - Extension events propagate up the window hierarchy in the same - manner as core events. If a window is not interested in an - extension event, it usually propagates to the closest ancestor - that is interested, unless the dont_propagate list prohibits - it. Grabs of extension devices may alter the set of windows - that receive a particular extension event. - - Client programs may control extension event propagation through - the use of the following two requests. - - XChangeDeviceDontPropagateList adds an event to or deletes an - event from the do_not_propagate list of extension events for - the specified window. This list is maintained for the life of - the window, and is not altered if the client terminates. - - ChangeDeviceDontPropagateList - window: WINDOW - eventclass: LISTofEVENTCLASS - mode: {AddToList, DeleteFromList} - - Errors: Window, Class, Mode - - This function modifies the list specifying the events that are - not propagated to the ancestors of the specified window. You - may use the modes AddToList or DeleteFromList. - - GetDeviceDontPropagateList - window: WINDOW - Errors: Window - => - dont-propagate-list: LISTofEVENTCLASS - - This function returns a list specifying the events that are not - propagated to the ancestors of the specified window. - -2.10 Sending Extension Events - - One client program may send an event to another via the - XSendExtensionEvent function. - - The event in the XEvent structure must be one of the events - defined by the input extension, so that the X server can - correctly byte swap the contents as necessary. The contents of - the event are otherwise unaltered and unchecked by the X server - except to force send_event to True in the forwarded event and - to set the sequence number in the event correctly. - - XSendExtensionEvent returns zero if the conversion-to-wire - protocol failed, otherwise it returns nonzero. - - SendExtensionEvent - device: DEVICE - destination: WINDOW - propagate: BOOL - eventclass: LISTofEVENTCLASS - event: XEVENT - - Errors: Device, Value, Class, Window - -2.11 Getting Motion History - - GetDeviceMotionEvents - device: DEVICE - start, stop: TIMESTAMP or CurrentTime - => - nevents_return: CARD32 - mode_return: {Absolute, Relative} - axis_count_return: CARD8 - events: LISTofDEVICETIMECOORD - - where - - DEVICETIMECOORD: - [data: LISTofINT32 - time: TIMESTAMP] - - Errors: Device, Match - - This request returns all positions in the device's motion - history buffer that fall between the specified start and stop - times inclusive. If the start time is in the future, or is - later than the stop time, no positions are returned. - - The data field of the DEVICETIMECOORD structure is a sequence - of data items. Each item is of type INT32, and there is one - data item per axis of motion reported by the device. The number - of axes reported by the device is returned in the axis_count - variable. - - The value of the data items depends on the mode of the device, - which is returned in the mode variable. If the mode is - Absolute, the data items are the raw values generated by the - device. These may be scaled by the client program using the - maximum values that the device can generate for each axis of - motion that it reports. The maximum and minimum values for each - axis are reported by the ListInputDevices request. - - If the mode is Relative, the data items are the relative values - generated by the device. The client program must choose an - initial position for the device and maintain a current position - by accumulating these relative values. - -2.12 Changing The Core Devices - - These requests are provided to change which physical device is - used as the X pointer or X keyboard. These requests are - deprecated in servers supporting XI 1.4 and above, and will - always return a a BadDevice error. - - Using these requests may change the characteristics of the core - devices. The new pointer device may have a different number of - buttons than the old one did, or the new keyboard device may - have a different number of keys or report a different range of - keycodes. Client programs may be running that depend on those - characteristics. For example, a client program could allocate - an array based on the number of buttons on the pointer device, - and then use the button numbers received in button events as - indicies into that array. Changing the core devices could cause - such client programs to behave improperly or abnormally - terminate. - - These requests change the X keyboard or X pointer device and - generate an ChangeDeviceNotify event and a MappingNotify event. - The ChangeDeviceNotify event is sent only to those clients that - have expressed an interest in receiving that event via the - XSelectExtensionEvent request. The specified device becomes the - new X keyboard or X pointer device. The location of the core - device does not change as a result of this request. - - These requests fail and return AlreadyGrabbed if either the - specified device or the core device it would replace are - grabbed by some other client. They fail and return GrabFrozen - if either device is frozen by the active grab of another - client. - - These requests fail with a BadDevice error if the specified - device is invalid, or has not previously been opened via - OpenDevice. To change the X keyboard device, use the - ChangeKeyboardDevice request. The specified device must support - input class Keys (as reported in the ListInputDevices request) - or the request will fail with a BadMatch error. Once the device - has successfully replaced one of the core devices, it is - treated as a core device until it is in turn replaced by - another ChangeDevice request, or until the server terminates. - The termination of the client that changed the device will not - cause it to change back. Attempts to use the CloseDevice - request to close the new core device will fail with a BadDevice - error. - - The focus state of the new keyboard is the same as the focus - state of the old X keyboard. If the new keyboard was not - initialized with a FocusRec, one is added by the - ChangeKeyboardDevice request. The X keyboard is assumed to have - a KbdFeedbackClassRec. If the device was initialized without a - KbdFeedbackClassRec, one will be added by this request. The - KbdFeedbackClassRec will specify a null routine as the control - procedure and the bell procedure. - - ChangeKeyboardDevice - device: DEVICE - Errors: Device, Match - => - status: Success, AlreadyGrabbed, Frozen - - To change the X pointer device, use the ChangePointerDevice - request. The specified device must support input class - Valuators (as reported in the ListInputDevices request) or the - request will fail with a BadMatch error. The valuators to be - used as the x- and y-axes of the pointer device must be - specified. Data from other valuators on the device will be - ignored. - - The X pointer device does not contain a FocusRec. If the new - pointer was initialized with a FocusRec, it is freed by the - ChangePointerDevice request. The X pointer is assumed to have a - ButtonClassRec and a PtrFeedbackClassRec. If the device was - initialized without a ButtonClassRec or a PtrFeedbackClassRec, - one will be added by this request. The ButtonClassRec added - will have no buttons, and the PtrFeedbackClassRec will specify - a null routine as the control procedure. - - If the specified device reports absolute positional - information, and the server implementation does not allow such - a device to be used as the X pointer, the request will fail - with a BadDevice error. - - Once the device has successfully replaced one of the core - devices, it is treated as a core device until it is in turn - replaced by another ChangeDevice request, or until the server - terminates. The termination of the client that changed the - device will not cause it to change back. Attempts to use the - CloseDevice request to close the new core device will fail with - a BadDevice error. - - ChangePointerDevice - device: DEVICE - xaxis: CARD8 - yaxis: CARD8 - => - status: Success, AlreadyGrabbed, Frozen - - Errors: Device, Match - -2.12 Event Synchronization And Core Grabs - - Implementation of the input extension requires an extension of - the meaning of event synchronization for the core grab - requests. This is necessary in order to allow window managers - to freeze all input devices with a single request. - - The core grab requests require a pointer_mode and keyboard_mode - argument. The meaning of these modes is changed by the input - extension. For the XGrabPointer and XGrabButton requests, - pointer_mode controls synchronization of the pointer device, - and keyboard_mode controls the synchronization of all other - input devices. For the XGrabKeyboard and XGrabKey requests, - pointer_mode controls the synchronization of all input devices - except the X keyboard, while keyboard_mode controls the - synchronization of the keyboard. When using one of the core - grab requests, the synchronization of extension devices is - controlled by the mode specified for the device not being - grabbed. - -2.13 Extension Active Grabs - - Active grabs of extension devices are supported via the - GrabDevice request in the same way that core devices are - grabbed using the core GrabKeyboard request, except that a - Device is passed as a function parameter. A list of events that - the client wishes to receive is also passed. The UngrabDevice - request allows a previous active grab for an extension device - to be released. - - To grab an extension device, use the GrabDevice request. The - device must have previously been opened using the OpenDevice - request. - - GrabDevice - device: DEVICE - grab-window: WINDOW - owner-events: BOOL - event-list: LISTofEVENTCLASS - this-device-mode: {Synchronous, Asynchronous} - other-device-mode: {Synchronous, Asynchronous} - time:TIMESTAMP or CurrentTime - => - status: Success, AlreadyGrabbed, Frozen, - InvalidTime, NotViewable - - Errors: Device, Window, Value - - This request actively grabs control of the specified input - device. Further input events from this device are reported only - to the grabbing client. This request overrides any previous - active grab by this client for this device. - - The event-list parameter is a pointer to a list of event - classes. These are used to indicate which events the client - wishes to receive while the device is grabbed. Only event - classes obtained from the grabbed device are valid. - - If owner-events is False, input events generated from this - device are reported with respect to grab-window, and are only - reported if selected by being included in the event-list. If - owner-events is True, then if a generated event would normally - be reported to this client, it is reported normally, otherwise - the event is reported with respect to the grab-window, and is - only reported if selected by being included in the event-list. - For either value of owner-events, unreported events are - discarded. - - If this-device-mode is Asynchronous, device event processing - continues normally. If the device is currently frozen by this - client, then processing of device events is resumed. If - this-device-mode is Synchronous, the state of the grabbed - device (as seen by means of the protocol) appears to freeze, - and no further device events are generated by the server until - the grabbing client issues a releasing AllowDeviceEvents - request or until the device grab is released. Actual device - input events are not lost while the device is frozen; they are - simply queued for later processing. - - If other-device-mode is Asynchronous, event processing is - unaffected by activation of the grab. If other-device-mode is - Synchronous, the state of all input devices except the grabbed - one (as seen by means of the protocol) appears to freeze, and - no further events are generated by the server until the - grabbing client issues a releasing AllowDeviceEvents request or - until the device grab is released. Actual events are not lost - while the devices are frozen; they are simply queued for later - processing. - - This request generates DeviceFocusIn and DeviceFocusOut events. - - This request fails and returns: - - AlreadyGrabbed - If the device is actively grabbed by some other client. - - NotViewable - If grab-window is not viewable. - - InvalidTime - If the specified time is earlier than the last-grab-time - for the specified device or later than the current X - server time. Otherwise, the last-grab-time for the - specified device is set to the specified time and - CurrentTime is replaced by the current X server time. - - Frozen - If the device is frozen by an active grab of another - client. - - If a grabbed device is closed by a client while an active grab - by that client is in effect, that active grab will be released. - Any passive grabs established by that client will be released. - If the device is frozen only by an active grab of the - requesting client, it is thawed. - - To release a grab of an extension device, use UngrabDevice. - - UngrabDevice - device: DEVICE - time: TIMESTAMP or CurrentTime - - Errors: Device - - This request releases the device if this client has it actively - grabbed (from either GrabDevice or GrabDeviceKey) and releases - any queued events. If any devices were frozen by the grab, - UngrabDevice thaws them. The request has no effect if the - specified time is earlier than the last-device-grab time or is - later than the current server time. - - This request generates DeviceFocusIn and DeviceFocusOut events. - - An UngrabDevice is performed automatically if the event window - for an active device grab becomes not viewable. - -2.14 Passively Grabbing A Key - - Passive grabs of buttons and keys on extension devices are - supported via the GrabDeviceButton and GrabDeviceKey requests. - These passive grabs are released via the UngrabDeviceKey and - UngrabDeviceButton requests. - - To passively grab a single key on an extension device, use - GrabDeviceKey. That device must have previously been opened - using the OpenDevice request. - - GrabDeviceKey - device: DEVICE - keycode: KEYCODE or AnyKey - modifiers: SETofKEYMASK or AnyModifier - modifier-device: DEVICE or NULL - grab-window: WINDOW - owner-events: BOOL - event-list: LISTofEVENTCLASS - this-device-mode: {Synchronous, Asynchronous} - other-device-mode: {Synchronous, Asynchronous} - - Errors: Device, Match, Access, Window, Value - - This request is analogous to the core GrabKey request. It - establishes a passive grab on a device. Consequently, in the - future: - * IF the device is not grabbed and the specified key, which - itself can be a modifier key, is logically pressed when the - specified modifier keys logically are down on the specified - modifier device (and no other keys are down), - * AND no other modifier keys logically are down, - * AND EITHER the grab window is an ancestor of (or is) the - focus window OR the grab window is a descendent of the - focus window and contains the pointer, - * AND a passive grab on the same device and key combination - does not exist on any ancestor of the grab window, - * THEN the device is actively grabbed, as for GrabDevice, the - last-device-grab time is set to the time at which the key - was pressed (as transmitted in the DeviceKeyPress event), - and the DeviceKeyPress event is reported. - - The interpretation of the remaining arguments is as for - GrabDevice. The active grab is terminated automatically when - logical state of the device has the specified key released - (independent of the logical state of the modifier keys). - - Note that the logical state of a device (as seen by means of - the X protocol) may lag the physical state if device event - processing is frozen. - - A modifier of AnyModifier is equivalent to issuing the request - for all possible modifier combinations (including the - combination of no modifiers). It is not required that all - modifiers specified have currently assigned keycodes. A key of - AnyKey is equivalent to issuing the request for all possible - keycodes. Otherwise, the key must be in the range specified by - min-keycode and max-keycode in the ListInputDevices request. If - it is not within that range, GrabDeviceKey generates a Value - error. - - NULL may be passed for the modifier_device. If the - modifier_device is NULL, the core X keyboard is used as the - modifier_device. - - An Access error is generated if some other client has issued a - GrabDeviceKey with the same device and key combination on the - same window. When using AnyModifier or AnyKey, the request - fails completely and the X server generates a Access error and - no grabs are established if there is a conflicting grab for any - combination. - - This request cannot be used to grab a key on the X keyboard - device. The core GrabKey request should be used for that - purpose. - - To release a passive grab of a single key on an extension - device, use UngrabDeviceKey. - - UngrabDeviceKey - device: DEVICE - keycode: KEYCODE or AnyKey - modifiers: SETofKEYMASK or AnyModifier - modifier-device: DEVICE or NULL - grab-window: WINDOW - - Errors: Device, Match, Window, Value, Alloc - - This request is analogous to the core UngrabKey request. It - releases the key combination on the specified window if it was - grabbed by this client. A modifier of AnyModifier is equivalent - to issuing the request for all possible modifier combinations - (including the combination of no modifiers). A key of AnyKey is - equivalent to issuing the request for all possible keycodes. - This request has no effect on an active grab. - - NULL may be passed for the modifier_device. If the - modifier_device is NULL, the core X keyboard is used as the - modifier_device. - -2.15 Passively Grabbing A Button - - To establish a passive grab for a single button on an extension - device, use GrabDeviceButton. - - GrabDeviceButton - device: DEVICE - button: BUTTON or AnyButton - modifiers: SETofKEYMASK or AnyModifier - modifier-device: DEVICE or NULL - grab-window: WINDOW - owner-events: BOOL - event-list: LISTofEVENTCLASS - this-device-mode: {Synchronous, Asynchr - onous} - other-device-mode: {Synchronous, Asynch - ronous} - - Errors: Device, Match, Window, Access, Value - - This request is analogous to the core GrabButton request. It - establishes an explicit passive grab for a button on an - extension input device. Since the server does not track - extension devices, no cursor is specified with this request. - For the same reason, there is no confine-to parameter. The - device must have previously been opened using the OpenDevice - request. - - The GrabDeviceButton request establishes a passive grab on a - device. Consequently, in the future, - - • - IF the device is not grabbed and the specified button is - logically pressed when the specified modifier keys - logically are down (and no other buttons or modifier - keys are down), - - • - AND the grab window contains the device, - - • - AND a passive grab on the same device and button/ key - combination does not exist on any ancestor of the grab - window, - - • - THEN the device is actively grabbed, as for GrabDevice, - the last-grab time is set to the time at which the - button was pressed (as transmitted in the - DeviceButtonPress event), and the DeviceButtonPress - event is reported. - - The interpretation of the remaining arguments is as for - GrabDevice. The active grab is terminated automatically when - logical state of the device has all buttons released - (independent of the logical state of the modifier keys). - - Note that the logical state of a device (as seen by means of - the X protocol) may lag the physical state if device event - processing is frozen. - - A modifier of AnyModifier is equivalent to issuing the request - for all possible modifier combinations (including the - combination of no modifiers). It is not required that all - modifiers specified have currently assigned keycodes. A button - of AnyButton is equivalent to issuing the request for all - possible buttons. It is not required that the specified button - be assigned to a physical button. - - NULL may be passed for the modifier_device. If the - modifier_device is NULL, the core X keyboard is used as the - modifier_device. - - An Access error is generated if some other client has issued a - GrabDeviceButton with the same device and button combination on - the same window. When using AnyModifier or AnyButton, the - request fails completely and the X server generates a Access - error and no grabs are established if there is a conflicting - grab for any combination. The request has no effect on an - active grab. - - This request cannot be used to grab a button on the X pointer - device. The core GrabButton request should be used for that - purpose. - - To release a passive grab of a button on an extension device, - use UngrabDeviceButton. - - UngrabDeviceButton - device: DEVICE - button: BUTTON or AnyButton - modifiers: SETofKEYMASK or AnyModifier - modifier-device: DEVICE or NULL - grab-window: WINDOW - - Errors: Device, Match, Window, Value, Alloc - - This request is analogous to the core UngrabButton request. It - releases the passive button/key combination on the specified - window if it was grabbed by the client. A modifiers of - AnyModifier is equivalent to issuing the request for all - possible modifier combinations (including the combination of no - modifiers). A button of AnyButton is equivalent to issuing the - request for all possible buttons. This request has no effect on - an active grab. The device must have previously been opened - using the OpenDevice request otherwise a Device error will be - generated. - - NULL may be passed for the modifier_device. If the - modifier_device is NULL, the core X keyboard is used as the - modifier_device. - - This request cannot be used to ungrab a button on the X pointer - device. The core UngrabButton request should be used for that - purpose. - -2.16 Thawing A Device - - To allow further events to be processed when a device has been - frozen, use AllowDeviceEvents. - - AllowDeviceEvents - device: DEVICE - event-mode: {AsyncThisDevice, SyncThisD - evice, AsyncOtherDevices, - ReplayThisdevice, AsyncAll, or SyncAll} - time:TIMESTAMP or CurrentTime - - Errors: Device, Value - - The AllowDeviceEvents request releases some queued events if - the client has caused a device to freeze. The request has no - effect if the specified time is earlier than the last-grab time - of the most recent active grab for the client, or if the - specified time is later than the current X server time. - - The following describes the processing that occurs depending on - what constant you pass to the event-mode argument: - - * If the specified device is frozen by the client, event - processing for that device continues as usual. If the - device is frozen multiple times by the client on behalf - of multiple separate grabs, AsyncThisDevice thaws for - all. AsyncThisDevice has no effect if the specified - device is not frozen by the client, but the device need - not be grabbed by the client. - - * If the specified device is frozen and actively grabbed - by the client, event processing for that device - continues normally until the next button or key event is - reported to the client. At this time, the specified - device again appears to freeze. However, if the reported - event causes the grab to be released, the specified - device does not freeze. SyncThisDevice has no effect if - the specified device is not frozen by the client or is - not grabbed by the client. - - * If the specified device is actively grabbed by the - client and is frozen as the result of an event having - been sent to the client (either from the activation of a - GrabDeviceButton or from a previous AllowDeviceEvents - with mode SyncThisDevice, but not from a Grab), the grab - is released and that event is completely reprocessed. - This time, however, the request ignores any passive - grabs at or above (towards the root) the grab-window of - the grab just released. The request has no effect if the - specified device is not grabbed by the client or if it - is not frozen as the result of an event. - - * If the remaining devices are frozen by the client, event - processing for them continues as usual. If the other - devices are frozen multiple times by the client on - behalf of multiple separate grabs, AsyncOtherDevices - “thaws” for all. AsyncOtherDevices has no effect if the - devices are not frozen by the client, but those devices - need not be grabbed by the client. - - * If all devices are frozen by the client, event - processing (for all devices) continues normally until - the next button or key event is reported to the client - for a grabbed device (button event for the grabbed - device, key or motion event for the device), at which - time the devices again appear to freeze. However, if the - reported event causes the grab to be released, then the - devices do not freeze (but if any device is still - grabbed, then a subsequent event for it will still cause - all devices to freeze). SyncAll has no effect unless all - devices are frozen by the client. If any device is - frozen twice by the client on behalf of two separate - grabs, SyncAll "thaws" for both (but a subsequent freeze - for SyncAll will only freeze each device once). - - * If all devices are frozen by the client, event - processing (for all devices) continues normally. If any - device is frozen multiple times by the client on behalf - of multiple separate grabs, AsyncAll "thaws" for all. - AsyncAll has no effect unless all devices are frozen by - the client. - - AsyncThisDevice, SyncThisDevice, and ReplayThisDevice - have no effect on the processing of events from the - remaining devices. AsyncOtherDevices has no effect on - the processing of events from the specified device. When - the event_mode is SyncAll or AsyncAll, the device - parameter is ignored. - - It is possible for several grabs of different devices - (by the same or different clients) to be active - simultaneously. If a device is frozen on behalf of any - grab, no event processing is performed for the device. - It is possible for a single device to be frozen because - of several grabs. In this case, the freeze must be - released on behalf of each grab before events can again - be processed. - -2.17 Controlling Device Focus - - The current focus window for an extension input device can be - determined using the GetDeviceFocus request. Extension devices - are focused using the SetDeviceFocus request in the same way - that the keyboard is focused using the SetInputFocus request, - except that a device is specified as part of the request. One - additional focus state, FollowKeyboard, is provided for - extension devices. - - To get the current