NAME¶
Xrandr - X Resize, Rotate and Reflection extension.
SYNTAX¶
#include <X11/extensions/Xrandr.h>
Bool XRRQueryExtension (Display * dpy,
int * event_base_return, int *error_base_return);
Status XRRQueryVersion (Display * dpy,
int * major_version_return,
int * minor_version_return);
XRRScreenConfiguration *XRRGetScreenInfo (Display *dpy,
Drawable draw);
void XRRFreeScreenConfigInfo (
XRRScreenConfiguration *config);
Status XRRSetScreenConfig (Display * dpy,
XRRScreenConfiguration * config,
Drawable draw,
int size_index,
Rotation rotation,
Time timestamp);
Status XRRSetScreenConfigAndRate (Display * dpy,
XRRScreenConfiguration * config,
Drawable draw,
int size_index,
Rotation rotation,
short rate,
Time timestamp);
Rotation XRRConfigRotations(
XRRScreenConfiguration * config,
Rotation * current_rotation);
Time XRRConfigTimes (
XRRScreenConfiguration * config,
Time * config_timestamp);
XRRScreenSize *XRRConfigSizes(
XRRScreenConfiguration * config,
int * nsizes);
short *XRRConfigRates (
XRRScreenConfiguration * config,
int size_index,
int * nrates);
SizeID XRRConfigCurrentConfiguration (
XRRScreenConfiguration * config,
Rotation * rotation);
short XRRConfigCurrentRate (
XRRScreenConfiguration * config);
int XRRRootToScreen(
Display * dpy,
Window root);
void XRRSelectInput(Display * dpy, Window window, int mask);
/∗
* intended to take RRScreenChangeNotify, or
* ConfigureNotify ( on the root window)
* returns 1 if it is an event type it understands, 0 if not
*/
int XRRUpdateConfiguration(XEvent * event);
/∗
* the following are always safe to call, even if RandR is
* not implemented on a screen
*/
Rotation XRRRotations(
Display * dpy, int screen,
Rotation * current_rotation);
XRRScreenSize *XRRSizes(Display * dpy,
int screen, int *nsizes);
short *XRRRates (Display * dpy, int screen,
int size_index, int *nrates);
Time XRRTimes (Display * dpy, int screen, Time *config_timestamp);
ARGUMENTS¶
- display
- Specifies the connection to the X server.
- screen
- Specifies which screen.
- draw
- Specifies the screen.
- rotation
- Specifies the possible rotations or reflections of the screen.
- current_rotation
- Specifies the current rotations and reflection of the screen.
- timestamp
- Specifies the server timestamp.
- config_timestamp
- Specifies the timestamp when the screen was last (re)configured.
- config
- Specifies the screen configuration being used.
- sizes
- Specifies the array of supported sizes.
- rate
- Specifies the refresh rate in Hz.
DATATYPES¶
Rotations/Reflections
Can be any of:
#define RR_Rotate_0 1
#define RR_Rotate_90 2
#define RR_Rotate_180 4
#define RR_Rotate_270 8
/∗ new in 1.0 protocol, to allow reflection of screen */
/∗ reflection is applied after rotation */
#define RR_Reflect_X 16
#define RR_Reflect_Y 32
typedef struct {
int width, height;
int mwidth, mheight;
} XRRScreenSize;
typedef struct {
int type; /∗ event base */
unsigned long serial; /∗ # of last request processed by server */
Bool send_event; /∗ true if this came from a SendEvent request */
Display *display; /∗ Display the event was read from */
Window window; /∗ window which selected for this event */
Window root; /∗ Root window for changed screen */
Time timestamp; /∗ when the screen change occurred */
Time config_timestamp; /∗ when the last configuration change */
SizeID size_index;
SubpixelOrder subpixel_order;
Rotation rotation;
int width;
int height;
int mwidth;
int mheight;
} XRRScreenChangeNotifyEvent;
The
XRRScreenSize structure contains a possible root size in pixels and
in millimeters.
A
XRRScreenChangeNotifyEvent is sent to a client that has requested
notification whenever the screen configuration is changed. A client can
perform this request by calling
XRRSelectInput, passing the display,
the root window, and the
RRScreenChangeNotifyMask mask.
XRRScreenConfiguration is an opaque data type containing the
configuration information for a screen.
Timestamps
Time stamps are included and must be used to ensure the client is playing with a
full deck: the screen may change properties on the fly and this ensures its
knowledge of the configuration is up to date. This is to help issues when
screens may become hot-pluggable in the future.
