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authorJørgen Lind <jorgen.lind@digia.com>2013-05-16 13:40:19 +0200
committerJørgen Lind <jorgen.lind@digia.com>2013-05-21 16:16:50 +0200
commitd01fb8d48f7caf524fa6958984f57b780ff1aa73 (patch)
tree438b9550eb41ba947215f7198c07074bcddf2ec4
parent87dba733acfddecd8562e8e26ce5f994aa499fe3 (diff)
Update to 1.1
Change-Id: Iab806693d2ee940c29b5d0dcc08a7b1e88bcd97f Reviewed-by: Samuel Rødal <samuel.rodal@digia.com>
-rw-r--r--README2
-rw-r--r--src/3rdparty/protocol/wayland.xml858
2 files changed, 568 insertions, 292 deletions
diff --git a/README b/README
index 291d0a266..5fe0d5ab7 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ make
To build the QtWayland module you need the external dependencies:
xkbcommon 0.2.0 - http://xkbcommon.org/
-wayland 1.0.3 - http://wayland.freedesktop.org/
+wayland 1.1.0 - http://wayland.freedesktop.org/
We hang out at #qt-labs and #qt-lighthouse on freenode if you have any questions
diff --git a/src/3rdparty/protocol/wayland.xml b/src/3rdparty/protocol/wayland.xml
index cc8fb063f..3bce022c3 100644
--- a/src/3rdparty/protocol/wayland.xml
+++ b/src/3rdparty/protocol/wayland.xml
@@ -36,9 +36,14 @@
<request name="sync">
<description summary="asynchronous roundtrip">
The sync request asks the server to emit the 'done' event
- on the provided wl_callback object. Since requests are
- handled in-order, this can be used as a barrier to ensure all
- previous requests have been handled.
+ on the returned wl_callback object. Since requests are
+ handled in-order and events are delivered in-order, this can
+ used as a barrier to ensure all previous requests and the
+ resulting events have been handled.
+
+ The object returned by this request will be destroyed by the
+ compositor after the callback is fired and as such the client must not
+ attempt to use it after that point.
</description>
<arg name="callback" type="new_id" interface="wl_callback"/>
</request>
@@ -55,11 +60,11 @@
<event name="error">
<description summary="fatal error event">
The error event is sent out when a fatal (non-recoverable)
- error has occurred. The @object_id argument is the object
+ error has occurred. The object_id argument is the object
where the error occurred, most often in response to a request
- to that object. The @code identifies the error and is defined
+ to that object. The code identifies the error and is defined
by the object interface. As such, each interface defines its
- own set of error codes. The @message is an brief description
+ own set of error codes. The message is an brief description
of the error, for (debugging) convenience.
</description>
<arg name="object_id" type="object"/>
@@ -81,12 +86,12 @@
</enum>
<event name="delete_id">
- <description summary="acknowledge object id deletion">
+ <description summary="acknowledge object ID deletion">
This event is used internally by the object ID management
logic. When a client deletes an object, the server will send
this event to acknowledge that it has seen the delete request.
When the client receive this event, it will know that it can
- safely reuse the object ID
+ safely reuse the object ID.
</description>
<arg name="id" type="uint" />
</event>
@@ -97,36 +102,41 @@
The global registry object. The server has a number of global
objects that are available to all clients. These objects
typically represent an actual object in the server (for example,
- an input device) or they are singleton objects that provides
+ an input device) or they are singleton objects that provide
extension functionality.
When a client creates a registry object, the registry object
will emit a global event for each global currently in the
- registry. Globals come and go as a result of device hotplugs,
- reconfiguration or other events, and the registry will send out
- @global and @global_remove events to keep the client up to date
- with the changes. To mark the end of the initial burst of
- events, the client can use the wl_display.sync request
- immediately after calling wl_display.get_registry.
-
- A client can 'bind' to a global object by using the bind
- request. This creates a client side handle that lets the object
+ registry. Globals come and go as a result of device or
+ monitor hotplugs, reconfiguration or other events, and the
+ registry will send out global and global_remove events to
+ keep the client up to date with the changes. To mark the end
+ of the initial burst of events, the client can use the
+ wl_display.sync request immediately after calling
+ wl_display.get_registry.
+
+ A client can bind to a global object by using the bind
+ request. This creates a client-side handle that lets the object
emit events to the client and lets the client invoke requests on
the object.
</description>
<request name="bind">
<description summary="bind an object to the display">
- Binds a new, client-created object to the server using @name as
- the identifier.
+ Binds a new, client-created object to the server using the
+ specified name as the identifier.
</description>
- <arg name="name" type="uint" summary="unique number id for object"/>
+ <arg name="name" type="uint" summary="unique name for the object"/>
<arg name="id" type="new_id"/>
</request>
<event name="global">
<description summary="announce global object">
- Notify the client of global objects.
+ Notify the client of global objects.
+
+ The event notifies the client that a global object with
+ the given name is now available, and it implements the
+ given version of the given interface.
</description>
<arg name="name" type="uint"/>
<arg name="interface" type="string"/>
@@ -135,10 +145,13 @@
<event name="global_remove">
<description summary="announce removal of global object">
- Notify the client of removed global objects. This event
- notifies the client that the global identifies by @name is no
- longer available. If the client bound to the global using the
- 'bind' request, the client should now destroy that object.