focus state, revert state, and focus time of - an extension device, use GetDeviceFocus. - - GetDeviceFocus - device: DEVICE - => - focus: WINDOW, PointerRoot, FollowKeyboard, or None - revert-to: Parent, PointerRoot, FollowKeyboard, or None - focus-time: TIMESTAMP - - Errors: Device, Match - - This request returns the current focus state, revert-to state, - and last-focus-time of an extension device. - - To set the focus of an extension device, use SetDeviceFocus. - - SetDeviceFocus - device: DEVICE - focus: WINDOW, PointerRoot, FollowKeyboard, or None - revert-to: Parent, PointerRoot, FollowKeyboard, or None - focus-time: TIMESTAMP - - Errors: Device, Window, Value, Match - - This request changes the focus for an extension input device - and the last-focus-change-time. The request has no effect if - the specified time is earlier than the last-focus-change-time - or is later than the current X server time. Otherwise, the - last-focus-change-time is set to the specified time, with - CurrentTime replaced by the current server time. - - The action taken by the server when this request is requested - depends on the value of the focus argument: - - * If the focus argument is None, all input events from - this device will be discarded until a new focus window - is set. In this case, the revert-to argument is ignored. - - * If a window ID is assigned to the focus argument, it - becomes the focus window of the device. If an input - event from the device would normally be reported to this - window or to one of its inferiors, the event is reported - normally. Otherwise, the event is reported relative to - the focus window. - - * If you assign PointerRoot to the focus argument, the - focus window is dynamically taken to be the root window - of whatever screen the pointer is on at each input - event. In this case, the revert-to argument is ignored. - - * If you assign FollowKeyboard to the focus argument, the - focus window is dynamically taken to be the same as the - focus of the X keyboard at each input event. - - The specified focus window must be viewable at the time - of the request (else a Match error). If the focus window - later becomes not viewable, the X server evaluates the - revert-to argument to determine the new focus window. - - * If you assign RevertToParent to the revert-to argument, - the focus reverts to the parent (or the closest viewable - ancestor), and the new revert-to value is taken to be - RevertToNone. - - * If you assign RevertToPointerRoot, - RevertToFollowKeyboard, or RevertToNone to the revert-to - argument, the focus reverts to that value. - - When the focus reverts, the X server generates DeviceFocusIn - and DeviceFocusOut events, but the last-focus-change time is - not affected. - - This request causes the X server to generate DeviceFocusIn and - DeviceFocusOut events. - -2.18 Controlling Device Feedback - - To get the settings of feedbacks on an extension device, use - GetFeedbackControl. This request provides functionality - equivalent to the core GetKeyboardControl and GetPointerControl - functions. It also provides a way to control displays - associated with an input device that are capable of displaying - an integer or string. - - GetFeedbackControl - device: DEVICE - => - num_feedbacks_return: CARD16 - return_value: LISTofFEEDBACKSTATE - - where - - FEEDBACKSTATE: {KbdFeedbackState, PtrFeedbackState, - IntegerFeedbackState, StringFeedbackState, - BellFeedbackState, LedFeedbackState} - - Feedbacks are reported by class. Those feedbacks that are - reported for the core keyboard device are in class KbdFeedback, - and are returned in the KbdFeedbackState structure. The members - of that structure are as follows: - - CLASS Kbd: - [class: CARD8 - length: CARD16 - feedback id: CARD8 - key_click_percent: CARD8 - bell_percent: CARD8 - bell_pitch: CARD16 - bell_duration: CARD16 - led_value: BITMASK - global_auto_repeat: {AutoRepeatModeOn, AutoRepeatModeOff} - auto_repeats: LISTofCARD8] - - Those feedbacks that are equivalent to those reported for the - core pointer are in feedback class PtrFeedback and are reported - in the PtrFeedbackState structure. The members of that - structure are: - - CLASS Ptr: - [class: CARD8 - length: CARD16 - feedback id: CARD8 - accelNumerator: CARD16 - accelDenominator: CARD16 - threshold: CARD16] - - Some input devices provide a means of displaying an integer. - Those devices will support feedback class IntegerFeedback, - which is reported in the IntegerFeedbackState structure. The - members of that structure are: - - CLASS Integer: - [class: CARD8 - length: CARD16 - feedback id: CARD8 - resolution: CARD32 - min-val: INT32 - max-val: INT32] - - Some input devices provide a means of displaying a string. - Those devices will support feedback class StringFeedback, which - is reported in the StringFeedbackState structure. The members - of that structure are: - - CLASS String: - [class: CARD8 - length: CARD16 - feedback id: CARD8 - max_symbols: CARD16 - num_keysyms_supported: CARD16 - keysyms_supported: LISTofKEYSYM] - - Some input devices contain a bell. Those devices will support - feedback class BellFeedback, which is reported in the - BellFeedbackState structure. The members of that structure are: - - CLASS String: - [class: CARD8 - length: CARD16 - feedback id: CARD8 - percent: CARD8 - pitch: CARD16 - duration: CARD16] - - The percent sets the base volume for the bell between 0 (off) - and 100 (loud) inclusive, if possible. Setting to -1 restores - the default. Other negative values generate a Value error. - - The pitch sets the pitch (specified in Hz) of the bell, if - possible. Setting to -1 restores the default. Other negative - values generate a Value error. - - The duration sets the duration (specified in milliseconds) of - the bell, if possible. Setting to -1 restores the default. - Other negative values generate a Value error. - - A bell generator connected with the console but not directly on - the device is treated as if it were part of the device. Some - input devices contain LEDs. Those devices will support feedback - class Led, which is reported in the LedFeedbackState structure. - The members of that structure are: - - CLASS String: - [class: CARD8 - length: CARD16 - feedback id: CARD8 - led_mask: BITMASK - led_value: BITMASK] - - Each bit in led_mask indicates that the corresponding led is - supported by the feedback. At most 32 LEDs per feedback are - supported. No standard interpretation of LEDs is defined. - - This function will fail with a BadMatch error if the device - specified in the request does not support feedbacks. - - Errors: Device, Match - - To change the settings of a feedback on an extension device, - use ChangeFeedbackControl. - - ChangeFeedbackControl - device: DEVICE - feedbackid: CARD8 - value-mask: BITMASK - value: FEEDBACKCONTROL - FEEDBACKCONTROL: {KBDFEEDBACKCONTROL, - PTRFEEDBACKCONTROL, - INTEGERFEEDBACKCONTROL, - STRINGFEEDBACKCONTROL, - BELLFEEDBACKCONTROL, - LEDFEEDBACKCONTROL} - - Errors: Device, Match, Value - - Feedback controls are grouped by class. Those feedbacks that - are equivalent to those supported by the core keyboard are - controlled by feedback class KbdFeedbackClass using the - KbdFeedbackControl structure. The members of that structure - are: - - KBDFEEDBACKCTL - [class: CARD8 - length: CARD16 - feedback id: CARD8 - key_click_percent: INT8 - bell_percent: INT8 - bell_pitch: INT16 - bell_duration: INT16 - led_mask: INT32 - led_value: INT32 - key: KEYCODE - auto_repeat_mode: {AutoRepeatModeOn, AutoRepeatModeOff, - AutoRepeatModeDefault}] - - The key_click_percent sets the volume for key clicks between 0 - (off) and 100 (loud) inclusive, if possible. Setting to -1 - restores the default. Other negative values generate a Value - error. - - If both auto_repeat_mode and key are specified, then the - auto_repeat_mode of that key is changed, if possible. If only - auto_repeat_mode is specified, then the global auto-repeat mode - for the entire keyboard is changed, if possible, without - affecting the per-key settings. It is a Match error if a key is - specified without an auto_repeat_mode. - - The order in which controls are verified and altered is - server-dependent. If an error is generated, a subset of the - controls may have been altered. - - Those feedback controls equivalent to those of the core pointer - are controlled by feedback class PtrFeedbackClass using the - PtrFeedbackControl structure. The members of that structure are - as follows: - - PTRFEEDBACKCTL: - [class: CARD8 - length: CARD16 - feedback id: CARD8 - accelNumerator: INT16 - accelDenominator: INT16 - threshold: INT16] - - The acceleration, expressed as a fraction, is a multiplier for - movement. For example, specifying 3/1 means the device moves - three times as fast as normal. The fraction may be rounded - arbitrarily by the X server. Acceleration only takes effect if - the device moves more than threshold pixels at once and only - applies to the amount beyond the value in the threshold - argument. Setting a value to -1 restores the default. The - values of the do-accel and do-threshold arguments must be - nonzero for the device values to be set. Otherwise, the - parameters will be unchanged. Negative values generate a Value - error, as does a zero value for the accel-denominator argument. - - Some devices are capable of displaying an integer. This is done - using feedback class IntegerFeedbackClass using the - IntegerFeedbackControl structure. The members of that structure - are as follows: - - INTEGERCTL: - [class: CARD8 - length: CARD16 - feedback id: CARD8 - int_to_display: INT32] - - Some devices are capable of displaying an string. This is done - using feedback class StringFeedbackClass using the - StringFeedbackCtl structure. The members of that structure are - as follows: - - STRINGCTL: - [class: CARD8 - length: CARD16 - feedback id: CARD8 - syms_to_display: LISTofKEYSYMS] - - Some devices contain a bell. This is done using feedback class - BellFeedbackClass using the BellFeedbackControl structure. The - members of that structure are as follows: - - BELLCTL: - [class: CARD8 - length: CARD16 - feedback id: CARD8 - percent: INT8 - pitch: INT16 - duration: INT16] - - Some devices contain leds. These can be turned on and off using - the LedFeedbackControl structure. The members of that structure - are as follows: - - LEDCTL: - [class: CARD8 - length: CARD16 - feedback id: CARD8 - led_mask: BITMASK - led_value: BITMASK] - - Errors: Device, Match, Value - -2.20 Ringing a Bell on an Input Device - - To ring a bell on an extension input device, use DeviceBell. - - DeviceBell: - device: DEVICE - feedbackclass: CARD8 - feedbackid: CARD8 - percent: INT8 - - Errors: Device, Value - - This request is analogous to the core Bell request. It rings - the specified bell on the specified input device feedback, - using the specified volume. The specified volume is relative to - the base volume for the feedback. If the value for the percent - argument is not in the range -100 to 100 inclusive, a Value - error results. The volume at which the bell rings when the - percent argument is nonnegative is: - - base - [(base * percent) / 100] + percent - - The volume at which the bell rings when the percent argument is - negative is: - - base + [(base * percent) / 100] - - To change the base volume of the bell, use - ChangeFeedbackControl request. - -Controlling Device Encoding - - To get the keyboard mapping of an extension device that has - keys, use GetDeviceKeyMapping. - - GetDeviceKeyMapping - device: DEVICE - first-keycode: KEYCODE - count: CARD8 - => - keysyms-per-keycode: CARD8 - keysyms: LISTofKEYSYM - - Errors: Device, Match, Value - - This request returns the symbols for the specified number of - keycodes for the specified extension device, starting with the - specified keycode. The first-keycode must be greater than or - equal to min-keycode as returned in the connection setup (else - a Value error), and - - first-keycode + count - 1 - - must be less than or equal to max-keycode as returned in the - connection setup (else a Value error). The number of elements - in the keysyms list is - - count * keysyms-per-keycode - - and KEYSYM number N (counting from zero) for keycode K has an - index (counting from zero) of - - (K - first-keycode) * keysyms-per-keycode + N - - in keysyms. The keysyms-per-keycode value is chosen arbitrarily - by the server to be large enough to report all requested - symbols. A special KEYSYM value of NoSymbol is used to fill in - unused elements for individual keycodes. - - If the specified device has not first been opened by this - client via OpenDevice, or if that device does not support input - class Keys, this request will fail with a Device error. - - To change the keyboard mapping of an extension device that has - keys, use ChangeDeviceKeyMapping. - - ChangeDeviceKeyMapping - device: DEVICE - first-keycode: KEYCODE - keysyms-per-keycode: CARD8 - keysyms: LISTofKEYSYM - num_codes: CARD8 - - Errors: Device, Match, Value, Alloc - - This request is analogous to the core ChangeKeyMapping request. - It defines the symbols for the specified number of keycodes for - the specified extension device. If the specified device has not - first been opened by this client via OpenDevice, or if that - device does not support input class Keys, this request will - fail with a Device error. - - The number of elements in the keysyms list must be a multiple - of keysyms_per_keycode. Otherwise, ChangeDeviceKeyMapping - generates a Length error. The specified first_keycode must be - greater than or equal to the min_keycode value returned by the - ListInputDevices request, or this request will fail with a - Value error. In addition, if the following expression is not - less than the max_keycode value returned by the - ListInputDevices request, the request will fail with a Value - error: - - first_keycode + (num_codes / keysyms_per_keycode) - 1 - - To obtain the keycodes that are used as modifiers on an - extension device that has keys, use GetDeviceModifierMapping. - - GetDeviceModifierMapping - device: DEVICE - => - keycodes-per-modifier: CARD8 - keycodes: LISTofKEYCODE - - Errors: Device, Match - - This request is analogous to the core GetModifierMapping - request. This request returns the keycodes of the keys being - used as modifiers. The number of keycodes in the list is - 8*keycodes-per-modifier. The keycodes are divided into eight - sets, with each set containing keycodes-per-modifier elements. - The sets are assigned in order to the modifiers Shift, Lock, - Control, Mod1, Mod2, Mod3, Mod4, and Mod5. The - keycodes-per-modifier value is chosen arbitrarily by the - server; zeroes are used to fill in unused elements within each - set. If only zero values are given in a set, the use of the - corresponding modifier has been disabled. The order of keycodes - within each set is chosen arbitrarily by the server. - - To set which keycodes that are to be used as modifiers for an - extension device, use SetDeviceModifierMapping. - - SetDeviceModifierMapping - device: DEVICE - keycodes-per-modifier: CARD8 - keycodes: LISTofKEYCODE - => - status: {Success, Busy, Failed} - - Errors: Device, Match, Value, Alloc - - This request is analogous to the core SetModifierMapping - request. This request specifies the keycodes (if any) of the - keys to be used as modifiers. The number of keycodes in the - list must be 8*keycodes-per-modifier (else a Length error). The - keycodes are divided into eight sets, with the sets, with each - set containing keycodes-per-modifier elements. The sets are - assigned in order to the modifiers Shift, Lock, Control, Mod1, - Mod2, Mod3, Mod4, and Mod5. Only non-zero keycode values are - used within each set; zero values are ignored. All of the - non-zero keycodes must be in the range specified by min-keycode - and max-keycode in the ListInputDevices request (else a Value - error). The order of keycodes within a set does not matter. If - no non-zero values are specified in a set, the use of the - corresponding modifier is disabled, and the modifier bit will - always be zero. Otherwise, the modifier bit will be one - whenever at least one of the keys in the corresponding set is - in the down position. - - A server can impose restrictions on how modifiers can be - changed (for example, if certain keys do not generate up - transitions in hardware or if multiple keys per modifier are - not supported). The status reply is Failed if some such - restriction is violated, and none of the modifiers are changed. - - If the new non-zero keycodes specified for a modifier differ - from those currently defined, and any (current or new) keys for - that modifier are logically in the down state, then the status - reply is Busy, and none of the modifiers are changed. - - This request generates a DeviceMappingNotify event on a Success - status. The DeviceMappingNotify event will be sent only to - those clients that have expressed an interest in receiving that - event via the XSelectExtensionEvent request. - - A X server can impose restrictions on how modifiers can be - changed, for example, if certain keys do not generate up - transitions in hardware or if multiple modifier keys are not - supported. If some such restriction is violated, the status - reply is MappingFailed , and none of the modifiers are changed. - If the new keycodes specified for a modifier differ from those - currently defined and any (current or new) keys for that - modifier are in the logically down state, the status reply is - MappingBusy, and none of the modifiers are changed. - -2.20 Controlling Button Mapping - - These requests are analogous to the core GetPointerMapping and - ChangePointerMapping requests. They allow a client to determine - the current mapping of buttons on an extension device, and to - change that mapping. - - To get the current button mapping for an extension device, use - GetDeviceButtonMapping. - - GetDeviceButtonMapping - device: DEVICE - nmap: CARD8 - => - map_return: LISTofCARD8 - - Errors: Device, Match - - The GetDeviceButtonMapping function returns the current mapping - of the buttons on the specified device. Elements of the list - are indexed starting from one. The length of the list indicates - the number of physical buttons. The nominal mapping is the - identity mapping map[i]=i. - - nmap indicates the number of elements in the map_return array. - Only the first nmap entries will be copied by the library into - the map_return array. - - To set the button mapping for an extension device, use - SetDeviceButtonMapping. - - SetDeviceButtonMapping - device: DEVICE - map: LISTofCARD8 - nmap: CARD8 - => - status: CARD8 - - Errors: Device, Match, Value - - The SetDeviceButtonMapping function sets the mapping of the - specified device and causes the X server to generate a - DeviceMappingNotify event on a status of MappingSuccess. - Elements of the list are indexed starting from one. The length - of the list, specified in nmap, must be the same as - GetDeviceButtonMapping would return. Otherwise, - SetDeviceButtonMapping generates a Value error. A zero element - disables a button, and elements are not restricted in value by - the number of physical buttons. If any of the buttons to be - altered are in the down state, the status reply is MappingBusy - and the mapping is not changed. - - In servers supporting XI 1.x, no two elements can have the same - nonzero value. Otherwise, this function generates a Value - error. - -2.21 Obtaining The State Of A Device - - To obtain vectors that describe the state of the keys, buttons - and valuators of an extension device, use QueryDeviceState. - - QueryDeviceState - device: DEVICE - => - device-id: CARD8 - data: LISTofINPUTCLASS - - where - - INPUTCLASS: {VALUATOR, BUTTON, KEY} - CLASS VALUATOR: - [class: CARD8 - num_valuators: CARD8 - mode: CARD8 - #x01 device mode (0 = Relative, 1 = Absolute) - #x02 proximity state (0 = InProximity, 1 = OutOfProximity) - valuators: LISTofINT32] - CLASS BUTTON: - [class: CARD8 - num_buttons: CARD8 - buttons: LISTofCARD8] - CLASS KEY: - [class: CARD8 - num_keys: CARD8 - keys: LISTofCARD8] - - Errors: Device - - The QueryDeviceState request returns the current logical state - of the buttons, keys, and valuators on the specified input - device. The buttons and keys arrays, byte N (from 0) contains - the bits for key or button 8N to 8N+7 with the least - significant bit in the byte representing key or button 8N. - - If the device has valuators, a bit in the mode field indicates - whether the device is reporting Absolute or Relative data. If - it is reporting Absolute data, the valuators array will contain - the current value of the valuators. If it is reporting Relative - data, the valuators array will contain undefined data. - - If the device reports proximity information, a bit in the mode - field indicates whether the device is InProximity or - OutOfProximity. - -2.22 Listing Device Properties - - Introduced with XI 1.5 - - ListDeviceProperties - deviceid: CARD8 - => - nAtoms: CARD16 - Atoms: LISTofATOM - - Errors: Device - - Each device can store an arbitrary number of properties. These - properties can be allocated by either the client or the driver. - The client can change device properties and the server - guarantees that the device driver is notified about a change of - the device's properties. - - ListDeviceProperties returns all properties of a device. The - client is expected to retrieve details about the properties it - is interested in separately. - -2.23 Getting a Device Property - - Introduced with XI 1.5 - - GetDeviceProperty: - property: ATOM - type: ATOM - longOffset: CARD32 - longLength: CARD32 - deviceid: CARD8 - delete: BOOL - => - propertyType: ATOM - bytesAfter: CARD32 - nItems: CARD32 - format: CARD8 - deviceid: CARD8 - data: [LISTofCARD8] - - Errors: Atom, Device, Value, Access - - Retrieve the value for a property. If the property does not - exist, propertyType is None and all other fields are undefined. - - If type is not AnyPropertyType and does not match the - property's actual type, the propertyType, bytesAfter, and - format are returned but not the actual data. - - longOffset and longLength specify the offset and length - respectively in 32-bit multiples of the data to retrieve. - - If delete is True, the property is deleted after querying its - data. If the property cannot be deleted, a BadAccess error is - returned. - - propertyType returns the atom identifier that defines the - actual type of the property. - - If bytesAfter is non-zero, it specifies the number of data - 4-byte units after the retrieved chunk of data. - - format specifies whether the data should be viewed as a list of - 8-bit, 16-bit, or 32-bit quantities. Possible values are 8, 16, - and 32. This information allows the X server to correctly - perform byte-swap operations as necessary. - - nItem specifies the number of 8-bit, 16-bit, or 32-bit items - returned after the request. - -2.24 Changing a Device Property - - Introduced with XI 1.5 - - ChangeDeviceProperty: - property: ATOM - type: ATOM - deviceid: CARD8 - format: CARD8 - mode: CARD8 - nUnits: CARD32 - - Errors: Atom, Device, Value, Match, Access - - Changes the value of a specified property. - - The type specifies the atom identifier that defines the type of - the property. If mode is not PropModeReplace, the type must - match the current type of the property or a BadMatch error is - returned. - - format specifies whether the data should be viewed as a list of - 8-bit, 16-bit, or 32-bit quantities. Possible values are 8, 16, - and 32. This information allows the X server to correctly - perform byte-swap operations as necessary. - - If mode is PropModeReplace, a preexising value for this - property is replaced with the new value. If mode is - PropModePrepend or PropModeAppend, the value is prepended or - appended, respectively, to the current value of the property. - - nUnits specifies the number of 8-bit, 16-bit, or 32-bit items - supplied after the reply. - - Changing a device property results in a - DevicePropertyNotifyEvent being sent to all clients. - -2.25 Deleting a Device Property - - Introduced with XI 1.5 - - DeleteDeviceProperty: - property: ATOM - deviceid: CARD8 - - Errors: Atom, Device, Match, Access. - - Deletes the specified property. If the property cannot be - deleted by the client, a BadAccess error is returned. - -3. Events - - The input extension creates input events analogous to the core - input events. These extension input events are generated by - manipulating one of the extension input devices. - -3.1 Button, Key, and Motion Events - - DeviceKeyPress - DeviceKeyRelease - DeviceButtonPress, - DeviceButtonRelease - DeviceMotionNotify - device: CARD8 - root, event: WINDOW - child: Window or None - same-screen: BOOL - root-x, root-y, event-x, event-y: INT16 - detail: <see below> - state: SETofKEYBUTMASK - time: TIMESTAMP - - These events are generated when a key, button, or valuator - logically changes state. The generation of these logical - changes may lag the physical changes, if device event - processing is frozen. Note that DeviceKeyPress and - DeviceKeyRelease are generated for all keys, even those mapped - to modifier bits. The “source” of the event is the window the - pointer is in. The window with respect to which the event is - normally reported is found by looking up the hierarchy - (starting with the source window) for the first window on which - any client has selected interest in the event. The actual - window used for reporting can be modified by active grabs and - by the focus window.The window the event is reported with - respect to is called the “event” window. - - The root is the root window of the “source” window, and root-x - and root-y are the pointer coordinates relative to root's - origin at the time of the event. Event is the “event” window. - If the event window is on the same screen as root, then event-x - and event-y are the pointer coordinates relative to the event - window's origin. Otherwise, event-x and event-y are zero. If - the source window is an inferior of the event window, then - child is set to the child of the event window that is an - ancestor of (or is) the source window. Otherwise, it is set to - None. - - The state component gives the logical state of the buttons on - the X pointer and modifier keys on the core X keyboard just - before the event. - - The detail component type varies with the event type: - Event Component - DeviceKeyPress KEYCODE - DeviceKeyRelease KEYCODE - DeviceButtonPress BUTTON - DeviceButtonRelease BUTTON - DeviceMotionNotify { Normal , Hint } - - The granularity of motion events is not guaranteed, but a - client selecting for motion events is guaranteed to get at - least one event when a valuator changes. If