XINERAMA
XINERAMA
NAMESYNOPSIS
ARGUMENTS
DESCRIPTION
FUNCTIONS
NOTE
NAME
Xinerama − API for Xinerama extension to X11 Protocol
SYNOPSIS
#include <X11/extensions/Xinerama.h>
Bool XineramaQueryExtension (Display *dpy,
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int *event_base_return, int *error_base_return); |
Status XineramaQueryVersion (Display *dpy,
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int *major_version_return, | |
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int *minor_version_return); |
Bool XineramaIsActive (Display *dpy);
XineramaScreenInfo * XineramaQueryScreens (Display *dpy,
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int *number); |
ARGUMENTS
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display |
Specifies the connection to the X server. |
event_base_return
Specifies the return location for the assigned base event code
error_base_return
Specifies the return location for the assigned base error code
major_version_return
Returns the major version supported by the server
minor_version_return
Returns the minor version supported by the server
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number |
Returns the number of entries in the returned XineramaScreenInfo array. |
DESCRIPTION
Xinerama is a simple library designed to interface the Xinerama Extension for retrieving information about physical output devices which may be combined into a single logical X screen.
FUNCTIONS
XineramaQueryExtension()
The XineramaQueryExtension function queries the Xserver to
determine the availability of the Xinerama Extension. If the
extension is available, the return value is True, and
event_base_return and error_base_return are set to the base
event number and base error number for the extension,
respectively. Otherwise, the return value is False, and the
values of event_base_return and error_base_return are
undefined.
XineramaQueryVersion()
The XineramaQueryVersion function returns the version of the
Xinerama extension implemented by the Xserver. The version
is returned in major_version_return and
minor_version_return. The major version will be incremented
for protocol incompatible changes, and the minor version
will be incremented for small, upwardly compatible
changes.
If the Xinerama library is compatible with the version returned by the server, it returns nonzero. If the server does not support the XINERAMA extension, or if there was an error during communications with the server, or if the server and library protocol versions are incompatible, it returns zero.
XineramaIsActive()
The XineramaIsActive function returns a Boolean operator
used to determine if Xinerama is activated on the screen.
Returns True for active and False for not active.
XineramaQueryScreens()
The XineramaQueryScreens() function returns info
about each individual output device within the Xinerama
Screen. The integer pointed to by the number argument
is updated to the number of output devices listed in the
returned array of XineramaScreenInfo structures.
XineramaQueryScreens() returns NULL and sets
number to 0 if Xinerama is not active.
The pointer returned should be released with XFree(3) when no longer needed.
NOTE
The original API provided for interacting with the XINERAMA extension used function names beginning with XPanoramiX. That API is now deprecated and this API should be used instead in new software.
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