DBE(3)

💖 DBE(3) — X FUNCTIONS, but make it make sense 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Double Buffer Extension corner of the X universe 🦋 this page is literally about XdbeBeginIdiom, and yes the name is a whole vibe. no cap, we're keeping it exactly as it is.

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✨ NAME ✨

XdbeBeginIdiom — marks the beginning of a DBE idiom sequence. that's it. that's the whole job. she's a one-line icon 👑

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <X11/extensions/Xdbe.h>

Status XdbeBeginIdiom(
    Display *dpy)

so you pull in the header, you hand her a Display *dpy, and she gives you back a Status. standard X behaviour, no notes 💅

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🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

this function marks the beginning of an idiom sequence. fr fr, that is genuinely the entire description. she starts the idiom sequence. she is the opening act. the main character energy of the first line of a group chat message 🫶

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

your girl does not work alone, she has a whole friend group and you should absolutely know all of them:

• DBE
• XdbeAllocateBackBufferName()
• XdbeDeallocateBackBufferName()
• XdbeEndIdiom()
• XdbeFreeVisualInfo()
• XdbeGetBackBufferAttributes()
• XdbeGetVisualInfo()
• XdbeQueryExtension()
• XdbeSwapBuffers()

go read them too, iykyk 💜

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and that's the whole page, babe 🌈 this gem lives in X Version 11, libXext 1.3.6, filed under DBE(3). periodt. 💅✨