DeviceMotionHint is - selected, the server is free to send only one - DeviceMotionNotify event (with detail Hint) to the client for - the event window, until either a key or button changes state, - the pointer leaves the event window, or the client issues a - QueryDeviceState or GetDeviceMotionEvents request. - -3.2 DeviceValuator Event - - DeviceValuator - device: CARD8 - device_state: SETofKEYBUTMASK - num_valuators: CARD8 - first_valuator: CARD8 - valuators: LISTofINT32 - - DeviceValuator events are generated to contain valuator - information for which there is insufficient space in DeviceKey, - DeviceButton, DeviceMotion, and Proximity wire events. For - events of these types, a second event of type DeviceValuator - follows immediately. The library combines these events into a - single event that a client can receive via XNextEvent. - DeviceValuator events are not selected for by clients, they - only exist to contain information that will not fit into some - event selected by clients. - - The device_state component gives the state of the buttons and - modifiers on the device generating the event. - - Extension motion devices may report motion data for a variable - number of axes. The valuators array contains the values of all - axes reported by the device. If more than 6 axes are reported, - more than one DeviceValuator event will be sent by the server, - and more than one DeviceKey, DeviceButton, DeviceMotion, or - Proximity event will be reported by the library. Clients should - examine the corresponding fields of the event reported by the - library to determine the total number of axes reported, and the - first axis reported in the current event. Axes are numbered - beginning with zero. - - For Button, Key and Motion events on a device reporting - absolute motion data the current value of the device's - valuators is reported. For devices that report relative data, - Button and Key events may be followed by a DeviceValuator event - that contains 0s in the num_valuators field. In this case, only - the device_state component will have meaning. - -3.3 Device Focus Events - - DeviceFocusIn - DeviceFocusOut - device: CARD8 - time: TIMESTAMP - event: WINDOW - mode: { Normal, WhileGrabbed, Grab, Ungrab} - detail: { Ancestor, Virtual, Inferior, Nonlinear, - NonlinearVirtual, Pointer, PointerRoot, None} - - These events are generated when the input focus changes and are - reported to clients selecting DeviceFocusChange for the - specified device and window. Events generated by SetDeviceFocus - when the device is not grabbed have mode Normal. Events - generated by SetDeviceFocus when the device is grabbed have - mode WhileGrabbed. Events generated when a device grab actives - have mode Grab, and events generated when a device grab - deactivates have mode Ungrab. - - All DeviceFocusOut events caused by a window unmap are - generated after any UnmapNotify event, but the ordering of - DeviceFocusOut with respect to generated EnterNotify, - LeaveNotify, VisibilityNotify and Expose events is not - constrained. - - DeviceFocusIn and DeviceFocusOut events are generated for focus - changes of extension devices in the same manner as focus events - for the core devices are generated. - -3.4 Device State Notify Event - - DeviceStateNotify - time: TIMESTAMP - device: CARD8 - num_keys: CARD8 - num_buttons: CARD8 - num_valuators: CARD8 - classes_reported: CARD8 {SetOfDeviceMode | SetOfInputClass} - SetOfDeviceMode: - #x80 ProximityState 0 = InProxmity, 1 = OutOfProximity - #x40 Device Mode (0 = Relative, 1 = Absolute) - SetOfInputClass: #x04 reporting valuators - #x02 reporting buttons - #x01 reporting keys - buttons: LISTofCARD8 - keys: LISTofCARD8 - valuators: LISTofCARD32 - - This event reports the state of the device just as in the - QueryDeviceState request. This event is reported to clients - selecting DeviceStateNotify for the device and window and is - generated immediately after every EnterNotify and - DeviceFocusIn. If the device has no more than 32 buttons, no - more than 32 keys, and no more than 3 valuators, This event can - report the state of the device. If the device has more than 32 - buttons, the event will be immediately followed by a - DeviceButtonStateNotify event. If the device has more than 32 - keys, the event will be followed by a DeviceKeyStateNotify - event. If the device has more than 3 valuators, the event will - be followed by one or more DeviceValuator events. - -3.5 Device KeyState and ButtonState Notify Events - - DeviceKeyStateNotify - device: CARD8 - keys: LISTofCARD8 - DeviceButtonStateNotify - device: CARD8 - buttons: LISTofCARD8 - - These events contain information about the state of keys and - buttons on a device that will not fit into the - DeviceStateNotify wire event. These events are not selected by - clients, rather they may immediately follow a DeviceStateNotify - wire event and be combined with it into a single - DeviceStateNotify client event that a client may receive via - XNextEvent. - -3.6 DeviceMappingNotify Event - - DeviceMappingNotify - time: TIMESTAMP - device: CARD8 - request: CARD8 - first_keycode: CARD8 - count: CARD8 - - This event reports a change in the mapping of keys, modifiers, - or buttons on an extension device. This event is reported to - clients selecting DeviceMappingNotify for the device and window - and is generated after every client SetDeviceButtonMapping, - ChangeDeviceKeyMapping, or ChangeDeviceModifierMapping request. - -3.7 ChangeDeviceNotify Event - - ChangeDeviceNotify - device: CARD8 - time: TIMESTAMP - request: CARD8 - - This event reports a change in the physical device being used - as the core X keyboard or X pointer device. ChangeDeviceNotify - events are reported to clients selecting ChangeDeviceNotify for - the device and window and is generated after every client - ChangeKeyboardDevice or ChangePointerDevice request. - -3.7 Proximity Events - - ProximityIn - ProximityOut - device: CARD8 - root, event: WINDOW - child: Window or None - same-screen: BOOL - root-x, root-y, event-x, event-y: INT16 - state: SETofKEYBUTMASK - time: TIMESTAMP - device-state: SETofKEYBUTMASK - axis-count: CARD8 - first-axis: CARD8 - axis-data: LISTofINT32 - - These events are generated by some devices (such as graphics - tablets or touchscreens) to indicate that a stylus has moved - into or out of contact with a positional sensing surface. - - The “source” of the event is the window the pointer is in. The - window with respect to which the event is normally reported is - found by looking up the hierarchy (starting with the source - window) for the first window on which any client has selected - interest in the event. The actual window used for reporting can - be modified by active grabs and by the focus window.The window - the event is reported with respect to is called the “event” - window. - - The root is the root window of the “source” window, and root-x - and root-y are the pointer coordinates relative to root's - origin at the time of the event. Event is the “event” window. - If the event window is on the same screen as root, then event-x - and event-y are the pointer coordinates relative to the event - window's origin. Otherwise, event-x and event-y are zero. If - the source window is an inferior of the event window, then - child is set to the child of the event window that is an - ancestor of (or is) the source window. Otherwise, it is set to - None. The state component gives the logical state of the - buttons on the core X pointer and modifier keys on the core X - keyboard just before the event. The device-state component - gives the state of the buttons and modifiers on the device - generating the event. - -3.8 DevicePresenceEvents - - Introduced with XI 1.4. - - DevicePresence - time: TIMESTAMP - devchange: BYTE - #x00: DeviceAdded - #x01: DeviceRemoved - #x02: DeviceEnabled - #x03: DeviceDisabled - #x04: DeviceUnrecoverable - #x05: DeviceControlChanged - deviceid: BYTE - control: CARD16 - - DevicePresence events are sent when the server adds or removes, - or enables or disables an input device. The client is expected - to query the server for the list of input devices using the - ListInputDevices request to obtain the updated list of input - devices. DevicePresence events are also sent when a control on - the device has been changed. - - The devchange field specifies the type of operation. In case of - DeviceAdded, a new device has been added to the server, but - this device does not yet send events. If devchange is set to - DeviceEnabled, the device is enabled and will generate events. - If the field is DeviceDisabled or DeviceRemoved, the given - device is disabled and stops sending events or was removed from - the server, respectively. If the field is DeviceUnrecoverable, - an IO-error has occured on the device and the device is - forcibly disabled and removed by the server. If devchange is - DeviceControlChanged, control specifies the type of control - that has been changed. - -3.9 DevicePropertyNotifyEvent - - Introduced with XI 1.5. - - DevicePropertyNotifyEvent - deviceid: CARD8 - state: CARD8 - time: TIMESTAMP - atom: ATOM - - A DevicePropertyNotifyEvent is sent to all clients when a - property on the device is created, deleted, or changes value. - - The deviceid specifies the device which's property has been - modified. - - The atom specifies the named identifier of the property that - has been altered. - - If state is PropertyNewValue, the given property has a new - value or has been newly created. If state is PropertyDeleted, - the given property has been deleted. diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac index 39e4df9..bd5f046 100644 --- a/configure.ac +++ b/configure.ac @@ -3,11 +3,14 @@ AC_INIT([InputProto], [2.0.1], [https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?produ AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign dist-bzip2]) AM_MAINTAINER_MODE -# Require xorg-macros: XORG_DEFAULT_OPTIONS +# Require xorg-macros: XORG_WITH_ASCIIDOC m4_ifndef([XORG_MACROS_VERSION], - [m4_fatal([must install xorg-macros 1.3 or later before running autoconf/autogen])]) -XORG_MACROS_VERSION(1.3) + [m4_fatal([must install xorg-macros 1.10 or later before running autoconf/autogen])]) +XORG_MACROS_VERSION(1.10) XORG_DEFAULT_OPTIONS +XORG_ENABLE_SPECS +XORG_WITH_ASCIIDOC(8.4.5) AC_OUTPUT([Makefile + specs/Makefile inputproto.pc]) diff --git a/specs/.gitignore b/specs/.gitignore new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2d19fc7 --- /dev/null +++ b/specs/.gitignore @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +*.html diff --git a/specs/Makefile.am b/specs/Makefile.am new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a83cf40 --- /dev/null +++ b/specs/Makefile.am @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ + +if ENABLE_SPECS +if HAVE_ASCIIDOC + +doc_DATA = XI2proto.html XIproto.html +dist_doc_DATA = XI2proto.txt XIproto.txt + +%.html: %.txt + $(AM_V_GEN)$(ASCIIDOC) -o $@ $< + +CLEANFILES = $(doc_DATA) + +endif +endif diff --git a/specs/XI2proto.txt b/specs/XI2proto.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1e3adbe --- /dev/null +++ b/specs/XI2proto.txt @@ -0,0 +1,1715 @@ +The X Input Extension +===================== + + Version 2.0 + + Peter Hutterer + peter.hutterer@redhat.com + Red Hat, Inc. + + + +1. Introduction +--------------- + +The X Input Extension version 2.0 (XI2) is the second major release of the X +Input Extension. + +XI2 provides a number of enhancements over version 1.5, including: + +- use of XGE and GenericEvents. GenericEvents are of flexible length with a + minimum length of 32 bytes. +- explicit device hierarchy of master and slave devices. See Section 4. +- use of multiple independent master devices (Multi-Poiner X or MPX). +- the ability for devices to change capabilities at runtime. +- raw device events + +XI2's intent is to replace both core input processing and prior versions of +the X Input Extension. Historically, the majority of applications employed the +core protocol requests and events to handle user input. The core protocol does +not provide information about which device generated the event. The X Input +Extension version up to 1.5 requires the differentiation between core and +extended devices. Extended devices may not be core devices and thus cannot be +used on applications employing the core protocol. XI2 addresses both of these +issues by enabling devices to be both extended and core devices and providing +device information in each event (with the exception of core events). + +// ❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧ + +2. Notations used in this document +---------------------------------- + +Notation for requests: + + ┌─── + Name of request + name of request field: type of request field + name of request field: type of request field + ▶ + name of reply field: type of reply field + └─── + +Notation for events: + + ┌─── + Name of event + name of field: type of field + name of field: type of field + └─── + +Complex fields are specified in the following notation: + + name of field: COMPLEXFIELDTYPE + +or, if multiple of these fields exist: + + name of field: LISTofCOMPLEXFIELDTYPE + + COMPLEXFIELDTYPE: { name of subfield: type of subfield, + name of subfield: type of subfield } + +// ❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧ + +3. Interoperability between version 1.x and 2.0 +----------------------------------------------- + +There is little interaction between 1.x and 2.x versions of the X Input +Extension. Clients are requested to avoid mixing XI1.x and XI2 code as much as +possible. Several direct incompatibilities are observable: + +3.1 Limitations resulting from different variable ranges +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +XI2 provides a larger range for some fields than XI1. As a result, XI1 clients +may not receive data an XI2 client receives. +These fields include: + +- devices with a deviceid of greater than 127 are invisible to XI1 clients. +- key events and key grabs featuring larger than 255 can only be sent to XI2 + clients. +- no subpixel information is avialable to XI1 clients. If motion events are in + a subpixel range only, the server may omit these events and an XI 1.x client + will not receive events until the pixel boundary is crossed. + + +3.2 Blocking of grabs +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +XI1 grabs are different to XI2 grab and a device may not be grabbed through an +XI2 grab if an XI1 grab is currently active on this device or vice versa. +Likewise, a keycode or button already grabbed by an XI 1.x or XI2 client may +not be grabbed with the same modifier combination by an XI2 or XI 1.x client, +respectively. + +3.3 Invisibility of Master Devices +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +XI 1.x was not designed with support for multiple master devices (see Section +4). As a result, only the first master pointer and master keyboard are visible +to XI 1.x clients, all other master devices are invisible and cannot be +accessed from XI 1.x calls. + +// ❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧ + +4. The Master/Slave device hierarchy +------------------------------------ + +XI2 introduces a device hierarchy split up into so-called Master Devices (MD) +and Slave Devices (SD). + +4.1 Master devices +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +An MD is a virtual device created and managed by the server. MDs may send core +events and XI events. However, an MD does not represent a physical device and +relies on SDs for event generation. MDs come in two forms: as master pointers +or as master keyboards. A master pointer is represented by a visible cursor on +the screen. A master keyboard is represented by a keyboard focus. + +Each master pointer is paired with the respective master keyboard and vice +versa, and this pairing is constant for the lifetime of both input devices. +Clients can use this pairing behaviour to implement input paradigms that +require pointer and keyboard interation (e.g. SHIFT + Click). + +4.2 Slave devices +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +An SD is usually a physical device configured in the server. SDs are not +represented by a cursor or keyboard focus and may be attached to a master +pointer or master keyboard. SDs can only be attached to any master of the same +type (e.g. a physical pointer device can be attached to any master pointer). + +If an event is generated by an SD + +- if the SD is attached to a master pointer, it changes the position and/or + button state of the master pointer. +- if the SD is attached to a master keyboard, it sends events to this + keyboard's focus window (if applicable) and/or changes the modifier state of + this keyboard. +- if the SD is not attached to an MD ("floating"), it does not change + any master device. The SD has its own (invisible) sprite and its own focus. + Both the sprite and the focus must be managed explicitly by the client + program. + +4.3 Event processing for attached slave devices +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Whenever an SD changes its logical state, + +- the event is delivered as an XI event to any interested clients. If the + device is floating, event processing stops. + Otherwise, if the device is attached, +- the master device changes its classes to reflect the SD's capabilities. All + interested clients are notified of this device change. +- then, the event is delivered as an XI event from the MD to any interested + clients. If the event has been delivered, event processing stops. + Otherwise, +- the event is delivered as a core event to any interested clients. + +Given that W is the event window, and P the parent window of W, event delivery +to P is only attempted if neither the XI event, nor the core event has been +delivered on W. Once an event has been delivered as either XI or core event, +event processing stops. + +4.4. The ClientPointer principle +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Many core protocol and some extension requests are ambiguous when multiple +master devices are available (e.g. QueryPointer does not specfy which pointer). +The X server does not have the knowledge to chose the contextually correct +master device. For each client, one master pointer is designated as this +clients's "ClientPointer". Whenever a client sends an ambiguous request (e.g. +QueryPointer), the ClientPointer or the keyboard paired with the ClientPointer +is chosen to provide the data for this request. + +This ClientPointer may be explicitly assigned to a client with the +SetClientPointer call. If no ClientPointer is set when a client issues an +ambiguous request, the server choses one device as the ClientPointer. The +method of chosing a ClientPointer from the available master pointers is +implementation-specific. + +If the master pointer currently set as ClientPointer for one or more clients is +removed, the server may either unset the ClientPointer setting or change the +ClientPointer to a different master pointer. + +// ❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧ + +5. Data types +------------- + + BUTTONMASK + A binary mask defined as (1 << button number). + A SETofBUTTONMASK is a binary OR of zero or more BUTTONMASK. + + DEVICE { DEVICEID, AllDevices, AllMasterDevices } + A DEVICE specifies either a DEVICEID or AllDevices or + AllMasterDevices. + + DEVICEID { CARD16 } + A DEVICEID is a numerical ID for a device currently available in the + server. The server may re-use a device ID after a device's removal. + The device IDs 0 and 1 are reserved. + AllDevices ........ 0 + AllMasterDevices .. 1 + + DEVICEUSE { MasterPointer, MasterKeyboard, SlavePointer, + SlaveKeyboard, FloatingSlave } + A DEVICEUSE field specifies the current use of a device in the MD/SD + device hierarchy. See Section 4 for more information. + + EVENTMASK + An EVENTMASK is a binary mask defined as (1 << event type). + A SETofEVENTMASK is a binary OR of zero or more EVENTMASK. + + FP1616 + Fixed point decimal in 16.16 format as one INT16 and one CARD16. + The INT16 contains the integral part, the CARD32 the decimal fraction + shifted by 16. + + FP3232 + Fixed point decimal in 32.32 format as one INT32 and one CARD32. + The INT32 contains the integral part, the CARD32 the decimal fraction + shifted by 32. + + VALUATORMASK + A binary mask defined as (1 << valuator number). + A SETofVALUATORMASK is a binary OR of zero or more VALUATORMASK. + +// ❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧ + +6. Errors +--------- + +Errors are sent using core X error reports. + + Device + A value for a DEVICE argument does not specify a valid DEVICE. + +// ❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧ + +7. Requests: +------------ + +The server does not guarantee that the length of a reply remains constant in +future revisions of XI2. A client must always retrieve the exact length of the +protocol reply from the connection, even if the reply is longer than defined +for the XI2 version supported by the client. +Additional bytes in a request may include data supported in later versions of +XI2. Clients should ignore this data. Padding bytes in XI2 protocol requests +are required to be 0. + +7.1 Requests introduced in version 2.0 +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + + ┌─── + XIQueryVersion + major_version: CARD16 + minor_version: CARD16 + ▶ + major_version: CARD16 + minor_version: CARD16 + └─── + +The client sends the highest supported version to the server and the +server sends the highest version it supports, but no higher than the +requested version. Major versions changes can introduce incompatibilities +in existing functionality, minor version changes introduce only backward +compatible changes. It is the client's responsibility to ensure that the +server supports a version which is compatible with its expectations. + + major_version + Major XI2 version. + minor_version + Minor XI2 version. + +If major_version is less than 2, a BadValue error occurs. + + ┌─── + XIQueryDevice + DEVICE deviceid + ▶ + num_devices: CARD16 + deviceinfo: LISTofDEVICEINFO + └─── + + DEVICEINFO { deviceid: DEVICEID + use: DEVICEUSE + attachment: DEVICEID + enabled: BOOL + num_classes: CARD16 + name_len: CARD16 + name: LISTofCHAR8 + classes: LISTofCLASS } + + CLASS { BUTTONCLASS, KEYCLASS, AXISCLASS } + + BUTTONCLASS { type: ButtonClass + length: CARD16 + sourceid: CARD16 + buttons_len: CARD16 + state: SETofBUTTONMASK + labels: LISTofATOM } + + KEYCLASS { type: KeyClass + length: CARD16 + sourceid: CARD16 + num_keys: CARD16 + keys: LISTofCARD32 } + + AXISCLASS { type: AxisClass + length: CARD16 + sourceid: CARD16 + axisnumber: CARD16 + label: ATOM + min: FP3232 + max: FP3232 + value: FP3232 + resolution: CARD32 } + +XIQueryDevice details information about the requested input devices. + + devices + The device to list. If devices is AllDevices, all enabled and + disabled devices are listed. If devices is AllMasterDevices, all + enabled and disabled master devices are listed. If devices is a + valid DEVICE, only this DEVICE is listed and num_devices is 1. + num_devices + The number of deviceinfos returned. + +Each deviceinfo is detailed as follows: + + deviceid + The unique ID of the device. Device IDs may get re-used when a device + is removed. + use + If the device is a master pointer, use is MasterPointer. + If the device is a master keyboard, use is MasterKeyboard. + If the device is a slave pointer, use is SlavePointer. + If the device is a slave keyboard, use is SlaveKeyboard. + If the device is a floating slave, use is FloatingSlave. + attachment + If the device is a master pointer or a master keyboard, attachment + specifies the paired master keyboard, or the paired master pointer, + respectively. If the device is a non-floating slave device + attachment specifies the master device this device is attached to. + If the device is a floating slave, attachment is undefined. + enabled + Zero if the device is disabled, non-zero otherwise. + num_classes + Number of classes provided. + name_len + Length of the name in bytes not including padding. + classes + Details the available classes provided by the device in an undefined + order. + name + The device's name. padded to a multiple of 4 bytes. + +For all classes, type specifies the device class. Clients are required +to ignore unknown device classes. The length field specifies the length +of the class in 4 byte units. +The following classes may occur only once: ButtonClass, KeyClass + + ButtonClass: + type + Always ButtonClass. + length + Length in 4 byte units. + sourceid + The device this class originates from. + num_buttons + Number of buttons provided by the device. + labels + List of Atoms specifying the label for each button. An Atom of None + specifies an unlabeled button. Buttons are listed in the device-native + order regardless of the current button mapping. + state + The current button mask for this device after button mapping is + applied. Each bit representing a button is 1 if this button is + logically down, or 0 otherwise. State is a multiple of 4-byte units + and always contains at least num_buttons bits. + + KeyClass: + type + Always KeyClass. + length + Length in 4 byte units. + sourceid + The device this class originates from. + num_keys + Number of keycodes provided by the device. + keys + List of keycodes provided. + + AxisClass: + type + Always AxisClass. + length + Length in 4 byte units. + sourceid + The device this class originates from. + axisnumber + Axis number of this axis. The axis number is in device-native + order and potential axis mappings are ignored. + label + Atom specifying the axis name. An Atom of None specifies an unlabeled + axis. + min + Minimum value. + max + Minimum value. + resolution + Resolution in counts/meter. + mode + Relative or Absolute. + value + Last published axis value (if mode is absolute). + +An axis in Relative mode may specify min and max as a hint to the +client. If no min and max information is available, both must be 0. + + ┌─── + XISelectEvents + window: Window + num_masks: CARD16 + masks: LISTofEVENTMASK + + └─── + + EVENTMASK { deviceid: DEVICE, + mask_len: CARD16, + mask: SETofEVENTMASK + + window + The window to select the events on. + num_masks + Number of items in masks. + deviceid + Numerical deviceid, or AllDevices, or AllMasterDevices. + mask_len + Length of mask in 4 byte units. + mask + Event mask. An event mask for an event type T is defined as (1 << T). + +XISelectEvents selects for XI2 events on window. + +If num_masks is 0, a BadValue error occurs. + +Each mask sets the (and overwrites a previous) event mask for the DEVICE +specified through deviceid. The device AllDevices or +AllMasterDevices is treated as a separate device by server. A