DESCRIPTION¶
Xrandr is a simple library designed to interface the X Resize and Rotate
Extension. This allows clients to change the size and rotation of the root
window of a screen, along with the ability to reflect the screen about either
axis (if supported by the implementation). Rotation and reflection may be
implemented by software and may result in slower performance if rotation and
reflection are implemented in this fashion (as are all implementations as of
October 2002).
The Xrandr library does some minimal caching to avoid roundtrips to provide
clients frequently used information. See "The X Resize and Rotate
Extension" for a detailed description; also note that depth switching, as
described in the document is not implemented, and may (or may not) ever be
implemented, as display memory is growing rapidly, and toolkits are already
beginning to support migration, mitigating the need for depth switching. If it
is implemented in the future, we expect to do so via an upward compatible
extension to the current library/protocol; functionality described here should
continue to work.
Rotation and reflection and how they interact can be confusing. In Randr, the
coordinate system is rotated in a counter-clockwise direction relative to the
normal orientation. Reflection is along the window system coordinate system,
not the physical screen X and Y axis, so that rotation and reflection do not
interact. The other way to consider reflection is to treat it as specified in
the "normal" orientation, before rotation.
The
XRRScreenChangeNotify event is sent to clients that ask to be
informed whenever the root window configuration changes. Configuration changes
may include resolution, physical size, subpixel order (see XRender(3)), and
rotation. Note that changes to any or all of these could occur due to external
events (user control in the X server, a different monitor/flat panel display
being hot-plugged) and is not only the result of a protocol/library request to
the X server.
Additionally, to eliminate a potential race condition, this event may be
generated immediately upon selecting for notification if the screen has
changed since the client of Xrandr connected to the X server, to enable
reliable screen resolution changing when a user may log in and change the
configuration while one or many clients are starting up.
Xlib notification
Clients must call back into Xlib using
XRRUpdateConfiguration when screen
configuration change notify events are generated (or root window configuration
changes occur, to update Xlib's view of the resolution, size, rotation,
reflection or subpixel order. Generally, toolkits will perform this operation
on behalf of applications; we did not want to change display structure data
behind the back of toolkits, as in multithreaded clients, various race
conditions might occur. Toolkits should provide clients some mechanism for
notification of screen change, of course.
FUNCTIONS¶
There are two classes of interfaces: those which can be safely called even if
RandR is not implemented on a screen (to make common idioms not dependent on
the server having support), and those which will return errors if the
extension is not present.
XRRRotations returns both the possible set of rotations/reflections
supported (as a bitmask) as the value of the function, along with the current
rotation/reflection of the screen.
XRRSizes returns the size and a pointer to the current sizes supported by
the specified screen. The first size specified is the default size of the
server. If RandR is not supported, it returns 0 for the number of sizes.
XRRRates returns a pointer to the rates supported by the specified size.
If RandR is not supported, it returns 0 for the number of rates.
XRRTimes returns the time last reported by the server along with the
timestamp the last configuration changed. If the configuration has changed
since the client last updated its view of the server time, requests to change
the configuration will fail until the client has an up to date timestamp.
XRRRootToScreen returns the screen number given a root window (for
example, from an
XRRScreenChangeNotifyEvent).
The rest of the functions will fail if applied to screens not implementing the
RandR extension.
XRRSetScreenConfig sets the screen size and rotation
and reflection to the desired values on the screen specified by
draw,
or returns a
BadValue error.
size_index specifies which size
configuration is to be used,
rotation specifies which rotation or
reflection is to be used (or a
BadValue error is returned). The
timestamp is used by the server to make sure the client has up to date
configuration information. Status is returned to indicate success or failure;
a client must refresh its configuration information if it fails and try the
call again (by calling
XRRGetScreenInfo).
XRRSetScreenConfigAndRate is like
XRRSetScreenConfig but also sets
the refresh rate. If specified rate is not supported a
BadValue error
is returned.
XRRConfigRotations, XRRConfigSizes,
XRRConfigCurrentConfiguration, XRRConfigTimes,
XRRConfigRates, and
XRRConfigCurrentRate are used to get
specific configuration information out of a screen configuration.
XRRGetScreenInfo returns a screen configuration for later use; the
information is private to the library. Call
XRRFreeScreenConfigInfo to
free this information when you are finished with it. It forces a round trip to
the server.
Other functions include:
XRRQueryExtension which returns the event and
error base codes,
XRRQueryVersion , which returns the current version
of the extension (this information is cached by the library).
RESTRICTIONS¶
Xrandr will remain upward compatible after the current 1.0 release.
AUTHOR¶
Jim Gettys, and Keith Packard, HP.