GET_XINFO(4)

Hiii bestie 💖 welcome to Get_XInfo from the special file manual — the whole vibe is get a tool's X11 attributes. Yes, X11. Buckle up, it’s cute but specific.

🌸 NAME 🌸

Get_XInfo — get a tool's X11 attributes.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

Get_XInfo(out string display,
        out string visual,
        out integer depth
        [in messageID commission]);

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Okay so the Get_XInfo request reports the X11 attributes of the window you optionally specify, or of the window primarily associated with the recipient procid if no window is specified. Slay, very window-aware.

Here’s the arg tea:

• display — an X11 display.
• visual — an X11 visual class. This is what determines how a pixel will be displayed as a color. Valid values are:
  • DirectColor
  • PseudoColor
  • StaticGray
  • GrayScale
  • StaticColor
  • TrueColor
  • Caret
• depth — the number of bits in a pixel.
• commission — the ID of the ongoing request with respect to which X11 attributes are being set or reported.

🦋 APPLICATION USAGE 🦋

Xt applications can use the ttdt_session_join(3) and ttdt_message_accept(3) functions to register for — and transparently process — the Get_XInfo request. Also, Get_XInfo can be sent by ttdt_sender_imprint_on(3). Iconic.

Since the handler may be running on a different host, it is almost always better to return a display value of hostname:n[. n] instead of :n[. n].) 🫶

The commission argument is useful to the extent that the handler employs different attributes for the different operations it may be carrying out.

🍓 EXAMPLES 🍓

You can send the Get_XInfo request like this, bestie:

       Tt_message msg = tttk_message_create(0, TT_REQUEST, TT_SESSION,
                               the_recipient_procid, TTDT_GET_XINFO,
                               my_callback);
       tt_message_arg_add(msg, TT_OUT, Tttk_string, 0);
       tt_message_arg_add(msg, TT_OUT, Tttk_string, 0);
       tt_message_iarg_add(msg, TT_OUT, Tttk_integer, 0);
       tt_message_send(msg);

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• tt_message_iarg_add(3)
• tt_message_send(3)
• ttdt_message_accept(3)
• ttdt_sender_imprint_on(3)
• ttdt_session_join(3)

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