client's +event mask is the union of AllDevices, AllMasterDevices and the +per-device event mask. +The removal of device from the server unsets the event masks for the +device. If an event mask is set for AllDevices or AllMasterDevices, the +event mask is not cleared on device removal and affects all future +devices. + +If mask_len is 0, the event mask for the given device is cleared. + +The mask for XIHierarchyEvents may only be selected for XIAllDevices. +Setting it for any other device results in a BadValue error. + + ┌─── + XIGetSelectedEvents + window: Window + ▶ + num_masks: CARD16 + masks: LISTofEVENTMASK + └─── + + window + The window to select the events on. + num_masks + Number of items in masks. + masks + Selected event masks by this client. + +Masks are returned on a per-device basis, with masks for AllDevices and +AllMasterDevices returned separately. A client can calculate the +effective mask for a device with a bitwise OR of the AllDevices, the +AllMasterDevices and the device-specific mask. + +If num_masks is 0, no events have been selected by this client on the +given window. + + ┌─── + XIQueryPointer + window: Window + deviceid: DEVICEID + ▶ + root: Window + child: Window + root_x: FP1616 + root_y: FP1616 + win_x: FP1616 + win_y: FP1616 + same_screen: BOOL + mods: MODIFIERINFO + group: GROUPINFO + buttons_len: CARD16 + buttons: SETofBUTTONMASK + └─── + +Query a master pointer device for its current position. + + root + The root window the pointer is logically on. + child + The child window of window that contains the pointer or None. + root_x + root_y + Pointer position relative to the root window's origin. + win_x + win_y + Pointer position relative to window or 0 if same_screen is false. + same_screen + True if window is on the same screen as the pointer. + mods + XKB modifier state on the paired device. + group + XKB group state on the paired device. + buttons_len + The length of buttons in 4 byte units. + buttons + Button state. + +If the device is not a master pointer device or not a floating slave +pointer, a BadDevice error results. + + ┌─── + XIWarpPointer + src_win: Window + dst_win: Window + src_x: FP1616 + src_y: FP1616 + src_width: INT16 + src_height: INT16 + dst_x: FP1616 + dst_y: FP1616 + deviceid: DEVICEID + └─── + +WarpPointer moves the pointer of deviceid as if the user had moved +the pointer. WarpPointer can only be called for MasterPointer and +FloatingSlave devices. + + src_win + If src_window is not None, the move only takes place if src_window + contains the pointer and the pointer is contained in the specified + rectangle of src_window. + dst_win + If dst_win is None, this request moves the pointer by offsets + dst_x/dst_y relative to the current position of the pointer. If + dst_window is a window, this request moves the pointer to + dst_x/dst_y relative to dst_win's origin. + src_x + src_y + src_width + src_height + Specifies the source window rectangle. + dst_x + dst_y + The relative coordinates to move the pointer if dst_win is None, or + the absolute coordinates if dst_win is a window. + deviceid + The device to warp. + +This request cannot be used to move the pointer outside the confine-to +window of an active pointer grab. An attempt will only move the pointer as +far as the closest edge of the confine-to window. + +This request will generate events just as if the user had instantaneously +moved the pointer. + + ┌─── + XIChangeCursor + win: Window + cursor: Cursor + deviceid: DEVICEID + └─── + +Change a master pointer's cursor on the specified window. + + window + The window. + cursor + The new cursor or None. + deviceid + The master pointer device. + +Whenever device enters a window W, the cursor shape is selected in the +following order: +- if the current window has a device cursor C(d) defined for device, + display this cursor C(d). +- otherwise, if the current window has a cursor C(w) defined in the core + protocol's window attributes, display cursor C(w). +- repeat on parent window until a cursor has been found. + +The device cursor for a given window is reset once the window is destroyed +or the device is removed, whichever comes earlier. + +If deviceid does not specify a master pointer, a BadDevice error +is returned. + + ┌─── + XIChangeHierarchy + num_changes: CARD8 + changes: LISTofHIERARCHYCHANGES + └─── + + HIERARCHYCHANGE { ADDMASTER, REMOVEMASTER, ATTACHSLAVE, DETACHSLAVE } + + HIERARCHYCHANGETYPE { AddMaster, RemoveMaster, AttachSlave, DetachSlave } + + CHANGEMODE { Float, Attach } + + ADDMASTER { type: HIERARCHYCHANGETYPE + length: CARD16 + name_len: CARD16 + send_core: BOOL + enable: BOOL + name: LISTofCHAR8 } + + REMOVEMASTER { type: HIERARCHYCHANGETYPE + length: CARD16 + deviceid: DEVICEID + return_mode: CHANGEMODE + return_pointer: DEVICEID + return_keyboard: DEVICEID } + + ATTACHSLAVE { type: HIERARCHYCHANGETYPE + length: CARD16 + deviceid: DEVICEID + master: DEVICEID } + + DETACHSLAVE { type: HIERARCHYCHANGETYPE + length: CARD16 + deviceid: DEVICEID } + +XIChangeHierarchy allows a client to modify the MD/SD device +hierarchy (see Section 4). + + num_changes + The number of changes to apply to the current hierarchy. + changes + The list of changes. + +The server processes the changes in the order received from the client and +applies each requested change immediately. If an error occurs, processing +stops at the current change and returns the number of successfully applied +changes in the error. + + ADDMASTER creates a pair of master devices. + type + Always AddMaster. + length + Length in 4 byte units. + name_len + Length of name in bytes. + send_core + True if the device should send core events. + enable + True if the device is to be enabled immediately. + name + The name for the new master devices. The master pointer's name is + automatically appended with " pointer", the master keyboard's name is + automatically appended with " keyboard". + + REMOVEMASTER removes an existing master device. + type + Always RemoveMaster. + length + Length in 4 byte units. + deviceid + The device to remove. + return_mode + Return mode for attached slave devices. + If return_mode is Float, all slave devices are set to floating. + If return_mode is Attach, slave pointers are attached to + return_pointer and slave keyboards are attached to + return_keyboard. + return_pointer + return_keyboard + The master pointer and master keyboard to attach slave devices to, if + return_mode is Attach. If return_mode is Float, return_pointer + and return_keyboard are undefined. + +Removing a master pointer removes the paired master keyboard and vice +versa. + + ATTACHSLAVE attaches a slave device to a given master device. + type + Always ChangeAttachment. + length + Length in 4 byte units. + deviceid + Deviceid of the slave device. + master + The new master device to attach this slave device to. + + DETACHSLAVE detaches a slave device from its current master device. + type + Always ChangeAttachment. + length + Length in 4 byte units. + deviceid + Deviceid of the slave device. + + ┌─── + XISetClientPointer + win: Window + deviceid: DEVICEID + └─── + +Set the ClientPointer for the client owning win to the given device. + + win + Window or client ID. + deviceid + The master pointer or master keyboard that acts as ClientPointer. + +Some protocol requests are ambiguous and the server has to choose a device +to provide data for a request or a reply. By default, the server will +choose a client's ClientPointer device to provide the data, unless the +client currently has a grab on another device. See section 4.4 for more +details. + +If win is None, the ClientPointer for this client is set to the given +device. Otherwise, if win is a valid window, the ClientPointer for the +client owning this window is set to the given device. Otherwise, if win is +not a valid window but a client with the client mask equal to win exists, +this client's ClientPointer is set to the given device. + +If deviceid does not specify a master pointer or master keyboard, a +BadDevice error is returned. + +If window does not specify a valid window or client ID and is not None, a +BadWindow error is returned. + + ┌─── + XIGetClientPointer + win: Window + ▶ + set: BOOL + deviceid: DEVICEID + └─── + +Query the ClientPointer for the client owning win. + + win + The window or client ID. + set + True if the client has a ClientPointer set. + deviceid + The master pointer that acts as a ClientPointer if set is True. + +No difference is made between a ClientPointer set explicitly through +XISetClientPointer and a ClientPointer implicitly assigned by the server +in response to an ambiguous request. + + ┌─── + XISetFocus + focus: Window + deviceid: DEVICEID + time: Time + └─── + +Set the focus for the given device to the given window. Future key events +from this device are sent to this window. +This request generates FocusIn and FocusOut events. + + focus + A viewable window or None. + deviceid + The device to modify the focus window for. + time + Specifies the time to change the focus or CurrentTime. + +If focus is None, key events from this device are discarded until a new +focus window is set. If focus is a viewable window, key events from this +device are sent to this window. If the window becomes unviewable, the +window's first viewable ancestor automatically becomes the focus window +and FocusIn and FocusOut events are sent as if a client had changed the +focus window. +This is equivalent to RevertToParent in the core XSetInputFocus window. + +This request has no effect if the specified time is earlier than the +current last-focus-change time or is later than the current X server time. +Otherwise, the last-focus-change time is set to the specified time. + + ┌─── + XIGetFocus + deviceid: DEVICEID + ▶ + focus: Window + └─── + +Return the current focus window for the given device. + + ┌─── + XIGrabDevice + deviceid: DEVICEID + grab_window: Window + owner_events: BOOL + grab_mode: { Synchronous, Asynchronous } + paired_device_mode: { Synchronous, Asynchronous } + time: TIMESTAMP or CurrentTime + cursor: Cursor + mask_len: CARD16 + masks: SETofEVENTMASK + ▶ + status: Success, AlreadyGrabbed, Frozen, InvalidTime, NotViewable + └─── + +This request actively grabs control of the specified input device. Further +input events from this device are reported only to the grabbing client. +This request overides any previous active grab by this client for this +device. + + deviceid + The device to grab. + grab_window + Events are reported relative to the grab window. + owner_events + Specifies whether event will be reported normally or relative to the + grab window. + grab_mode + Specifies if this device will be frozen as a result of the grab. + paired_device_mode + Specifies if the master device paired with this device will be frozen + as a result of the grab. + time + A valid server time or CurrentTime. + cursor + The cursor to display for the duration of the grab or None. + mask_len + Length of mask in 4 byte units. + mask + Event mask. An event mask for an event type T is defined as (1 << T). + status + Success or the reason why the grab could not be established. + +The masks parameter specifies which events the client wishes to receive +while the device is grabbed. + +If owner-events is False, input events generated from this device are +reported with respect to grab-window, and are only reported if selected by +being included in the event-list. If owner-events is True, then if a +generated event would normally be reported to this client, it is reported +normally, otherwise the event is reported with respect to the grab-window, +and is only reported if selected by being included in the event-list. For +either value of owner-events, unreported events are discarded. + +If grab-mode is Asynchronous, device event processing continues normally. +If the device is currently frozen by this client, then processing of +device events is resumed. If grab-mode is Synchronous, the state of the +grabbed device (as seen by means of the protocol) appears to freeze, +and no further device events are generated by the server until the +grabbing client issues a releasing XIAllowEvents request or until the +device grab is released. Actual device input events are not lost while the +device is frozen; they are simply queued for later processing. + +If the device is a slave device, the paired-device-mode is ignored. +Otherwise, if this device is a master device and paired-device-mode is +Asynchronous, event processing is unaffected by activation of the grab. If +this device is a master device and paired-device-mode is Synchronous, the +state of the master device paired with this device (as seen by means of the +protocol) appears to freeze, and no further events are generated by the +server until the grabbing client issues a releasing XIAllowEvents request +or until the device grab is released. Actual events are not lost while the +devices are frozen; they are simply queued for later processing. + +If the cursor is not None and the device is a master pointer device, the +cursor will be displayed until the device is ungrabbed. + +This request fails and returns: + + AlreadyGrabbed: If the device is actively grabbed by some other client. + NotViewable: If grab-window is not viewable. + InvalidTime: If the specified time is earlier than the last-grab-time for + the specified device or later than the current X server time. + Otherwise, the last-grab-time for the specified device is set + to the specified time and CurrentTime is replaced by the + current X server time. + Frozen: If the device is frozen by an active grab of another client. + +To release a grab of a device, use XIUngrabDevice. + + ┌─── + XIUngrabDevice + deviceid: DEVICEID + time: TIMESTAMP or CurrentTime + └─── + +This request releases the device if this client has it actively grabbed +(from either XIGrabDevice or XIPassiveGrabDevice) and +releases any queued events. If any devices were frozen by the grab, +XIUngrabDevice thaws them. + + deviceid + The device to grab. + time + A valid server time or CurrentTime. + +The request has no effect if the specified time is earlier than the +last-device-grab time or is later than the current server time. +This request generates FocusIn and FocusOut events. +An XIUngrabDevice is performed automatically if the event window for an +active device grab becomes not viewable. + + ┌─── + XIAllowEvents: + deviceid: DEVICEID + time: TIMESTAMP or CurrentTime + event_mode: { AsyncDevice, SyncDevice, + AsyncPairedDevice, SyncPairedDevice, + ReplayDevice, AsyncPair, SyncPair } + └─── + +The XIAllowEvents request releases some queued events if the client +has caused a device to freeze. + + deviceid + The device to grab. + time + A valid server time or CurrentTime. + event_mode + Specifies whether a device is to be thawed and events are to be + replayed. + +The request has no effect if the specified time is earlier than the +last-grab time of the most recent active grab for the client, or if the +specified time is later than the current X server time. + +The following describes the processing that occurs depending on what constant +you pass to the event-mode argument: + + AsyncDevice: + If the specified device is frozen by the client, event processing for that + device continues as usual. If the device is frozen multiple times by the + client on behalf of multiple separate grabs, AsyncDevice thaws for + all. + AsyncDevice has no effect if the specified device is not frozen by the + client, but the device need not be grabbed by the client. + SyncDevice: + If the specified device is frozen and actively grabbed by the client, + event processing for that device continues normally until the next + event is reported to the client. At this time, the specified device + again appears to freeze. However, if the reported event causes the + grab to be released, the specified device does not freeze. + SyncDevice has no effect if the specified device is not frozen by the + client or is not grabbed by the client. + ReplayDevice: + If the specified device is actively grabbed by the client and is frozen + as the result of an event having been sent to the client (either from + the activation of a XIGrabButton or from a previous XIAllowEvents with + mode SyncDevice, but not from a Grab), the grab is released and + that event is completely reprocessed. This time, however, the request + ignores any passive grabs at or above (towards the root) the + grab-window of the grab just released. + The request has no effect if the specified device is not grabbed by + the client or if it is not frozen as the result of an event. + AsyncPairedDevice + If the paired master device is frozen by the client, event processing + for it continues as usual. If the paired device is frozen multiple + times by the client on behalf of multiple separate grabs, + AsyncPairedDevice thaws for all. + AsyncPairedDevice has no effect if the device is not frozen by the + client, but those devices need not be grabbed by the client. + AsyncPairedDevice has no effect if deviceid specifies a slave device. + SyncPairedDevice + If the paired master device is frozen by the client, event processing (for + the paired master device) continues normally until the next button or key + event is reported to the client for the grabbed device (button event for + the grabbed device, key or motion event for the device), at which time + the device again appears to freeze. However, if the reported event causes + the grab to be released, then the device does not freeze. + SyncPairedDevice has no effect if the specified device is not grabbed + by the client or if it is no frozen as the result of an event. + SyncPairedDevice has no effect if deviceid specifies a slave device. + SyncPair + If both the device and the paired master device are frozen by the + client, event processing (for both devices) continues normally until + the next XIButtonPress, XIButtonRelease, XIKeyPress, or XIKeyRelease + event is reported to the client for a grabbed device (button event for + a pointer, key event for a keyboard), at which time the devices again + appear to freeze. However, if the reported event causes the grab to be + released, then the devices do not freeze (but if the other device is + still grabbed, then a subsequent event for it will still cause both + devices to freeze). + SyncPair has no effect unless both the device and the paired master + device are frozen by the client. If the device or paired master device + is frozen twice by the client on behalf of two separate grabs, + SyncPair thaws for both (but a subsequent freeze for SyncPair will + only freeze each device once). + SyncPair has no effect if deviceid specifies a slave device. + AsyncPair + If the device and the paired master device are frozen by the client, + event processing for both devices continues normally. If a device is + frozen twice by the client on behalf of two separate grabs, AsyncBoth + thaws for both. AsyncPair has no effect unless both the device and the + paired master device frozen by the client. + AsyncPair has no effect if deviceid specifies a slave device. + + ┌─── + XIPassiveGrabDevice + deviceid: DEVICE + detail: CARD32 + grab_type: GRABTYPE + grab_window: Window + cursor: Cursor + owner_events: Bool + grab_mode: { Synchronous, Asynchronous } + paired_device_mode: { Synchronous, Asynchronous } + num_modifiers: INT16 + mask_len: CARD16 + masks: SETofEVENTMASK + modifiers: CARD32 or GrabAnyModifier + ▶ + num_modifiers_return: INT16 + modifiers_return: GRABMODIFIERINFO + └─── + + GRABTYPE { GrabtypeButton, GrabtypeKeycode, GrabtypeEnter, + GrabtypeFocusIn} + + GRABMODIFIERINFO { status: Access + modifiers: CARD32 } + +Establish an explicit passive grab for a button or keycode +on the specified input device. + + cursor + The cursor to display for the duration of the grab. If grab_type + is not GrabtypeButton, this argument is ignored. + deviceid + The device to establish the passive grab on or AllDevices or + AllMasterDevices. + detail + The button number, or key symbol to grab for. + Must be 0 for GrabtypeEnter and GrabtypeFocusIn. + grab_type + The type of grab to establish. + grab_window + Events are reported relative to the grab window. + grab_mode + If grab-mode is Asynchronous, device event processing continues + normally. If the device is currently frozen by this client, then + processing of device events is resumed. If grab-mode is + Synchronous, the state of the grabbed device (as seen by means of + the protocol) appears to freeze, and no further device events are + generated by the server until the grabbing client issues a + releasing XIAllowEvents request or until the device grab is + released. Actual device input events are not lost while the device + is frozen; they are simply queued for later processing. + mask_len + Length of mask in 4 byte units. + mask + Event mask. An event mask for an event type T is defined as (1 << T). + modifiers + XKB modifier state to activate this passive grab. + num_modifiers + Number of elements in modifiers. + owner_events + Specifies whether event will be reported normally or relative to the + grab window. + num_modifiers_return + Number of elements in modifiers_return + modifiers_return + XKB modifier state that could not be grabbed. + +If owner-events is False, input events generated from this device are +reported with respect to grab-window, and are only reported if +selected by being included in the event-list. If owner-events is +True, then if a generated event would normally be reported to this +client, it is reported normally, otherwise the event is reported +with respect to the grab-window, and is only reported if selected +by being included in the event-list. For either value of +owner-events, unreported events are discarded. + +If deviceid specifies a master pointer, the modifiers of the paired +master keyboard are used. If deviceid specifies a slave pointer +the modifiers of the master keyboard paired with the attached master +pointers are used. If deviceid specifies a slave keyboard, the +modifiers of the attached master keyboard are used. Note that +activating a grab on a slave device detaches the device from its +master. In this case, the modifiers after activation of the grab are +from the slave device only and may be different to the modifier state +when the grab was triggered. + +In the future, if grab_type is GrabtypeButton or GrabtypeKeyboard, the +device is actively grabbed if: + + - the device is not grabbed, and + - the specified modifier keys are down, and + - the grab_type is GrabtypeButton and the button specified in detail + is logically pressed or the grab_type is GrabtypeKeycode and the + keycode specified in detail is logically pressed, and + - the grab_window contains the pointer, and + - a passive grab on the same button/keycode + modifier + combination does not exist on an ancestor of grab_window. + +Otherwise, if grab_type is GrabtypeEnter or GrabtypeFocusIn, the +device is actively grabbed if: + + - the device is not actively grabbed, and + - the specified modifier keys are down, and + - the grab_type is GrabtypeEnter and the device's pointer has moved + into grab_window or a descendant of grab_window, or the grab_type is + GrabtypeFocusIn and the device's focus has been set to the + grab_window or a descendant of grab_window, + - a passive grab of the same grab_type + modifier combination does not + does not exist on an ancestor of grab_window. + +A modifier of GrabAnyModifier is equivalent to issuing the request for +all possible modifier combinations (including no modifiers). A client +may request a grab for GrabAnyModifier and explicit modifier +combinations in the same request. + +A GrabtypeButton or GrabtypeKeyboard grab is released when all buttons +or keycode are released, independent of the state of modifier keys. +A GrabtypeEnter or GrabtypeFocusIn grab is released when the +pointer or focus leaves the window and all of its descendants, +independent of the state of modifier keys. +Note that the logical state of a device (as seen by means of the +protocol) may lag the physical state if device event processing is +frozen. + +This request overrides all previous passive grabs by the same +client on the same button/key/enter/focus in + modifier combinations +on the same window. + +If some other client already has issued a XIPassiveGrabDevice request +with the same button or keycode and modifier combination, the +failed modifier combinations is returned in modifiers_return. If some +other client already has issued an XIPassiveGrabDevice request of +grab_type XIGrabtypeEnter or XIGrabtypeFocusIn with the same +grab_window and the same modifier combination, the failed modifier +combinations are returned in modifiers_return. If num_modifiers_return +is zero, all passive grabs have been successful. + +If a button grab or enter grab activates, EnterNotify and LeaveNotify +events with mode Grab are generated as if the pointer were to suddenly +warp from its current position some position in the grab_window. +However, the pointer does not warp, and the pointer position is used +as both the initial and final positions for the events. + +If a keycode grab or focus grab activates, FocusIn and FocusOut events +with mode Grab are generated as if the focus were to change from the +current window to the grab_window. + +If an enter or focus in grab activates, additional EnterNotify events +with mode XIPassiveGrabNotify are generated as if the pointer or focus +were to suddenly warp from its current position to some position in +the grab window. These events are sent to the grabbing client only +and only if the grab event mask has selected for it. If such a passive +grab deactivates, addional LeaveNotify events with mode +XIPassiveUngrabNotify are generated and sent to the grabbing client +before the grab deactivates. + + ┌─── + XIPassiveUngrabDevice + deviceid: DEVICEID + detail: CARD32 + grab_type: GRABTYPE + grab_window: Window + num_modifiers: INT16 + modifiers: MODIFIERINFO + └─── + +Release an explicit passive grab on the specified input device. + + deviceid + The device to establish the passive grab on. + detail + The button number or key symbol to ungrab. + Must be 0 for GrabtypeEnter and GrabtypeFocusIn. + grab_type + The type of grab to establish. + grab_window + Events are reported relative to the grab window. + modifiers + XKB modifier state to activate this passive grab. + num_modifiers + Number of elements in modifiers. + +This request has no effect if the client does not have a passive grab +of the same type, same button or keycode (if applicable) and modifier +combination on the grab_window. + + ┌─── + XIListProperties + deviceid: DEVICEID + ▶ + num_properties: INT16 + properties: LISTofATOM + └─── + +List the properties associated with the given