NAME¶
X11::Protocol::Ext::XINERAMA - multi-monitor display information
SYNOPSIS¶
use X11::Protocol;
my $X = X11::Protocol->new;
$X->init_extension('XINERAMA')
or print "XINERAMA extension not available";
DESCRIPTION¶
Xinerama puts together two or more physical monitors to make a single large
screen. The XINERAMA extension allows clients to enquire about the setup.
The 1.0 "PanoramiX" requests take a $window parameter apparently to
allow for more than one X screen made up of multiple physical monitors, but in
practice the servers have only made one screen this way and the 1.1
"Xinerama" requests don't have that.
See
examples/xinerama-info.pl in the sources for a sample program dumping
the Xinerama state information.
REQUESTS¶
The following requests are made available with an "init_extension()"
per "EXTENSIONS" in X11::Protocol.
my $bool = $X->init_extension('XINERAMA');
Xinerama 1.0¶
- "($server_major, $server_minor) = $X->PanoramiXQueryVersion
($client_major, $client_minor)"
- Negotiate a protocol version with the server. $client_major and
$client_minor is what the client would like, the returned $server_major
and $server_minor is what the server will do, which might be less than
requested (but not more).
The current code in this module supports up to 1.1. The intention would be
to automatically negotiate within "init_extension()" if/when
necessary,
- "$flag = $X->PanoramiXGetState ($window)"
- Return non-zero if Xinerama is active on the screen of $window (an
XID).
- "$count = $X->PanoramiXGetScreenCount ($window)"
- Return the number of physical monitors on the screen of $window (an
XID).
- "($width, $height) = $X->PanoramiXGetScreenSize ($window,
$monitor)"
- Return the size in pixels of physical monitor number $monitor (integer, 0
for the first monitor) on the screen of $window (an XID).
Xinerama 1.1¶
- "$bool = $X->XineramaIsActive ()"
- Return non-zero if Xinerama is active on the $X server.
- "@rectangles = $X->XineramaQueryScreens ()"
- Return the rectangular areas made up by the physical monitors. The return
is a list of arrayrefs,
[ $x,$y, $width,$height ]
$x,$y is the top-left corner of the monitor in the combined screen.
BUGS¶
"Xsun"¶
Rumour has it the "Xsun" server with Xinerama 1.0 had a different
request number 4 than the "XineramaIsActive" of Xinerama 1.1 above.
There's no attempt to do anything about this here, as yet. If
"PanoramiXQueryVersion()" reports 1.0 then you shouldn't use
"XineramaIsActive()" anyway, so no clash. If you do and it's the
"Xsun" server then expect either a Length error reply, or the server
to adapt itself to the request length and behave as
"XineramaIsActive".
"PanoramiXGetScreenSize()" Buffer Overrun¶
Early server code such as X11R6.4 might not range check the monitor number in
"PanoramiXGetScreenSize()". Did big values read out fragments of
arbitrary memory, or cause a segfault? Don't do that.
OTHER NOTES¶
To simulate some Xinerama for testing the "Xdmx" server can multiplex
together two or more other servers to present one big screen. Those
sub-servers can even be "Xnest" or "Xephyr" windows on an
existing X display. For example running up "Xdmx" as display
":102",
Xephyr :5 -screen 200x100 &
Xephyr :6 -screen 190x110 &
sleep 1
Xdmx -display :5 -display :6 +xinerama -input :5 -input :6 :102
"Xephyr" implements some extensions natively, whereas
"Xnest" relies on the target server capabilities. Or to run up
without bothering to look at anything "Xvfb" in memory or a disk
file.
SEE ALSO¶
X11::Protocol
Initial technical details
"
http://www.kernel.org/doc/als1999/Conference/IMcCartney/xinerama.html"
HOME PAGE¶
<
http://user42.tuxfamily.org/x11-protocol-other/index.html>
LICENSE¶
Copyright 2011, 2012, 2013 Kevin Ryde
X11-Protocol-Other is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option) any later version.
X11-Protocol-Other is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more
details.
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