device. + + deviceid + The device to list the properties for. + num_atoms + Number of atoms in the reply + atoms + All properties on the device. + + ┌─── + XIChangeProperty + deviceid: DEVICEID + property: ATOM + type: ATOM + format: { 8, 16, 32 } + mode: { Append, Prepend, Replace } + num_items: CARD32 + data: LISTofINT8, or LISTofINT16, or LISTofINT32 + └─── + +Change the given property on the given device. + + deviceid + The device to change the property on. + property + The property to modify. + type + The property's type. + mode + One of Append, Prepend, or Replace + num_items + Number of items following this request. + data + Property data (nitems * format/8 bytes) + +The type is uninterpreted by the server. The format specifies whether +the data should be viewed as a list of 8-bit, 16-bit, or 32-bit +quantities so that the server can correctly byte-swap as necessary. + +If the mode is Replace, the previous propert y value is discarded. If +the mode is Prepend or Append, then the type and format must match the +existing property value (or a Match error results). If the property is +undefined, it is treated as defined with the correct type and format +with zero-length data. For Prepend, the data is tacked on to the +beginning of the existing data, and for Append, it is tacked on to the +end of the existing data. + +The lifetime of a property is not tied to the storing client. Properties +remain until explicitly deleted, until the device is removed, or +until server reset. + +A property cannot be deleted by setting nitems to zero. To delete a +property, use XIDeleteProperty. + +This request generates an XIPropertyEvent. + + ┌─── + XIDeleteProperty + deviceid: DEVICEID + property: ATOM + └─── + +Deletes the given property on the given device. + + deviceid + The device to delete the property on. + property + The property to delete. + +If the property is deleted, an XIPropertyEvent is generated on the device. +If the property does not exist, this request does nothing. + + ┌─── + XIGetProperty + deviceid: DEVICEID + property: ATOM + type: Atom or AnyPropertyType + offset: CARD32 + len: CARD32 + delete: BOOL + ▶ + type: Atom + bytes_after: CARD32 + num_items: CARD32 + format: { 8, 16, 32 } + data: LISTofINT8, or LISTofINT16, or LISTofINT32 + └─── + +Get the data for the given property on the given device. + + deviceid + The device to retrieve the property data from. + property + The property to retrieve the data from.. + type + The property type to retrieve or AnyPropertyType + offset + The offset in 4-byte units. + len + Number of bytes to receive in 4-byte units. + delete + Delete the property after retrieving the data. + bytes_after + Number of unread bytes in the stored property + num_items + Number of items in data + format + 8, 16, or 32 + data + Property data (nitems * format/8 bytes) + +If the specified property does not exist for the specified device, then +the return type is None, the format and bytes-after are zero, and the value is +empty. The delete argument is ignored in this case. If the specified property +exists but its type does not match the specified type, then the return +type is the actual type of the property, the format is the actual format of the +property (never zero), the bytes-after is the length of the property in bytes +(even if the format is 16 or 32), and the value is empty. The delete +argument is ignored in this case. If the specified property exists and +either AnyPropertyType is specified or the specified type matches the actual +type of the property, then the return type is the actual type of the property, +the format is the actual format of the property +(never zero), and the bytes-after and value are as follows, given: + + N = actual length of the stored property in bytes + (even if the format is 16 or 32) + I = 4 * long-offset + T = N−I + L = MINIMUM(T, 4 * long-length) + A = N − (I + L) + +The returned value starts at byte index I in the property (indexing +from 0), and its length in bytes is L. However, it is a Value error if +offset is given such that L is negative. The value of bytes_after is A, +giving the number of trailing unread bytes in the stored property. If +delete is True and the bytes_after is zero, the property is also +deleted from the device, and a XIPropertyNotify event is generated on +the device. + + +8. Events: +---------- + +An event specifies its length in 4-byte units after the initial 32 bytes. +Future versions of the protocol may provide additional information +in the same event, thus increasing the event size. Clients are required to +always read the number of bytes specified by the event, not the size of the +event they may have been compiled against. + + +The following event types are available in XI2. + +Version 2.0: + HierarchyChanged + DeviceChanged + KeyPress + KeyRelease + ButtonPress + ButtonRelease + Motion + RawKeyPress + RawKeyRelease + RawButtonPress + RawButtonRelease + RawMotion + Enter + Leave + FocusIn + FocusOut + PropertyEvent + +All events have a set of common fields specified as EVENTHEADER. + + + EVENTHEADER { type: BYTE + extension: BYTE + sequenceNumber: CARD16 + length: CARD32 + evtype: CARD16 + deviceid: DEVICEID + time: Time } + + type + Always GenericEvent. + extension + Always the X Input extension offset. + sequenceNumber + Sequence number of last request processed by the server. + length + Length in 4-byte units after the initial 32 bytes. + evtype + XI-specific event type. + deviceid + Numerical device id for a device. + time + Time in ms. + + + ┌─── + HierarchyEvent: + EVENTHEADER + flags: SETofHIERARCHYMASK + num_info: CARD16 + info: LISTofHIERARCHYINFO + └─── + + + HIERARCHYMASK { MasterAdded, MasterRemoved, SlaveAttached, SlaveDetached, + SlaveAdded, SlaveRemoved, DeviceEnabled, DeviceDisabled } + + HIERARCHYINFO { deviceid: DEVICEID, + attachment: DEVICEID, + type: DEVICEUSE + enabled: BOOL + flags: SETofHIERARCHYMASK} + + flags + Set of the changes that have occured, causing this event. + num_info + The number of device info structs following the request. + info: + The current hierarchy information. + +An XIHierarchyEvent is sent whenever the device hierarchy been +changed. The flags specify all types of hierarchy modifiations that have +occured. +For all devices, info details the hierarchy information after the +modification of the hierarchy has occured. For each device specified with +deviceid: + +- if type is MasterPointer or MasterKeyboard, attachment decribes the + pairing of this device. +- if type is SlavePointer or SlaveKeyboard, attachment describes the + master device this device is attached to. +- if type is FloatingSlave device, attachment is undefined. + + enabled + True if the device is enabled and can send events. A disabled master + device will not forward events from an attached, enabled slave + device. + +Note: Multiple devices may be affected in one hierarchy change, +deviceid in an XIHierarchyEvent is always the first affected +device. Clients should ignore deviceid and instead use the devices list. + + ┌─── + DeviceChangedEvent: + EVENTHEADER + reason: CHANGEREASON + source: DEVICEID + num_classes: CARD16 + classes: LISTofCLASS + └─── + + CHANGEREASON { SlaveSwitch, DeviceChange } + +A DeviceChangeEvent is sent whenever a device changes it's capabilities. +This can happen either by a new slave device sending events through a +master device, or by a physical device changing capabilities at runtime. + + reason + The reason for generating this event. + If reason is SlaveSwitch, the slave device sending events through + this device has changed and source specifies the new slave device. + A SlaveSwitch reason can only occur on a master device. + If reason is DeviceChange, the device itself has changed through + other means (e.g. a physical device change) and source is + the device itself. + source + The source of the new classes. + num_classes + Number of classes provided. + classes + Details the available classes provided by the device. The order the + classes are provided in is undefined. + +For a detailed description of classes, see the XQueryDevice request. + + ┌─── + DeviceEvent: + EVENTHEADER + detail: CARD32 + root: Window + event: Window + child: Window + root_x: FP1616 + root_y: FP1616 + event_x: FP1616 + event_y: FP1616 + buttons_len: CARD16 + valuators_len: CARD16 + sourceid: DEVICEID + mods: MODIFIERINFO + group: GROUPINFO + flags: DEVICEEEVENTFLAGS + buttons: SETofBUTTONMASK + valuators: SETofVALUATORMASK + axisvalues: LISTofFP3232 + └─── + + BUTTONBIT { (1 << Button1), (1 << Button2), ... , (1 << ButtonN) } + VALUATORBIT { (1 << 1), ( 1 << 2), ... ( 1 << n) } + + MODIFIERINFO { base_mods: CARD32, + latched_mods: CARD32, + locked_mods: CARD32, + effective_mods: CARD32} + GROUPINFO { base_group: CARD8, + latched_group: CARD8, + locked_group: CARD8, + effective_group: CARD8} + + DEVICEEVENTFLAGS (all events): none + DEVICEEVENTFLAGS (key events only): { KeyRepeat } + DEVICEEVENTFLAGS (pointer events only): none + +An XIDeviceEvent is generated whenever the logical state of a device +changes in response to a button press, a button release, a motion, a key +press or a key release. The event type may be one of KeyPress, +KeyRelease, ButtonPress, ButtonRelease, Motion. + + detail + The button number or key code, or 0. + root + event + child + The root window, event window or subwindow, respectively. See core + protocol specification for more detail. + root_x + root_y + The position of the pointer in screen coordinates (16.16 fixed point). + event_x + event_y + The position of the pointer in screen coordinates relative to the + event window (16.16 fixed point). + + buttons_len + The length of buttons in 4 byte units. + valuators_len + The length of valuators in 4 byte units. + sourceid + The source device that originally generated the event. + mods + XKB modifier state before the event occured. + group + XKB group state before the event. + buttons + Button state before the event. + valuators + Bitmask of valuators provided in axisvalues. + axisvalues + Valuator data in device-native resolution. + flags + Miscellaneous information about this event; the union of the + common flag set and either the key or pointer flag set, + depending on the event type. + KeyRepeat means that this event is for repeating purposes, and + the physical state of the key has not changed. This is only + valid for KeyPress events. + +Modifier state in mods is detailed as follows: + + base_mods + XKB base modifier state. + latched_mods + XKB latched modifier state. + locked_mods + XKB locked modifier state. + + Group state in group is detailed as follows: + base_group + XKB base group state. + latched_group + XKB latched group state. + locked_group + XKB locked group state. + + ┌─── + RawEvent + EVENTHEADER + detail: CARD32 + flags: DEVICEEVENTFLAGS + valuators_len: CARD16 + valuators: SETofVALUATORMASK + axisvalues: LISTofFP3232 + axisvalues_raw: LISTofFP3232 + └─── + +A RawEvent provides the information provided by the driver to the +client. RawEvent provides both the raw data as supplied by the driver and +transformed data as used in the server. Transformations include, but are +not limited to, axis clipping and acceleration. +Transformed valuator data may be equivalent to raw data. In this case, +both raw and transformed valuator data is provided. +RawEvents are sent exclusively to all root windows or to the client +that grabbed the device only. + + eventtype + The type of event that occured on the device. + detail + The button number or keycode. + flags + Flags as described in DeviceEvent. + valuators_len + The length of valuators in 4 byte units. + valuators + Bitmask of valuators provided in axisvalues and axisvalues_raw. + axisvalues + Valuator data in device-native resolution. + axisvalues_raw + Untransformed valuator data in device-native resolution. + + ┌─── + Enter or Leave or FocusIn or FocusOut + EVENTHEADER + root: Window + event: Window + child: Window + sourceid: DEVICEID + root_x: FP1616 + root_y: FP1616 + event_x FP1616 + event_y: FP1616 + mode: NOTIFYMODE + detail: NOTIFYDETAIL + same_screen: BOOL + focus: BOOL + mods: MODIFIERINFO + group: GROUPINFO + buttons_len: CARD16 + buttons: SETofBUTTONMASK + └─── + + NOTIFYMODE { Normal, Grab, Ungrab } + NOTIFYDETAIL { Ancestor, Virtual, Inferior, Nonlinear, NonlinearVirtual, + Pointer, PointerRoot, None } + +Enter or Leave events are sent whenever a device's pointer enters or +leaves a window. +FocusIn or FocusOut events are sent whenever a device's focus is set to or +away from a window. +The enter/leave and focus in/out model is described in the core protocol +specification, Section 11. (EnterNotify, LeaveNotify events). + +For enter and leave events, the modifier and group state is the state of +the paired master device if the device is a master device, or the state of +the attached master keyboard if the device is an attached slave device, or +zero if the device is a floating slave device. + +For focus in and out events, the button state is the state of the paired +master device if the device is a master device, or the state of the +attached master keyboard if the device is an attached slave device, or +zero if the device is a floating slave device. + + root + event + child + The root window, event window, and child window, respectively. See the + core protocol specification for more detail. + sourceid + The device that caused the pointer to move. + root_x + root_y + The pointer coordinates relative to the root window. + event_x + event_y + The pointer coordinates relative to the event window. + mode + Normal pointer motion events have mode Normal. Pseudo-motion events + when a grab activates have mode Grab, and pseudo-motion events when a + grab deactivates have mode Ungrab. Pseudo-motion events caused by the + activation or deactivation of a passive enter or focus in grab have mode + XIPassiveGrabNotify or XIPassiveUngrabNotify. + detail + Specifies the relation of the event window to the window the pointer + entered or left. See the core protocol spec for details. + same_screen + True if the event window is on the same screen as the pointer's root + window. + focus + If the event window is the focus window or an inferior of the focus + window, then focus is True. Otherwise, focus is False. This field is + unspecified for focus in/out events. + mods + XKB modifier state before the event occured. + group + XKB group state before the event. + buttons_len + The length of buttons in 4 byte units. + buttons + Button state before the event. + + ┌─── + XIPropertyEvent + EVENTHEADER + property: ATOM + what: { PropertyCreated, PropertyDeleted, PropertyModified } + └─── + +XIPropertyEvents are sent whenever a device property is created, deleted or +modified by a client. + + property + The property that has been created, deleted, or modified + what + Specifies what has been changed. + + +// ❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧ diff --git a/specs/XIproto.txt b/specs/XIproto.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1095a26 --- /dev/null +++ b/specs/XIproto.txt @@ -0,0 +1,2576 @@ +X11 Input Extension Protocol Specification +========================================== + + Version 1.0 + X Consortium Standard + X Version 11, Release 6.8 + Mark Patrick, Ardent Computer + George Sachs, Hewlett-Packard + + Version 1.5 + Peter Hutterer + + Copyright © 1989, 1990, 1991 by Hewlett-Packard Company and + Ardent Computer + + Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this + documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby + granted, provided that the above copyright notice and this + permission notice appear in all copies. 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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT + HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, + WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING + FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR + OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. + +1. Input Extension Overview +--------------------------- + +This document defines an extension to the X11 protocol to +support input devices other than the core X keyboard and +pointer. An accompanying document defines a corresponding +extension to Xlib (similar extensions for languages other than +C are anticipated). This first section gives an overview of the +input extension. The next section defines the new protocol +requests defined by the extension. We conclude with a +description of the new input events generated by the additional +input devices. + +This document only describes the behaviour of servers supporting +up to the X Input Extension 1.5. For servers supporting the X +Input Extensions 2.0, see XI2proto.txt. New clients are discouraged +from using this protocol specification. Instead, the use of XI 2.x +is recommended. + +1.1 Design Approach +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +The design approach of the extension is to define requests and +events analogous to the core requests and events. This allows +extension input devices to be individually distinguishable from +each other and from the core input devices. These requests and +events make use of a device identifier and support the +reporting of n-dimensional motion data as well as other data +that is not reportable via the core input events. + +1.2 Core Input Devices +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +The X server core protocol supports two input devices: a +pointer and a keyboard. The pointer device has two major +functions. First, it may be used to generate motion information +that client programs can detect. Second, it may also be used to +indicate the current location and focus of the X keyboard. To +accomplish this, the server echoes a cursor at the current +position of the X pointer. Unless the X keyboard has been +explicitly focused, this cursor also shows the current location +and focus of the X keyboard. The X keyboard is used to generate +input that client programs can detect. + +In servers supporting XI 1.4 and above, the core pointer and +the core keyboard are virtual devices that do not represent a +physical device connected to the host computer. +In servers supporting XI 2.0 and above, there may be multiple +core pointers and keyboards. Refer to XI2proto.txt for more +information. + +The X keyboard and X pointer are referred to in this document +as the core devices, and the input events they generate +(KeyPress, KeyRelease, ButtonPress, ButtonRelease, and +MotionNotify) are known as the core input events. All other +input devices are referred to as extension input devices and +the input events they generate are referred to as extension +input events. + +In servers supporting only XI 1.x, this input extension does +not change the behavior or functionality of the core input +devices, core events, or core protocol requests, with the +exception of the core grab requests. These requests may affect +the synchronization of events from extension devices. See the +explanation in the section titled "Event Synchronization and +Core Grabs". + +Selection of the physical devices to be initially used by the +server as the core devices is left implementation-dependent. +Requests are defined that allow client programs to change which +physical devices are used as the core devices. + +1.3 Extension Input Devices +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +The input extension v1.x controls access to input devices other +than the X keyboard and X pointer. It allows client programs to +select input from these devices independently from each other +and independently from the core devices. + +A client that wishes to access a specific device must first +determine whether that device is connected to the X server. +This is done through the ListInputDevices request, which will +return a list of all devices that can be opened by the X +server. A client can then open one or more of these devices +using the OpenDevice request, specify what events they are +interested in receiving, and receive and process input events +from extension devices in the same way as events from the X +keyboard and X pointer. Input events from these devices are of +extension types ( DeviceKeyPress, DeviceKeyRelease, +DeviceButtonPress, DeviceButtonRelease, DeviceMotionNotify, +etc.) and contain a device identifier so that events of the +same type coming from different input devices can be +distinguished. + +Any kind of input device may be used as an extension input +device. Extension input devices may have 0 or more keys, 0 or +more buttons, and may report 0 or more axes of motion. Motion +may be reported as relative movements from a previous position +or as an absolute position. All valuators reporting motion +information for a given extension input device must report the +same kind of motion information (absolute or relative). + +This extension is designed to accommodate new types of input +devices that may be added in the future. The protocol requests +that refer to specific characteristics of input devices +organize that information by input classes. Server implementors +may add new classes of input devices without changing the +protocol requests. Input classes are unique numbers registered +with the X Consortium. Each extension input device may support +multiple input classes. + +In XI 1.x, all extension input devices are treated like the +core X keyboard in determining their location and focus. The +server does not track the location of these devices on an +individual basis, and therefore does not echo a cursor to +indicate their current location. Instead, their location is +determined by the location of the core X pointer. Like the core +X keyboard, some may be explicitly focused. If they are not +explicitly focused, their focus is determined by the location +of the core X pointer. + +Most input events reported by the server to a client are of +fixed size (32 bytes). In order to represent the change in +state of an input device the extension may need to generate a +sequence of input events. A client side library (such as Xlib) +will typically take these raw input events and format them into +a form more convenient to the client. + +1.4 Event Classes +----------------- + +In the core protocol a client registers interest in receiving +certain input events directed to a window by modifying that +window's event-mask. Most of the bits in the event mask are +already used to specify interest in core X events. The input +extension specifies a different mechanism by which a client can +express interest in events generated by this extension. + +When a client opens a extension input device via the OpenDevice +request, an XDevice structure is returned. Macros are provided +that extract 32-bit numbers called event classes from that +structure, that a client can use to register interest in +extension events via the SelectExtensionEvent request. The +event class combines the desired event type and device id, and +may be thought of as the equivalent of core event masks. + +1.5 Input Classes +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Some of the input extension requests divide input devices into +classes based on their functionality. This is intended to allow +new classes of input devices to be defined at a later time +without changing the semantics of these requests. The following +input device classes are currently defined: + + KEY + The device reports key events. + + BUTTON + The device reports button events. + + VALUATOR + The device reports valuator data in motion events. + + PROXIMITY + The device reports proximity events. + + FOCUS + The device can be focused and reports focus events. + + FEEDBACK + The device supports feedbacks. + + OTHER + The ChangeDeviceNotify, DeviceMappingNotify, and + DeviceStateNotify macros may be invoked passing the + XDevice structure returned for this device. + +Each extension input device may support multiple input classes. +Additional classes may be added in the future. Requests that +support multiple input classes, such as the ListInputDevices +function that lists all available input devices, organize the +data they return by input class. Client programs that use these +requests should not access data unless it matches a class +defined at the time those clients were compiled. In this way, +new classes can be added without forcing existing clients that +use these requests to be recompiled. + +2. Requests +----------- + +Extension input devices are accessed by client programs through +the use of new protocol requests. This section summarizes the +new requests defined by this extension. The syntax and type +definitions used below follow the notation used for the X11 +core protocol. + +2.1 Getting the Extension Version +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +The GetExtensionVersion request returns version information +about the input extension. + + GetExtensionVersion + name: STRING + => + present: BOOL + protocol-major-version: CARD16 + protocol-minor-version: CARD16 + +The protocol version numbers returned indicate the version of +the input extension supported by the target X server. The +version numbers can be compared to constants defined in the +header file XI.h. Each version is a superset of the previous +versions. + +The name must be the name of the Input Extension as defined +in the header file XI.h. + +2.2 Listing Available Devices +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +A client that wishes to access a specific device must first +determine whether that device is connected to the X server. +This is done through the ListInputDevices request, which will +return a list of all devices that can be opened by the X +server. + + ListInputDevices + => + input-devices: ListOfDeviceInfo + +where + + DEVICEINFO: + [type: ATOM + id: CARD8 + num_classes: CARD8 + use: {IsXKeyboard, IsXPointer, IsXExtensionPointer, + IsXExtensionKeyboard, IsExtensionDevice} + info: LISTofINPUTINFO + name: STRING8] + + INPUTINFO: {KEYINFO, BUTTONINFO, VALUATORINFO} + KEYINFO: + [class: CARD8 + length: CARD8 + min-keycode: KEYCODE + max-keycode: KEYCODE + num-keys: CARD16] + BUTTONINFO: + [class: CARD8 + length: CARD8 + num-buttons: CARD16] + VALUATORINFO: + [class: CARD8 + length: CARD8 + num_axes: CARD8 + mode: SETofDEVICEMODE + motion_buffer_size: CARD32 + axes: LISTofAXISINFO] + + AXISINFO: + [resolution: CARD32 + min-val: CARD32 + max-val: CARD32] + DEVICEMODE: {Absolute, Relative} + + Errors: None + +This request returns a list of all devices that can be opened +by the X server, including the core X keyboard and X pointer. +Some implementations may open all input devices as part of X +initialization, while others may not open an input device until +requested to do so by a client program. + +The information returned for each device is as follows: + + type + The type field is of type Atom and indicates the nature + of the device. Clients may determine device types by + invoking the XInternAtom request passing one of the + names defined in the header file XI.h. The following + names have been defined to date: + + MOUSE + TABLET + KEYBOARD + TOUCHSCREEN + TOUCHPAD + BUTTONBOX + BARCODE + KNOB_BOX + TRACKBALL + QUADRATURE + SPACEBALL + DATAGLOVE + EYETRACKER + CURSORKEYS + FOOTMOUSE + ID_MODULE + ONE_KNOB + NINE_KNOB + JOYSTICK + + + id + The id is a small cardinal value in the range 0-128 that + uniquely identifies the device. It is assigned to the + device when it is initialized by the server. Some + implementations may not open an input device until + requested by a client program, and may close the device + when the last client accessing it requests that it be + closed. If a device is opened by a client program via + XOpenDevice, then closed via XCloseDevice, then opened + again, it is not guaranteed to have the same id after + the second open request. + + num_classes + The num_classes field is a small cardinal value in the + range 0-255 that specifies the number of input classes + supported by the device for which information is + returned by ListInputDevices. Some input classes, such + as class Focus and class Proximity do not have any + information to be returned by ListInputDevices. + + use + The use field specifies how the device is currently + being used. If the value is IsXKeyboard, the device is + currently being used as the X keyboard. If the value is + IsXPointer, the device is currently being used as the X + pointer. If the value is IsXExtensionPointer, the device + is available for use as an extension pointer. If the value + is IsXExtensionKeyboard, the device is available for use as + and extension keyboard. + Older versions of XI report all extension devices as + IsXExtensionDevice. + + name + The name field contains a pointer to a null-terminated + string that corresponds to one of the defined device + types. + + InputInfo + InputInfo is one of: KeyInfo, ButtonInfo or + ValuatorInfo. The first two fields are common to all + three: + + class + The class field is a cardinal value in the range + 0-255. It uniquely identifies the class of input + for which information is returned. + + length + The length field is a cardinal value in the range + 0-255. It specifies the number of bytes of data + that are contained in this input class. The length + includes the class and length fields. + +The remaining information returned for input class +KEYCLASS is as follows: + + min_keycode + min_keycode is of type KEYCODE. It specifies the + minimum keycode that the device will report. The + minimum keycode will not be smaller than 8. + + max_keycode + max_keycode is of type KEYCODE. It specifies the + maximum keycode that the device will report. The + maximum keycode will not be larger than 255. + + num_keys + num_keys is a cardinal value that specifies the + number of keys that the device has. + +The remaining information returned for input class +BUTTONCLASS is as follows: + + num_buttons + num_buttons is a cardinal value that specifies the + number of buttons that the device has. + +The remaining information returned for input class +VALUATORCLASS is as follows: + + mode + mode is a constant that has one of the following + values: Absolute or Relative. Some devices allow + the mode to be changed dynamically via the + SetDeviceMode request. + + motion_buffer_size + motion_buffer_size is a cardinal number that + specifies the number of elements that can be + contained in the motion history buffer for the + device. + + axes + The axes field contains a pointer to an AXISINFO + struture. + +The information returned for each axis reported by the +device is: + + resolution + The resolution is a cardinal value in + counts/meter. + + min_val + The min_val field is a cardinal value in that + contains the minimum value the device reports for + this axis. For devices whose mode is Relative, the + min_val field will contain 0. + + max_val + The max_val field is a cardinal value in that + contains the maximum value the device reports for + this axis. For devices whose mode is Relative, the + max_val field will contain 0. + +2.3 Enabling Devices +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Client programs that wish to access an extension device must +request that the server open that device. This is done via the +OpenDevice request. + + OpenDevice + id: CARD8 + => + DEVICE: + [device_id: XID + num_classes: INT32 + classes: LISTofINPUTCLASSINFO] + INPUTCLASSINFO: + [input_class: CARD8 + event_type_base: CARD8] + + Errors: Device + +This request returns the event classes to be used by the client +to indicate which events the client program wishes to receive. +Each input class may report several event classes. For example, +input class Keys reports DeviceKeyPress and DeviceKeyRelease +event classes. Input classes are unique numbers registered with +the X Consortium. Input class Other exists to report event +classes that are not specific to any one input class, such as +DeviceMappingNotify, ChangeDeviceNotify, and DeviceStateNotify. + +The information returned for each device is as follows: + + device_id + The device_id is a number that uniquely identifies the + device. + + num_classes + The num_classes field contains the number of input + classes supported by this device. + + For each class of input supported by the device, the + InputClassInfo structure contains the following information: + + input_class + The input_class is a small cardinal number that + identifies the class of input. + + event_type_base + The event_type_base is a small cardinal number that + specifies the event type of one of the events reported + by this input class. This information is not directly + used by client programs. Instead, the Device is used by + macros that return extension event types and event + classes. This is described in the section of this + document entitled "Selecting Extension Device Events". + +The information in the InputClassInfo reflects the state of +this device at the time the request was processed. + +Before it exits, the client program should explicitly request +that the server close the device. This is done via the +CloseDevice request. + +A client may open the same extension device more than once. +Requests after the first successful one return an additional +XDevice structure with the same information as the first, but +otherwise have no effect. A single CloseDevice request will +terminate that client's access to the device. + +Closing a device releases any active or passive grabs the +requesting client has established. If the device is frozen only +by an active grab of the requesting client, the queued events +are released when the client terminates. + +If a client program terminates without closing a device, the +server will automatically close that device on behalf of the +client. This does not affect any other clients that may be +accessing that device. + + CloseDevice: + device: DEVICE + + Errors: Device + +2.4 Changing The Mode Of A Device +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Some devices are capable of reporting either relative or +absolute motion data. To change the mode of a device from +relative to absolute, use the SetDeviceMode request. The valid +values are Absolute or Relative. + +This request will fail and return DeviceBusy if another client +already has the device open with a different mode. It will fail +and return AlreadyGrabbed if another client has the device +grabbed. The request will fail with a BadMatch error if the +device has no valuators and reports no axes of motion. The +request will fail with a BadMode error if the requested mode +is not supported by the device. + + SetDeviceMode + device:DEVICE + mode: {Absolute, Relative} + => + status: {Success, DeviceBusy, AlreadyGrabbed} + + Errors: Device, Match, Mode + +2.5 Initializing Valuators on an Input Device +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Some devices that report absolute positional data can be +initialized to a starting value. Devices that are capable of +reporting relative motion or absolute positional data may +require that their valuators be initialized to a starting value +after the mode of the device is changed to Absolute. To +initialize the valuators on such a device, use the +SetDeviceValuators request. + + SetDeviceValuators + device: DEVICE + first_valuator: CARD8 + num_valuators: CARD8 + valuators: LISTOFINT32 + => + status: {Success, AlreadyGrabbed} + + Errors: Length, Device, Match, Value + +This request initializes the specified valuators on the +specified extension input device. Valuators are numbered +beginning with zero. Only the valuators in the range specified +by first_valuator and num_valuators are set. If the number of +valuators supported by the device is less than the expression +first_valuator + num_valuators, a Value error will result. + +If the request succeeds, Success is returned. If the specifed +device is grabbed by some other client, the request will fail +and a status of AlreadyGrabbed will be returned. + +2.6 Getting Input Device Controls +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + + GetDeviceControl + device: DEVICE + control: XID + => + controlState: {DeviceState} + +where + + DeviceState: DeviceResolutionState + + Errors: Length, Device, Match, Value + +This request returns the current state of the specified device +control. The device control must be supported by the target +server and device or an error will result. + +If the request is successful, a pointer to a generic +DeviceState structure will be returned. The information +returned varies according to the specified control and is +mapped by a structure appropriate for that control. + +GetDeviceControl will fail with a BadValue error if the server +does not support the specified control. It will fail with a +BadMatch error if the device does not support the specified +control. + +Supported device controls and the information returned for them +include: + + DEVICE_RESOLUTION: + [control: CARD16 + length: CARD16 + num_valuators: CARD8 + resolutions: LISTofCARD32 + min_resolutions: LISTofCARD32 + max_resolutions: LISTofCARD32] + +This device control returns a list of valuators and the range +of valid resolutions allowed for each. Valuators are numbered +beginning with 0. Resolutions for all valuators on the device +are returned. For each valuator i on the device, resolutions[i] +returns the current setting of the resolution, +min_resolutions[i] returns the minimum valid setting, and +max_resolutions[i] returns the maximum valid setting. + +When this control is specified, XGetDeviceControl will fail +with a BadMatch error if the specified device has no valuators. + + ChangeDeviceControl: + device: DEVICE + XID: controlId + control: DeviceControl + +where + + DeviceControl: DeviceResolutionControl + => + status: {Success, DeviceBusy, AlreadyGrabbed} + + Errors: Length, Device, Match, Value + +ChangeDeviceControl changes the specifed device control +according to the values specified in the DeviceControl +structure. The device control must be supported by the target +server and device or an error will result. + +The information passed with this request varies according to +the specified control and is mapped by a structure appropriate +for that control. + +ChangeDeviceControl will fail with a BadValue error if the +server does not support the specified control. It will fail +with a BadMatch error if the server supports the specified +control, but the requested device does not. The request will +fail and return a status of DeviceBusy if another client +already has the device open with a device control state that +conflicts with the one specified in the request. It will fail +with a status of AlreadyGrabbed if some other client has +grabbed the specified device. If the request succeeds, Success +is returned. If it fails, the device control is left unchanged. + +Supported device controls and the information specified for +them include: + + DEVICE_RESOLUTION: + [control: CARD16 + length: CARD16 + first_valuator: CARD8 + num_valuators: CARD8 + resolutions: LISTofCARD32] + +This device control changes the resolution of the specified +valuators on the specified extension input device. Valuators +are numbered beginning with zero. Only the valuators in the +range specified by first_valuator and num_valuators are set. A +value of -1 in the resolutions list indicates that the +resolution for this valuator is not to be changed. +num_valuators specifies the number of valuators in the +resolutions list. + +When this control is specified, XChangeDeviceControl will fail +with a BadMatch error if the specified device has no valuators. +If a resolution is specified that is not within the range of +valid values (as returned by XGetDeviceControl) the request +will fail with a BadValue error. If the number of valuators +supported by the device is less than the expression +first_valuator + num_valuators, a BadValue error will result. + +If the request fails for any reason, none of the valuator +resolutions will be changed. + +ChangeDeviceControl causes the server to send a DevicePresence +event to interested clients. + +2.7 Selecting Extension Device Events +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Extension input events are selected using the +SelectExtensionEvent request. + + SelectExtensionEvent + interest: LISTofEVENTCLASS + window: WINDOW + + Errors: Window, Class, Access + +This request specifies to the server the events within the +specified window which are of interest to the client. As with +the core XSelectInput function, multiple clients can select +input on the same window. + +XSelectExtensionEvent requires a list of event classes. An +event class is a 32-bit number that combines an event type and +device id, and is used to indicate which event a client wishes +to receive and from which device it wishes to receive it. +Macros are provided to obtain event classes from the data +returned by the XOpenDevice request. The names of these macros +correspond to the desired events, i.e. the DeviceKeyPress is +used to obtain the event class for DeviceKeyPress events. The +syntax of the macro invocation is: + + DeviceKeyPress (device, event_type, event_class); + device: DEVICE + event_type: INT + event_class: INT + +The value returned in event_type is the value that will be +contained in the event type field of the XDeviceKeyPressEvent +when it is received by the client. The value returned in +event_class is the value that should be passed in making an +XSelectExtensionEvent request to receive DeviceKeyPress events. + +For DeviceButtonPress events, the client may specify whether or +not an implicit passive grab should be done when the button is +pressed. If the client wants to guarantee that it will receive +a DeviceButtonRelease event for each DeviceButtonPress event it +receives, it should specify the DeviceButtonPressGrab event +class as well as the DeviceButtonPress event class. This +restricts the client in that only one client at a time may +request DeviceButtonPress events from the same device and +window if any client specifies this class. + +If any client has specified the DeviceButtonPressGrab class, +any requests by any other client that specify the same device +and window and specify DeviceButtonPress or +DeviceButtonPressGrab will cause an Access error to be +generated. + +If only the DeviceButtonPress class is specified, no implicit +passive grab will be done when a button is pressed on the +device. Multiple clients may use this class to specify the same +device and window combination. + +A client may also specify the DeviceOwnerGrabButton class. If +it has specified both the DeviceButtonPressGrab and the +DeviceOwnerGrabButton classes, implicit passive grabs will +activate with owner_events set to True. If only the +DeviceButtonPressGrab class is specified, implicit passive +grabs will activate with owner_events set to False. + +The client may select DeviceMotion events only when a button is +down. It does this by specifying the event classes +Button1Motion through Button5Motion, or ButtonMotion. An input +device will only support as many button motion classes as it +has buttons. + +2.8 Determining Selected Events +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +To determine which extension events are currently selected from +a given window, use GetSelectedExtensionEvents. + + GetSelectedExtensionEvents + window: WINDOW + => + this-client: LISTofEVENTCLASS + all-clients: LISTofEVENTCLASS + + Errors: Window + +This request returns two lists specifying the events selected +on the specified window. One list gives the extension events +selected by this client from the specified window. The other +list gives the extension events selected by all clients from +the specified window. This information is equivalent to that +returned by your-event-mask and all-event-masks in a +GetWindowAttributes request. + +2.9 Controlling Event Propagation +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Extension events propagate up the window hierarchy in the same +manner as core events. If a window is not interested in an +extension event, it usually propagates to the closest ancestor +that is interested, unless the dont_propagate list prohibits +it. Grabs of extension devices may alter the set of windows +that receive a particular extension event. + +Client programs may control extension event propagation through +the use of the following two requests. + +XChangeDeviceDontPropagateList adds an event to or deletes an +event from the do_not_propagate list of extension events for +the specified window. This list is maintained for the life of +the window, and is not altered if the client terminates. + + ChangeDeviceDontPropagateList + window: WINDOW + eventclass: LISTofEVENTCLASS + mode: {AddToList, DeleteFromList} + + Errors: Window, Class, Mode + +This function modifies the list specifying the events that are +not propagated to the ancestors of the specified window. You +may use the modes AddToList or DeleteFromList. + + GetDeviceDontPropagateList + window: WINDOW + => + dont-propagate-list: LISTofEVENTCLASS + + Errors: Window + +This function returns a list specifying the events that are not +propagated to the ancestors of the specified window. + +2.10 Sending Extension Events +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +One client program may send an event to another via the +XSendExtensionEvent function. + +The event in the XEvent structure must be one of the events +defined by the input extension, so that the X server can +correctly byte swap the contents as necessary. The contents of +the event are otherwise unaltered and unchecked by the X server +except to force send_event to True in the forwarded event and +to set the sequence number in the event correctly. + +XSendExtensionEvent returns zero if the conversion-to-wire +protocol failed, otherwise it returns nonzero. + + SendExtensionEvent + device: DEVICE + destination: WINDOW + propagate: BOOL + eventclass: LISTofEVENTCLASS + event: XEVENT + + Errors: Device, Value, Class, Window + +2.11 Getting Motion History +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + + GetDeviceMotionEvents + device: DEVICE + start, stop: TIMESTAMP or CurrentTime + => + nevents_return: CARD32 + mode_return: {Absolute, Relative} + axis_count_return: CARD8 + events: LISTofDEVICETIMECOORD + +where + + DEVICETIMECOORD: + [data: LISTofINT32 + time: TIMESTAMP] + + Errors: Device, Match + +This request returns all positions in the device's motion +history buffer that fall between the specified start and stop +times inclusive. If the start time is in the future, or is +later than the stop time, no positions are returned. + +The data field of the DEVICETIMECOORD structure is a sequence +of data items. Each item is of type INT32, and there is one +data item per axis of motion reported by the device. The number +of axes reported by the device is returned in the axis_count +variable. + +The value of the data items depends on the mode of the device, +which is returned in the mode variable. If the mode is +Absolute, the data items are the raw values generated by the +device. These may be scaled by the client program using the +maximum values that the device can generate for each axis of +motion that it reports. The maximum and minimum values for each +axis are reported by the ListInputDevices request. + +If the mode is Relative, the data items are the relative values +generated by the device. The client program must choose an +initial position for the device and maintain a current position +by accumulating these relative values. + +2.12 Changing The Core Devices +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +These requests are provided to change which physical device is +used as the X pointer or X keyboard. These requests are +deprecated in servers supporting XI 1.4 and above, and will +always return a a BadDevice error. + +Using these requests may change the characteristics of the core +devices. The new pointer device may have a different number of +buttons than the old one did, or the new keyboard device may +have a different number of keys or report a different range of +keycodes. Client programs may be running that depend on those +characteristics. For example, a client program could allocate +an array based on the number of buttons on the pointer device, +and then use the button numbers received in button events as +indicies into that array. Changing the core devices could cause +such client programs to behave improperly or abnormally +terminate. + +These requests change the X keyboard or X pointer device and +generate an ChangeDeviceNotify event and a MappingNotify event. +The ChangeDeviceNotify event is sent only to those clients that +have expressed an interest in receiving that event via the +XSelectExtensionEvent request. The specified device becomes the +new X keyboard or X pointer device. The location of the core +device does not change as a result of this request. + +These requests fail and return AlreadyGrabbed if either the +specified device or the core device it would replace are +grabbed by some other client. They fail and return GrabFrozen +if either device is frozen by the active grab of another +client. + +These requests fail with a BadDevice error if the specified +device is invalid, or has not previously been opened via +OpenDevice. To change the X keyboard device, use the +ChangeKeyboardDevice request. The specified device must support +input class Keys (as reported in the ListInputDevices request) +or the request will fail with a BadMatch error. Once the device +has successfully replaced one of the core devices, it is +treated as a core device until it is in turn replaced by +another ChangeDevice request, or until the server terminates. +The termination of the client that changed the device will not +cause it to change back. Attempts to use the CloseDevice +request to close the new core device will fail with a BadDevice +error. + +The focus state of the new keyboard is the same as the focus +state of the old X keyboard. If the new keyboard was not +initialized with a FocusRec, one is added by the +ChangeKeyboardDevice request. The X keyboard is assumed to have +a KbdFeedbackClassRec. If the device was initialized without a +KbdFeedbackClassRec, one will be added by this request. The +KbdFeedbackClassRec will specify a null routine as the control +procedure and the bell procedure. + + ChangeKeyboardDevice + device: DEVICE + => + status: Success, AlreadyGrabbed, Frozen + + Errors: Device, Match + +To change the X pointer device, use the ChangePointerDevice +request. The specified device must support input class +Valuators (as reported in the ListInputDevices request) or the +request will fail with a BadMatch error. The valuators to be +used as the x- and y-axes of the pointer device must be +specified. Data from other valuators on the device will be +ignored. + +The X pointer device does not contain a FocusRec. If the new +pointer was initialized with a FocusRec, it is freed by the +ChangePointerDevice request. The X pointer is assumed to have a +ButtonClassRec and a PtrFeedbackClassRec. If the device was +initialized without a ButtonClassRec or a PtrFeedbackClassRec, +one will be added by this request. The ButtonClassRec added +will have no buttons, and the PtrFeedbackClassRec will specify +a null routine as the control procedure. + +If the specified device reports absolute positional +information, and the server implementation does not allow such +a device to be used as the X pointer, the request will fail +with a BadDevice error. + +Once the device has successfully replaced one of the core +devices, it is treated as a core device until it is in turn +replaced by another ChangeDevice request, or until the server +terminates. The termination of the client that changed the +device will not cause it to change back. Attempts to use the +CloseDevice request to close the new core device will fail with +a BadDevice error. + + ChangePointerDevice + device: DEVICE + xaxis: CARD8 + yaxis: CARD8 + => + status: Success, AlreadyGrabbed, Frozen + + Errors: Device, Match + +2.12 Event Synchronization And Core Grabs +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Implementation of the input extension requires an extension of +the meaning of event synchronization for the core grab +requests. This is necessary in order to allow window managers +to freeze all input devices with a single request. + +The core grab requests require a pointer_mode and keyboard_mode +argument. The meaning of these modes is changed by the input +extension. For the XGrabPointer and XGrabButton requests, +pointer_mode controls synchronization of the pointer device, +and keyboard_mode controls the synchronization of all other +input devices. For the XGrabKeyboard and XGrabKey requests, +pointer_mode controls the synchronization of all input devices +except the X keyboard, while keyboard_mode controls the +synchronization of the keyboard. When using one of the core +grab requests, the synchronization of extension devices is +controlled by the mode specified for the device not being +grabbed. + +2.13 Extension Active Grabs +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Active grabs of extension devices are supported via the +GrabDevice request in the same way that core devices are +grabbed using the core GrabKeyboard request, except that a +Device is passed as a function parameter. A list of events that +the client wishes to receive is also passed. The UngrabDevice +request allows a previous active grab for an extension device +to be released. + +To grab an extension device, use the GrabDevice request. The +device must have previously been opened using the OpenDevice +request. + + GrabDevice + device: DEVICE + grab-window: WINDOW + owner-events: BOOL + event-list: LISTofEVENTCLASS + this-device-mode: {Synchronous, Asynchronous} + other-device-mode: {Synchronous, Asynchronous} + time:TIMESTAMP or CurrentTime + => + status: Success, AlreadyGrabbed, Frozen, + InvalidTime, NotViewable + + Errors: Device, Window, Value + +This request actively grabs control of the specified input +device. Further input events from this device are reported only +to the grabbing client. This request overrides any previous +active grab by this client for this device. + +The event-list parameter is a pointer to a list of event +classes. These are used to indicate which events the client +wishes to receive while the device is grabbed. Only event +classes obtained from the grabbed device are valid. + +If owner-events is False, input events generated from this +device are reported with respect to grab-window, and are only +reported if selected by being included in the event-list. If +owner-events is True, then if a generated event would normally +be reported to this client, it is reported normally, otherwise +the event is reported with respect to the grab-window, and is +only reported if selected by being included in the event-list. +For either value of owner-events, unreported events are +discarded. + +If this-device-mode is Asynchronous, device event processing +continues normally. If the device is currently frozen by this +client, then processing of device events is resumed. If +this-device-mode is Synchronous, the state of the grabbed +device (as seen by means of the protocol) appears to freeze, +and no further device events are generated by the server until +the grabbing client issues a releasing AllowDeviceEvents +request or until the device grab is released. Actual device +input events are not lost while the device is frozen; they are +simply queued for later processing. + +If other-device-mode is Asynchronous, event processing is +unaffected by activation of the grab. If other-device-mode is +Synchronous, the state of all input devices except the grabbed +one (as seen by means of the protocol) appears to freeze, and +no further events are generated by the server until the +grabbing client issues a releasing AllowDeviceEvents request or +until the device grab is released. Actual events are not lost +while the devices are frozen; they are simply queued for later +processing. + +This request generates DeviceFocusIn and DeviceFocusOut events. + +This request fails and returns: + + AlreadyGrabbed + If the device is actively grabbed by some other client. + + NotViewable + If grab-window is not viewable. + + InvalidTime + If the specified time is earlier than the last-grab-time + for the specified device or later than the current X + server time. Otherwise, the last-grab-time for the + specified device is set to the specified time and + CurrentTime is replaced by the current X server time. + + Frozen + If the device is frozen by an active grab of another + client. + +If a grabbed device is closed by a client while an active grab +by that client is in effect, that active grab will be released. +Any passive grabs established by that client will be released. +If the device is frozen only by an active grab of the +requesting client, it is thawed. + +To release a grab of an extension device, use UngrabDevice. + + UngrabDevice + device: DEVICE + time: TIMESTAMP or CurrentTime + + Errors: Device + +This request releases the device if this client has it actively +grabbed (from either GrabDevice or GrabDeviceKey) and releases +any queued events. If any devices were frozen by the grab, +UngrabDevice thaws them. The request has no effect if the +specified time is earlier than the last-device-grab time or is +later than the current server time. + +This request generates DeviceFocusIn and DeviceFocusOut events. + +An UngrabDevice is performed automatically if the event window +for an active device grab becomes not viewable. + +2.14 Passively Grabbing A Key +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Passive grabs of buttons and keys on extension devices are +supported via the GrabDeviceButton and GrabDeviceKey requests. +These passive grabs are released via the UngrabDeviceKey and +UngrabDeviceButton requests. + +To passively grab a single key on an extension device, use +GrabDeviceKey. That device must have previously been opened +using the OpenDevice request. + + GrabDeviceKey + device: DEVICE + keycode: KEYCODE or AnyKey + modifiers: SETofKEYMASK or AnyModifier + modifier-device: DEVICE or NULL + grab-window: WINDOW + owner-events: BOOL + event-list: LISTofEVENTCLASS + this-device-mode: {Synchronous, Asynchronous} + other-device-mode: {Synchronous, Asynchronous} + + Errors: Device, Match, Access, Window, Value + +This request is analogous to the core GrabKey request. It +establishes a passive grab on a device. Consequently, in the +future: + + * IF the device is not grabbed and the specified key, which + itself can be a modifier key, is logically pressed when the + specified modifier keys logically are down on the specified + modifier device (and no other keys are down), + * AND no other modifier keys logically are down, + * AND EITHER the grab window is an ancestor of (or is) the + focus window OR the grab window is a descendent of the + focus window and contains the pointer, + * AND a passive grab on the same device and key combination + does not exist on any ancestor of the grab window, + * THEN the device is actively grabbed, as for GrabDevice, the + last-device-grab time is set to the time at which the key + was pressed (as transmitted in the DeviceKeyPress event), + and the DeviceKeyPress event is reported. + +The interpretation of the remaining arguments is as for +GrabDevice. The active grab is terminated automatically when +logical state of the device has the specified key released +(independent of the logical state of the modifier keys). + +Note that the logical state of a device (as seen by means of +the X protocol) may lag the physical state if device event +processing is frozen. + +A modifier of AnyModifier is equivalent to issuing the request +for all possible modifier combinations (including the +combination of no modifiers). It is not required that all +modifiers specified have currently assigned keycodes. A key of +AnyKey is equivalent to issuing the request for all possible +keycodes. Otherwise, the key must be in the range specified by +min-keycode and max-keycode in the ListInputDevices request. If +it is not within that range, GrabDeviceKey generates a Value +error. + +NULL may be passed for the modifier_device. If the +modifier_device is NULL, the core X keyboard is used as the +modifier_device. + +An Access error is generated if some other client has issued a +GrabDeviceKey with the same device and key combination on the +same window. When using AnyModifier or AnyKey, the request +fails completely and the X server generates a Access error and +no grabs are established if there is a conflicting grab for any +combination. + +This request cannot be used to grab a key on the X keyboard +device. The core GrabKey request should be used for that +purpose. + +To release a passive grab of a single key on an extension +device, use UngrabDeviceKey. + + UngrabDeviceKey + device: DEVICE + keycode: KEYCODE or AnyKey + modifiers: SETofKEYMASK or AnyModifier + modifier-device: DEVICE or NULL + grab-window: WINDOW + + Errors: Device, Match, Window, Value, Alloc + +This request is analogous to the core UngrabKey request. It +releases the key combination on the specified window if it was +grabbed by this client. A modifier of AnyModifier is equivalent +to issuing the request for all possible modifier combinations +(including the combination of no modifiers). A key of AnyKey is +equivalent to issuing the request for all possible keycodes. +This request has no effect on an active grab. + +NULL may be passed for the modifier_device. If the +modifier_device is NULL, the core X keyboard is used as the +modifier_device. + +2.15 Passively Grabbing A Button +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +To establish a passive grab for a single button on an extension +device, use GrabDeviceButton. + + GrabDeviceButton + device: DEVICE + button: BUTTON or AnyButton + modifiers: SETofKEYMASK or AnyModifier + modifier-device: DEVICE or NULL + grab-window: WINDOW + owner-events: BOOL + event-list: LISTofEVENTCLASS + this-device-mode: {Synchronous, Asynchronous} + other-device-mode: {Synchronous, Asynchronous} + + Errors: Device, Match, Window, Access, Value + +This request is analogous to the core GrabButton request. It +establishes an explicit passive grab for a button on an +extension input device. Since the server does not track +extension devices, no cursor is specified with this request. +For the same reason, there is no confine-to parameter. The +device must have previously been opened using the OpenDevice +request. + +The GrabDeviceButton request establishes a passive grab on a +device. Consequently, in the future, + + * IF the device is not grabbed and the specified button is + logically pressed when the specified modifier keys + logically are down (and no other buttons or modifier + keys are down), + + * AND the grab window contains the device, + + * AND a passive grab on the same device and button/ key + combination does not exist on any ancestor of the grab + window, + + * THEN the device is actively grabbed, as for GrabDevice, + the last-grab time is set to the time at which the + button was pressed (as transmitted in the + DeviceButtonPress event), and the DeviceButtonPress + event is reported. + +The interpretation of the remaining arguments is as for +GrabDevice. The active grab is terminated automatically when +logical state of the device has all buttons released +(independent of the logical state of the modifier keys). + +Note that the logical state of a device (as seen by means of +the X protocol) may lag the physical state if device event +processing is frozen. + +A modifier of AnyModifier is equivalent to issuing the request +for all possible modifier combinations (including the +combination of no modifiers). It is not required that all +modifiers specified have currently assigned keycodes. A button +of AnyButton is equivalent to issuing the request for all +possible buttons. It is not required that the specified button +be assigned to a physical button. + +NULL may be passed for the modifier_device. If the +modifier_device is NULL, the core X keyboard is used as the +modifier_device. + +An Access error is generated if some other client has issued a +GrabDeviceButton with the same device and button combination on +the same window. When using AnyModifier or AnyButton, the +request fails completely and the X server generates a Access +error and no grabs are established if there is a conflicting +grab for any combination. The request has no effect on an +active grab. + +This request cannot be used to grab a button on the X pointer +device. The core GrabButton request should be used for that +purpose. + +To release a passive grab of a button on an extension device, +use UngrabDeviceButton. + + UngrabDeviceButton + device: DEVICE + button: BUTTON or AnyButton + modifiers: SETofKEYMASK or AnyModifier + modifier-device: DEVICE or NULL + grab-window: WINDOW + + Errors: Device, Match, Window, Value, Alloc + +This request is analogous to the core UngrabButton request. It +releases the passive button/key combination on the specified +window if it was grabbed by the client. A modifiers of +AnyModifier is equivalent to issuing the request for all +possible modifier combinations (including the combination of no +modifiers). A button of AnyButton is equivalent to issuing the +request for all possible buttons. This request has no effect on +an active grab. The device must have previously been opened +using the OpenDevice request otherwise a Device error will be +generated. + +NULL may be passed for the modifier_device. If the +modifier_device is NULL, the core X keyboard is used as the +modifier_device. + +This request cannot be used to ungrab a button on the X pointer +device. The core UngrabButton request should be used for that +purpose. + +2.16 Thawing A Device +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +To allow further events to be processed when a device has been +frozen, use AllowDeviceEvents. + + AllowDeviceEvents + device: DEVICE + event-mode: {AsyncThisDevice, SyncThisDevice, AsyncOtherDevices, + ReplayThisdevice, AsyncAll, or SyncAll} + time:TIMESTAMP or CurrentTime + + Errors: Device, Value + +The AllowDeviceEvents request releases some queued events if +the client has caused a device to freeze. The request has no +effect if the specified time is earlier than the last-grab time +of the most recent active grab for the client, or if the +specified time is later than the current X server time. + +The following describes the processing that occurs depending on +what constant you pass to the event-mode argument: + + * If the specified device is frozen by the client, event + processing for that device continues as usual. If the + device is frozen multiple times by the client on behalf + of multiple separate grabs, AsyncThisDevice thaws for + all. AsyncThisDevice has no effect if the specified + device is not frozen by the client, but the device need + not be grabbed by the client. + + * If the specified device is frozen and actively grabbed + by the client, event processing for that device + continues normally until the next button or key event is + reported to the client. At this time, the specified + device again appears to freeze. However, if the reported + event causes the grab to be released, the specified + device does not freeze. SyncThisDevice has no effect if + the specified device is not frozen by the client or is + not grabbed by the client. + + * If the specified device is actively grabbed by the + client and is frozen as the result of an event having + been sent to the client (either from the activation of a + GrabDeviceButton or from a previous AllowDeviceEvents + with mode SyncThisDevice, but not from a Grab), the grab + is released and that event is completely reprocessed. + This time, however, the request ignores any passive + grabs at or above (towards the root) the grab-window of + the grab just released. The request has no effect if the + specified device is not grabbed by the client or if it + is not frozen as the result of an event. + + * If the remaining devices are frozen by the client, event + processing for them continues as usual. If the other + devices are frozen multiple times by the client on + behalf of multiple separate grabs, AsyncOtherDevices + “thaws” for all. AsyncOtherDevices has no effect if the + devices are not frozen by the client, but those devices + need not be grabbed by the client. + + * If all devices are frozen by the client, event + processing (for all devices) continues normally until + the next button or key event is reported to the client + for a grabbed device (button event for the grabbed + device, key or motion event for the device), at which + time the devices again appear to freeze. However, if the + reported event causes the grab to be released, then the + devices do not freeze (but if any device is still + grabbed, then a subsequent event for it will still cause + all devices to freeze). SyncAll has no effect unless all + devices are frozen by the client. If any device is + frozen twice by the client on behalf of two separate + grabs, SyncAll "thaws" for both (but a subsequent freeze + for SyncAll will only freeze each device once). + + * If all devices are frozen by the client, event + processing (for all devices) continues normally. If any + device is frozen multiple times by the client on behalf + of multiple separate grabs, AsyncAll "thaws" for all. + AsyncAll has no effect unless all devices are frozen by + the client. + +AsyncThisDevice, SyncThisDevice, and ReplayThisDevice +have no effect on the processing of events from the +remaining devices. AsyncOtherDevices has no effect on +the processing of events from the specified device. When +the event_mode is SyncAll or AsyncAll, the device +parameter is ignored. + +It is possible for several grabs of different devices +(by the same or different clients) to be active +simultaneously. If a device is frozen on behalf of any +grab, no event processing is performed for the device. +It is possible for a single device to be frozen because +of several grabs. In this case, the freeze must be +released on behalf of each grab before events can again +be processed. + +2.17 Controlling Device Focus +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +The current focus window for an extension input device can be +determined using the GetDeviceFocus request. Extension devices +are focused using the SetDeviceFocus request in the same way +that the keyboard is focused using the SetInputFocus request, +except that a device is specified as part of the request. One +additional focus state, FollowKeyboard, is provided for +extension devices. + +To get the current focus state, revert state, and focus time of +an extension device, use GetDeviceFocus. + + GetDeviceFocus + device: DEVICE + => + focus: WINDOW, PointerRoot, FollowKeyboard, or None + revert-to: Parent, PointerRoot, FollowKeyboard, or None + focus-time: TIMESTAMP + + Errors: Device, Match + +This request returns the current focus state, revert-to state, +and last-focus-time of an extension device. + +To set the focus of an extension device, use SetDeviceFocus. + + SetDeviceFocus + device: DEVICE + focus: WINDOW, PointerRoot, FollowKeyboard, or None + revert-to: Parent, PointerRoot, FollowKeyboard, or None + focus-time: TIMESTAMP + + Errors: Device, Window, Value, Match + +This request changes the focus for an extension input device +and the last-focus-change-time. The request has no effect if +the specified time is earlier than the last-focus-change-time +or is later than the current X server time. Otherwise, the +last-focus-change-time is set to the specified time, with +CurrentTime replaced by the current server time. + +The action taken by the server when this request is requested +depends on the value of the focus argument: + + * If the focus argument is None, all input events from + this device will be discarded until a new focus window + is set. In this case, the revert-to argument is ignored. + + * If a window ID is assigned to the focus argument, it + becomes the focus window of the device. If an input + event from the device would normally be reported to this + window or to one of its inferiors, the event is reported + normally. Otherwise, the event is reported relative to + the focus window. + + * If you assign PointerRoot to the focus argument, the + focus window is dynamically taken to be the root window + of whatever screen the pointer is on at each input + event. In this case, the revert-to argument is ignored. + + * If you assign FollowKeyboard to the focus argument, the + focus window is dynamically taken to be the same as the + focus of the X keyboard at each input event. + The specified focus window must be viewable at the time + of the request (else a Match error). If the focus window + later becomes not viewable, the X server evaluates the + revert-to argument to determine the new focus window. + + * If you assign RevertToParent to the revert-to argument, + the focus reverts to the parent (or the closest viewable + ancestor), and the new revert-to value is taken to be + RevertToNone. + + * If you assign RevertToPointerRoot, + RevertToFollowKeyboard, or RevertToNone to the revert-to + argument, the focus reverts to that value. + +When the focus reverts, the X server generates DeviceFocusIn +and DeviceFocusOut events, but the last-focus-change time is +not affected. + +This request causes the X server to generate DeviceFocusIn and +DeviceFocusOut events. + +2.18 Controlling Device Feedback +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +To get the settings of feedbacks on an extension device, use +GetFeedbackControl. This request provides functionality +equivalent to the core GetKeyboardControl and GetPointerControl +functions. It also provides a way to control displays +associated with an input device that are capable of displaying +an integer or string. + + GetFeedbackControl + device: DEVICE + => + num_feedbacks_return: CARD16 + return_value: LISTofFEEDBACKSTATE + +where + + FEEDBACKSTATE: {KbdFeedbackState, PtrFeedbackState, + IntegerFeedbackState, StringFeedbackState, + BellFeedbackState, LedFeedbackState} + +Feedbacks are reported by class. Those feedbacks that are +reported for the core keyboard device are in class KbdFeedback, +and are returned in the KbdFeedbackState structure. The members +of that structure are as follows: + + CLASS Kbd: + [class: CARD8 + length: CARD16 + feedback id: CARD8 + key_click_percent: CARD8 + bell_percent: CARD8 + bell_pitch: CARD16 + bell_duration: CARD16 + led_value: BITMASK + global_auto_repeat: {AutoRepeatModeOn, AutoRepeatModeOff} + auto_repeats: LISTofCARD8] + +Those feedbacks that are equivalent to those reported for the +core pointer are in feedback class PtrFeedback and are reported +in the PtrFeedbackState structure. The members of that +structure are: + + CLASS Ptr: + [class: CARD8 + length: CARD16 + feedback id: CARD8 + accelNumerator: CARD16 + accelDenominator: CARD16 + threshold: CARD16] + +Some input devices provide a means of displaying an integer. +Those devices will support feedback class IntegerFeedback, +which is reported in the IntegerFeedbackState structure. The +members of that structure are: + + CLASS Integer: + [class: CARD8 + length: CARD16 + feedback id: CARD8 + resolution: CARD32 + min-val: INT32 + max-val: INT32] + +Some input devices provide a means of displaying a string. +Those devices will support feedback class StringFeedback, which +is reported in the StringFeedbackState structure. The members +of that structure are: + + CLASS String: + [class: CARD8 + length: CARD16 + feedback id: CARD8 + max_symbols: CARD16 + num_keysyms_supported: CARD16 + keysyms_supported: LISTofKEYSYM] + +Some input devices contain a bell. Those devices will support +feedback class BellFeedback, which is reported in the +BellFeedbackState structure. The members of that structure are: + + CLASS Bell: + [class: CARD8 + length: CARD16 + feedback id: CARD8 + percent: CARD8 + pitch: CARD16 + duration: CARD16] + +The percent sets the base volume for the bell between 0 (off) +and 100 (loud) inclusive, if possible. Setting to -1 restores +the default. Other negative values generate a Value error. + +The pitch sets the pitch (specified in Hz) of the bell, if +possible. Setting to -1 restores the default. Other negative +values generate a Value error. + +The duration sets the duration (specified in milliseconds) of +the bell, if possible. Setting to -1 restores the default. +Other negative values generate a Value error. + +A bell generator connected with the console but not directly on +the device is treated as if it were part of the device. Some +input devices contain LEDs. Those devices will support feedback +class Led, which is reported in the LedFeedbackState structure. +The members of that structure are: + + CLASS Led: + [class: CARD8 + length: CARD16 + feedback id: CARD8 + led_mask: BITMASK + led_value: BITMASK] + +Each bit in led_mask indicates that the corresponding led is +supported by the feedback. At most 32 LEDs per feedback are +supported. No standard interpretation of LEDs is defined. + +This function will fail with a BadMatch error if the device +specified in the request does not support feedbacks. + + Errors: Device, Match + +To change the settings of a feedback on an extension device, +use ChangeFeedbackControl. + + ChangeFeedbackControl + device: DEVICE + feedbackid: CARD8 + value-mask: BITMASK + value: FEEDBACKCONTROL + FEEDBACKCONTROL: {KBDFEEDBACKCONTROL, + PTRFEEDBACKCONTROL, + INTEGERFEEDBACKCONTROL, + STRINGFEEDBACKCONTROL, + BELLFEEDBACKCONTROL, + LEDFEEDBACKCONTROL} + + Errors: Device, Match, Value + +Feedback controls are grouped by class. Those feedbacks that +are equivalent to those supported by the core keyboard are +controlled by feedback class KbdFeedbackClass using the +KbdFeedbackControl structure. The members of that structure +are: + + KBDFEEDBACKCTL + [class: CARD8 + length: CARD16 + feedback id: CARD8 + key_click_percent: INT8 + bell_percent: INT8 + bell_pitch: INT16 + bell_duration: INT16 + led_mask: INT32 + led_value: INT32 + key: KEYCODE + auto_repeat_mode: {AutoRepeatModeOn, AutoRepeatModeOff, + AutoRepeatModeDefault}] + +The key_click_percent sets the volume for key clicks between 0 +(off) and 100 (loud) inclusive, if possible. Setting to -1 +restores the default. Other negative values generate a Value +error. + +If both auto_repeat_mode and key are specified, then the +auto_repeat_mode of that key is changed, if possible. If only +auto_repeat_mode is specified, then the global auto-repeat mode +for the entire keyboard is changed, if possible, without +affecting the per-key settings. It is a Match error if a key is +specified without an auto_repeat_mode. + +The order in which controls are verified and altered is +server-dependent. If an error is generated, a subset of the +controls may have been altered. + +Those feedback controls equivalent to those of the core pointer +are controlled by feedback class PtrFeedbackClass using the +PtrFeedbackControl structure. The members of that structure are +as follows: + + PTRFEEDBACKCTL: + [class: CARD8 + length: CARD16 + feedback id: CARD8 + accelNumerator: INT16 + accelDenominator: INT16 + threshold: INT16] + +The acceleration, expressed as a fraction, is a multiplier for +movement. For example, specifying 3/1 means the device moves +three times as fast as normal. The fraction may be rounded +arbitrarily by the X server. Acceleration only takes effect if +the device moves more than threshold pixels at once and only +applies to the amount beyond the value in the threshold +argument. Setting a value to -1 restores the default. The +values of the do-accel and do-threshold arguments must be +nonzero for the device values to be set. Otherwise, the +parameters will be unchanged. Negative values generate a Value +error, as does a zero value for the accel-denominator argument. + +Some devices are capable of displaying an integer. This is done +using feedback class IntegerFeedbackClass using the +IntegerFeedbackControl structure. The members of that structure +are as follows: + + INTEGERCTL: + [class: CARD8 + length: CARD16 + feedback id: CARD8 + int_to_display: INT32] + +Some devices are capable of displaying a string. This is done +using feedback class StringFeedbackClass using the +StringFeedbackCtl structure. The members of that structure are +as follows: + + STRINGCTL: + [class: CARD8 + length: CARD16 + feedback id: CARD8 + syms_to_display: LISTofKEYSYMS] + +Some devices contain a bell. This is done using feedback class +BellFeedbackClass using the BellFeedbackControl structure. The +members of that structure are as follows: + + BELLCTL: + [class: CARD8 + length: CARD16 + feedback id: CARD8 + percent: INT8 + pitch: INT16 + duration: INT16] + +Some devices contain leds. These can be turned on and off using +the LedFeedbackControl structure. The members of that structure +are as follows: + + LEDCTL: + [class: CARD8 + length: CARD16 + feedback id: CARD8 + led_mask: BITMASK + led_value: BITMASK] + + Errors: Device, Match, Value + +2.20 Ringing a Bell on an Input Device +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +To ring a bell on an extension input device, use DeviceBell. + + DeviceBell: + device: DEVICE + feedbackclass: CARD8 + feedbackid: CARD8 + percent: INT8 + + Errors: Device, Value + +This request is analogous to the core Bell request. It rings +the specified bell on the specified input device feedback, +using the specified volume. The specified volume is relative to +the base volume for the feedback. If the value for the percent +argument is not in the range -100 to 100 inclusive, a Value +error results. The volume at which the bell rings when the +percent argument is nonnegative is: + + base - [(base * percent) / 100] + percent + +The volume at which the bell rings when the percent argument is +negative is: + + base + [(base * percent) / 100] + +To change the base volume of the bell, use +ChangeFeedbackControl request. + +Controlling Device Encoding + +To get the keyboard mapping of an extension device that has +keys, use GetDeviceKeyMapping. + + GetDeviceKeyMapping + device: DEVICE + first-keycode: KEYCODE + count: CARD8 + => + keysyms-per-keycode: CARD8 + keysyms: LISTofKEYSYM + + Errors: Device, Match, Value + +This request returns the symbols for the specified number of +keycodes for the specified extension device, starting with the +specified keycode. The first-keycode must be greater than or +equal to min-keycode as returned in the connection setup (else +a Value error), and + + first-keycode + count - 1 + +must be less than or equal to max-keycode as returned in the +connection setup (else a Value error). The number of elements +in the keysyms list is + + count * keysyms-per-keycode + +and KEYSYM number N (counting from zero) for keycode K has an +index (counting from zero) of + + (K - first-keycode) * keysyms-per-keycode + N + +in keysyms. The keysyms-per-keycode value is chosen arbitrarily +by the server to be large enough to report all requested +symbols. A special KEYSYM value of NoSymbol is used to fill in +unused elements for individual keycodes. + +If the specified device has not first been opened by this +client via OpenDevice, or if that device does not support input +class Keys, this request will fail with a Device error. + +To change the keyboard mapping of an extension device that has +keys, use ChangeDeviceKeyMapping. + + ChangeDeviceKeyMapping + device: DEVICE + first-keycode: KEYCODE + keysyms-per-keycode: CARD8 + keysyms: LISTofKEYSYM + num_codes: CARD8 + + Errors: Device, Match, Value, Alloc + +This request is analogous to the core ChangeKeyMapping request. +It defines the symbols for the specified number of keycodes for +the specified extension device. If the specified device has not +first been opened by this client via OpenDevice, or if that +device does not support input class Keys, this request will +fail with a Device error. + +The number of elements in the keysyms list must be a multiple +of keysyms_per_keycode. Otherwise, ChangeDeviceKeyMapping +generates a Length error. The specified first_keycode must be +greater than or equal to the min_keycode value returned by the +ListInputDevices request, or this request will fail with a +Value error. In addition, if the following expression is not +less than the max_keycode value returned by the +ListInputDevices request, the request will fail with a Value +error: + + first_keycode + (num_codes / keysyms_per_keycode) - 1 + +To obtain the keycodes that are used as modifiers on an +extension device that has keys, use GetDeviceModifierMapping. + + GetDeviceModifierMapping + device: DEVICE + => + keycodes-per-modifier: CARD8 + keycodes: LISTofKEYCODE + + Errors: Device, Match + +This request is analogous to the core GetModifierMapping +request. This request returns the keycodes of the keys being +used as modifiers. The number of keycodes in the list is +8*keycodes-per-modifier. The keycodes are divided into eight +sets, with each set containing keycodes-per-modifier elements. +The sets are assigned in order to the modifiers Shift, Lock, +Control, Mod1, Mod2, Mod3, Mod4, and Mod5. The +keycodes-per-modifier value is chosen arbitrarily by the +server; zeroes are used to fill in unused elements within each +set. If only zero values are given in a set, the use of the +corresponding modifier has been disabled. The order of keycodes +within each set is chosen arbitrarily by the server. + +To set which keycodes that are to be used as modifiers for an +extension device, use SetDeviceModifierMapping. + + SetDeviceModifierMapping + device: DEVICE + keycodes-per-modifier: CARD8 + keycodes: LISTofKEYCODE + => + status: {Success, Busy, Failed} + + Errors: Device, Match, Value, Alloc + +This request is analogous to the core SetModifierMapping +request. This request specifies the keycodes (if any) of the +keys to be used as modifiers. The number of keycodes in the +list must be 8*keycodes-per-modifier (else a Length error). The +keycodes are divided into eight sets, with the sets, with each +set containing keycodes-per-modifier elements. The sets are +assigned in order to the modifiers Shift, Lock, Control, Mod1, +Mod2, Mod3, Mod4, and Mod5. Only non-zero keycode values are +used within each set; zero values are ignored. All of the +non-zero keycodes must be in the range specified by min-keycode +and max-keycode in the ListInputDevices request (else a Value +error). The order of keycodes within a set does not matter. If +no non-zero values are specified in a set, the use of the +corresponding modifier is disabled, and the modifier bit will +always be zero. Otherwise, the modifier bit will be one +whenever at least one of the keys in the corresponding set is +in the down position. + +A server can impose restrictions on how modifiers can be +changed (for example, if certain keys do not generate up +transitions in hardware or if multiple keys per modifier are +not supported). If some such restriction is violated, the status +reply is MappingFailed, and none of the modifiers are changed. + +If the new keycodes specified for a modifier differ from those +currently defined and any (current or new) keys for that +modifier are in the logically down state, the status reply is +MappingBusy, and none of the modifiers are changed. + +This request generates a DeviceMappingNotify event on a Success +status. The DeviceMappingNotify event will be sent only to +those clients that have expressed an interest in receiving that +event via the XSelectExtensionEvent request. + +2.20 Controlling Button Mapping +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +These requests are analogous to the core GetPointerMapping and +ChangePointerMapping requests. They allow a client to determine +the current mapping of buttons on an extension device, and to +change that mapping. + +To get the current button mapping for an extension device, use +GetDeviceButtonMapping. + + GetDeviceButtonMapping + device: DEVICE + nmap: CARD8 + => + map_return: LISTofCARD8 + + Errors: Device, Match + +The GetDeviceButtonMapping function returns the current mapping +of the buttons on the specified device. Elements of the list +are indexed starting from one. The length of the list indicates +the number of physical buttons. The nominal mapping is the +identity mapping map[i]=i. + +nmap indicates the number of elements in the map_return array. +Only the first nmap entries will be copied by the library into +the map_return array. + +To set the button mapping for an extension device, use +SetDeviceButtonMapping. + + SetDeviceButtonMapping + device: DEVICE + map: LISTofCARD8 + nmap: CARD8 + => + status: CARD8 + + Errors: Device, Match, Value + +The SetDeviceButtonMapping function sets the mapping of the +specified device and causes the X server to generate a +DeviceMappingNotify event on a status of MappingSuccess. +Elements of the list are indexed starting from one. The length +of the list, specified in nmap, must be the same as +GetDeviceButtonMapping would return. Otherwise, +SetDeviceButtonMapping generates a Value error. A zero element +disables a button, and elements are not restricted in value by +the number of physical buttons. If any of the buttons to be +altered are in the down state, the status reply is MappingBusy +and the mapping is not changed. + +In servers supporting XI 1.x, no two elements can have the same +nonzero value. Otherwise, this function generates a Value +error. + +2.21 Obtaining The State Of A Device +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +To obtain vectors that describe the state of the keys, buttons +and valuators of an extension device, use QueryDeviceState. + + QueryDeviceState + device: DEVICE + => + device-id: CARD8 + data: LISTofINPUTCLASS + +where + + INPUTCLASS: {VALUATOR, BUTTON, KEY} + CLASS VALUATOR: + [class: CARD8 + num_valuators: CARD8 + mode: CARD8 + #x01 device mode (0 = Relative, 1 = Absolute) + #x02 proximity state (0 = InProximity, 1 = OutOfProximity) + valuators: LISTofINT32] + CLASS BUTTON: + [class: CARD8 + num_buttons: CARD8 + buttons: LISTofCARD8] + CLASS KEY: + [class: CARD8 + num_keys: CARD8 + keys: LISTofCARD8] + + Errors: Device + +The QueryDeviceState request returns the current logical state +of the buttons, keys, and valuators on the specified input +device. The buttons and keys arrays, byte N (from 0) contains +the bits for key or button 8N to 8N+7 with the least +significant bit in the byte representing key or button 8N. + +If the device has valuators, a bit in the mode field indicates +whether the device is reporting Absolute or Relative data. If +it is reporting Absolute data, the valuators array will contain +the current value of the valuators. If it is reporting Relative +data, the valuators array will contain undefined data. + +If the device reports proximity information, a bit in the mode +field indicates whether the device is InProximity or +OutOfProximity. + +2.22 Listing Device Properties +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Introduced with XI 1.5 + + ListDeviceProperties + deviceid: CARD8 + => + nAtoms: CARD16 + Atoms: LISTofATOM + + Errors: Device + +Each device can store an arbitrary number of properties. These +properties can be allocated by either the client or the driver. +The client can change device properties and the server +guarantees that the device driver is notified about a change of +the device's properties. + +ListDeviceProperties returns all properties of a device. The +client is expected to retrieve details about the properties it +is interested in separately. + +2.23 Getting a Device Property +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Introduced with XI 1.5 + + GetDeviceProperty: + property: ATOM + type: ATOM + longOffset: CARD32 + longLength: CARD32 + deviceid: CARD8 + delete: BOOL + => + propertyType: ATOM + bytesAfter: CARD32 + nItems: CARD32 + format: CARD8 + deviceid: CARD8 + data: [LISTofCARD8] + + Errors: Atom, Device, Value, Access + +Retrieve the value for a property. If the property does not +exist, propertyType is None and all other fields are undefined. + +If type is not AnyPropertyType and does not match the +property's actual type, the propertyType, bytesAfter, and +format are returned but not the actual data. + +longOffset and longLength specify the offset and length +respectively in 32-bit multiples of the data to retrieve. + +If delete is True, the property is deleted after querying its +data. If the property cannot be deleted, a BadAccess error is +returned. + +propertyType returns the atom identifier that defines the +actual type of the property. + +If bytesAfter is non-zero, it specifies the number of data +4-byte units after the retrieved chunk of data. + +format specifies whether the data should be viewed as a list of +8-bit, 16-bit, or 32-bit quantities. Possible values are 8, 16, +and 32. This information allows the X server to correctly +perform byte-swap operations as necessary. + +nItem specifies the number of 8-bit, 16-bit, or 32-bit items +returned after the request. + +2.24 Changing a Device Property +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Introduced with XI 1.5 + + ChangeDeviceProperty: + property: ATOM + type: ATOM + deviceid: CARD8 + format: CARD8 + mode: CARD8 + nUnits: CARD32 + + Errors: Atom, Device, Value, Match, Access + +Changes the value of a specified property. + +The type specifies the atom identifier that defines the type of +the property. If mode is not PropModeReplace, the type must +match the current type of the property or a BadMatch error is +returned. + +format specifies whether the data should be viewed as a list of +8-bit, 16-bit, or 32-bit quantities. Possible values are 8, 16, +and 32. This information allows the X server to correctly +perform byte-swap operations as necessary. + +If mode is PropModeReplace, a preexising value for this +property is replaced with the new value. If mode is +PropModePrepend or PropModeAppend, the value is prepended or +appended, respectively, to the current value of the property. + +nUnits specifies the number of 8-bit, 16-bit, or 32-bit items +supplied after the reply. + +Changing a device property results in a +DevicePropertyNotifyEvent being sent to all clients. + +2.25 Deleting a Device Property +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Introduced with XI 1.5 + + DeleteDeviceProperty: + property: ATOM + deviceid: CARD8 + + Errors: Atom, Device, Match, Access. + +Deletes the specified property. If the property cannot be +deleted by the client, a BadAccess error is returned. + +3. Events +--------- + +The input extension creates input events analogous to the core +input events. These extension input events are generated by +manipulating one of the extension input devices. + +3.1 Button, Key, and Motion Events +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + + DeviceKeyPress + DeviceKeyRelease + DeviceButtonPress, + DeviceButtonRelease + DeviceMotionNotify + device: CARD8 + root, event: WINDOW + child: Window or None + same-screen: BOOL + root-x, root-y, event-x, event-y: INT16 + detail: <see below> + state: SETofKEYBUTMASK + time: TIMESTAMP + +These events are generated when a key, button, or valuator +logically changes state. The generation of these logical +changes may lag the physical changes, if device event +processing is frozen. Note that DeviceKeyPress and +DeviceKeyRelease are generated for all keys, even those mapped +to modifier bits. The “source” of the event is the window the +pointer is in. The window with respect to which the event is +normally reported is found by looking up the hierarchy +(starting with the source window) for the first window on which +any client has selected interest in the event. The actual +window used for reporting can be modified by active grabs and +by the focus window.The window the event is reported with +respect to is called the “event” window. + +The root is the root window of the “source” window, and root-x +and root-y are the pointer coordinates relative to root's +origin at the time of the event. Event is the “event” window. +If the event window is on the same screen as root, then event-x +and event-y are the pointer coordinates relative to the event +window's origin. Otherwise, event-x and event-y are zero. If +the source window is an inferior of the event window, then +child is set to the child of the event window that is an +ancestor of (or is) the source window. Otherwise, it is set to +None. + +The state component gives the logical state of the buttons on +the X pointer and modifier keys on the core X keyboard just +before the event. + +The detail component type varies with the event type: +Event Component +DeviceKeyPress KEYCODE +DeviceKeyRelease KEYCODE +DeviceButtonPress BUTTON +DeviceButtonRelease BUTTON +DeviceMotionNotify { Normal , Hint } + +The granularity of motion events is not guaranteed, but a +client selecting for motion events is guaranteed to get at +least one event when a valuator changes. If DeviceMotionHint is +selected, the server is free to send only one +DeviceMotionNotify event (with detail Hint) to the client for +the event window, until either a key or button changes state, +the pointer leaves the event window, or the client issues a +QueryDeviceState or GetDeviceMotionEvents request. + +3.2 DeviceValuator Event +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + + DeviceValuator + device: CARD8 + device_state: SETofKEYBUTMASK + num_valuators: CARD8 + first_valuator: CARD8 + valuators: LISTofINT32 + +DeviceValuator events are generated to contain valuator +information for which there is insufficient space in DeviceKey, +DeviceButton, DeviceMotion, and Proximity wire events. For +events of these types, a second event of type DeviceValuator +follows immediately. The library combines these events into a +single event that a client can receive via XNextEvent. +DeviceValuator events are not selected for by clients, they +only exist to contain information that will not fit into some +event selected by clients. + +The device_state component gives the state of the buttons and +modifiers on the device generating the event. + +Extension motion devices may report motion data for a variable +number of axes. The valuators array contains the values of all +axes reported by the device. If more than 6 axes are reported, +more than one DeviceValuator event will be sent by the server, +and more than one DeviceKey, DeviceButton, DeviceMotion, or +Proximity event will be reported by the library. Clients should +examine the corresponding fields of the event reported by the +library to determine the total number of axes reported, and the +first axis reported in the current event. Axes are numbered +beginning with zero. + +For Button, Key and Motion events on a device reporting +absolute motion data the current value of the device's +valuators is reported. For devices that report relative data, +Button and Key events may be followed by a DeviceValuator event +that contains 0s in the num_valuators field. In this case, only +the device_state component will have meaning. + +3.3 Device Focus Events +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + + DeviceFocusIn + DeviceFocusOut + device: CARD8 + time: TIMESTAMP + event: WINDOW + mode: { Normal, WhileGrabbed, Grab, Ungrab} + detail: { Ancestor, Virtual, Inferior, Nonlinear, + NonlinearVirtual, Pointer, PointerRoot, None} + +These events are generated when the input focus changes and are +reported to clients selecting DeviceFocusChange for the +specified device and window. Events generated by SetDeviceFocus +when the device is not grabbed have mode Normal. Events +generated by SetDeviceFocus when the device is grabbed have +mode WhileGrabbed. Events generated when a device grab activates +have mode Grab, and events generated when a device grab +deactivates have mode Ungrab. + +All DeviceFocusOut events caused by a window unmap are +generated after any UnmapNotify event, but the ordering of +DeviceFocusOut with respect to generated EnterNotify, +LeaveNotify, VisibilityNotify and Expose events is not +constrained. + +DeviceFocusIn and DeviceFocusOut events are generated for focus +changes of extension devices in the same manner as focus events +for the core devices are generated. + +3.4 Device State Notify Event +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + + DeviceStateNotify + time: TIMESTAMP + device: CARD8 + num_keys: CARD8 + num_buttons: CARD8 + num_valuators: CARD8 + classes_reported: CARD8 {SetOfDeviceMode | SetOfInputClass} + SetOfDeviceMode: + #x80 ProximityState 0 = InProxmity, 1 = OutOfProximity + #x40 Device Mode (0 = Relative, 1 = Absolute) + SetOfInputClass: #x04 reporting valuators + #x02 reporting buttons + #x01 reporting keys + buttons: LISTofCARD8 + keys: LISTofCARD8 + valuators: LISTofCARD32 + +This event reports the state of the device just as in the +QueryDeviceState request. This event is reported to clients +selecting DeviceStateNotify for the device and window and is +generated immediately after every EnterNotify and +DeviceFocusIn. If the device has no more than 32 buttons, no +more than 32 keys, and no more than 3 valuators, This event can +report the state of the device. If the device has more than 32 +buttons, the event will be immediately followed by a +DeviceButtonStateNotify event. If the device has more than 32 +keys, the event will be followed by a DeviceKeyStateNotify +event. If the device has more than 3 valuators, the event will +be followed by one or more DeviceValuator events. + +3.5 Device KeyState and ButtonState Notify Events +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + + DeviceKeyStateNotify + device: CARD8 + keys: LISTofCARD8 + DeviceButtonStateNotify + device: CARD8 + buttons: LISTofCARD8 + +These events contain information about the state of keys and +buttons on a device that will not fit into the +DeviceStateNotify wire event. These events are not selected by +clients, rather they may immediately follow a DeviceStateNotify +wire event and be combined with it into a single +DeviceStateNotify client event that a client may receive via +XNextEvent. + +3.6 DeviceMappingNotify Event +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + + DeviceMappingNotify + time: TIMESTAMP + device: CARD8 + request: CARD8 + first_keycode: CARD8 + count: CARD8 + +This event reports a change in the mapping of keys, modifiers, +or buttons on an extension device. This event is reported to +clients selecting DeviceMappingNotify for the device and window +and is generated after every client SetDeviceButtonMapping, +ChangeDeviceKeyMapping, or ChangeDeviceModifierMapping request. + +3.7 ChangeDeviceNotify Event +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + + ChangeDeviceNotify + device: CARD8 + time: TIMESTAMP + request: CARD8 + +This event reports a change in the physical device being used +as the core X keyboard or X pointer device. ChangeDeviceNotify +events are reported to clients selecting ChangeDeviceNotify for +the device and window and is generated after every client +ChangeKeyboardDevice or ChangePointerDevice request. + +3.7 Proximity Events +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + + ProximityIn + ProximityOut + device: CARD8 + root, event: WINDOW + child: Window or None + same-screen: BOOL + root-x, root-y, event-x, event-y: INT16 + state: SETofKEYBUTMASK + time: TIMESTAMP + device-state: SETofKEYBUTMASK + axis-count: CARD8 + first-axis: CARD8 + axis-data: LISTofINT32 + +These events are generated by some devices (such as graphics +tablets or touchscreens) to indicate that a stylus has moved +into or out of contact with a positional sensing surface. + +The “source” of the event is the window the pointer is in. The +window with respect to which the event is normally reported is +found by looking up the hierarchy (starting with the source +window) for the first window on which any client has selected +interest in the event. The actual window used for reporting can +be modified by active grabs and by the focus window.The window +the event is reported with respect to is called the “event” +window. + +The root is the root window of the “source” window, and root-x +and root-y are the pointer coordinates relative to root's +origin at the time of the event. Event is the “event” window. +If the event window is on the same screen as root, then event-x +and event-y are the pointer coordinates relative to the event +window's origin. Otherwise, event-x and event-y are zero. If +the source window is an inferior of the event window, then +child is set to the child of the event window that is an +ancestor of (or is) the source window. Otherwise, it is set to +None. The state component gives the logical state of the +buttons on the core X pointer and modifier keys on the core X +keyboard just before the event. The device-state component +gives the state of the buttons and modifiers on the device +generating the event. + +3.8 DevicePresenceEvents +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Introduced with XI 1.4. + + DevicePresence + time: TIMESTAMP + devchange: BYTE + #x00: DeviceAdded + #x01: DeviceRemoved + #x02: DeviceEnabled + #x03: DeviceDisabled + #x04: DeviceUnrecoverable + #x05: DeviceControlChanged + deviceid: BYTE + control: CARD16 + +DevicePresence events are sent when the server adds or removes, +or enables or disables an input device. The client is expected +to query the server for the list of input devices using the +ListInputDevices request to obtain the updated list of input +devices. DevicePresence events are also sent when a control on +the device has been changed. + +The devchange field specifies the type of operation. In case of +DeviceAdded, a new device has been added to the server, but +this device does not yet send events. If devchange is set to +DeviceEnabled, the device is enabled and will generate events. +If the field is DeviceDisabled or DeviceRemoved, the given +device is disabled and stops sending events or was removed from +the server, respectively. If the field is DeviceUnrecoverable, +an IO-error has occured on the device and the device is +forcibly disabled and removed by the server. If devchange is +DeviceControlChanged, control specifies the type of control +that has been changed. + +3.9 DevicePropertyNotifyEvent +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Introduced with XI 1.5. + + DevicePropertyNotifyEvent + deviceid: CARD8 + state: CARD8 + time: TIMESTAMP + atom: ATOM + +A DevicePropertyNotifyEvent is sent to all clients when a +property on the device is created, deleted, or changes value. + +The deviceid specifies the device which's property has been +modified. + +The atom specifies the named identifier of the property that +has been altered. + +If state is PropertyNewValue, the given property has a new +value or has been newly created. If state is PropertyDeleted, +the given property has been deleted.