+ Notify the client of removed global objects.
+
+ This event notifies the client that the global identified
+ by name is no longer available. If the client bound to
+ the global using the bind request, the client should now
+ destroy that object.
+
The object remains valid and requests to the object will be
ignored until the client destroys it, to avoid races between
the global going away and a client sending a request to it.
@@ -148,12 +161,19 @@
</interface>
<interface name="wl_callback" version="1">
+ <description summary="callback object">
+ Clients can handle the 'done' event to get notified when
+ the related request is done.
+ </description>
<event name="done">
- <arg name="serial" type="uint"/>
+ <description summary="done event">
+ Notify the client when the related request is done.
+ </description>
+ <arg name="serial" type="uint" summary="serial of the event"/>
</event>
</interface>
- <interface name="wl_compositor" version="1">
+ <interface name="wl_compositor" version="2">
<description summary="the compositor singleton">
A compositor. This object is a singleton global. The
compositor is in charge of combining the contents of multiple
@@ -180,20 +200,21 @@
The wl_shm_pool object encapsulates a piece of memory shared
between the compositor and client. Through the wl_shm_pool
object, the client can allocate shared memory wl_buffer objects.
- The objects will share the same underlying mapped memory.
- Reusing the mapped memory avoids the setup/teardown overhead and
- is useful when interactively resizing a surface or for many
- small buffers.
+ All objects created through the same pool share the same
+ underlying mapped memory. Reusing the mapped memory avoids the
+ setup/teardown overhead and is useful when interactively resizing
+ a surface or for many small buffers.
</description>
<request name="create_buffer">
- <description summary="create wl_buffer from pool">
- Create a wl_buffer from the pool. The buffer is created a
- offset bytes into the pool and has width and height as
- specified. The stride arguments specifies the number of bytes
- from beginning of one row to the beginning of the next. The
- format is the pixel format of the buffer and must be one of
- those advertised through the wl_shm.format event.
+ <description summary="create a buffer from the pool">
+ Create a wl_buffer object from the pool.
+
+ The buffer is created offset bytes into the pool and has
+ width and height as specified. The stride arguments specifies
+ the number of bytes from beginning of one row to the beginning
+ of the next. The format is the pixel format of the buffer and
+ must be one of those advertised through the wl_shm.format event.
A buffer will keep a reference to the pool it was created from
so it is valid to destroy the pool immediately after creating
@@ -210,15 +231,19 @@
<request name="destroy" type="destructor">
<description summary="destroy the pool">
- Destroy the pool.
+ Destroy the shared memory pool.
+
+ The mmapped memory will be released when all
+ buffers that have been created from this pool
+ are gone.
</description>
</request>
<request name="resize">
<description summary="change the size of the pool mapping">
This request will cause the server to remap the backing memory
- for the pool from the fd passed when the pool was creating but
- using the new size.
+ for the pool from the file descriptor passed when the pool was
+ created, but using the new size.
</description>
<arg name="size" type="int"/>
@@ -227,26 +252,41 @@
<interface name="wl_shm" version="1">
<description summary="shared memory support">
- Support for shared memory buffers.
+ A global singleton object that provides support for shared
+ memory.
+
+ Clients can create wl_shm_pool objects using the create_pool
+ request.
+
+ At connection setup time, the wl_shm object emits one or more
+ format events to inform clients about the valid pixel formats
+ that can be used for buffers.
</description>
<enum name="error">
- <entry name="invalid_format" value="0"/>
- <entry name="invalid_stride" value="1"/>
- <entry name="invalid_fd" value="2"/>
+ <description summary="wl_shm error values">
+ These errors can be emitted in response to wl_shm requests.
+ </description>
+ <entry name="invalid_format" value="0" summary="buffer format is not known"/>
+ <entry name="invalid_stride" value="1" summary="invalid size or stride during pool or buffer creation"/>
+ <entry name="invalid_fd" value="2" summary="mmapping the file descriptor failed"/>
</enum>
<enum name="format">
- <entry name="argb8888" value="0"/>
- <entry name="xrgb8888" value="1"/>
+ <description summary="pixel formats">
+ This describes the memory layout of an individual pixel.
+ </description>
+ <entry name="argb8888" value="0" summary="32-bit ARGB format"/>
+ <entry name="xrgb8888" value="1" summary="32-bit RGB format"/>
</enum>
<request name="create_pool">
<description summary="create a shm pool">
- This creates wl_shm_pool object, which can be used to create
- shared memory based wl_buffer objects. The server will mmap
- size bytes of the passed fd, to use as backing memory for then
- pool.
+ Create a new wl_shm_pool object.
+
+ The pool can be used to create shared memory based buffer
+ objects. The server will mmap size bytes of the passed file
+ descriptor, to use as backing memory for the pool.
</description>
<arg name="id" type="new_id" interface="wl_shm_pool"/>
@@ -255,6 +295,11 @@
</request>
<event name="format">
+ <description summary="pixel format description">
+ Informs the client about a valid pixel format that
+ can be used for buffers. Known formats include
+ argb8888 and xrgb8888.
+ </description>
<arg name="format" type="uint"/>
</event>
</interface>
@@ -307,22 +352,26 @@
</description>
<request name="accept">
- <description summary="accept one of the offered mime-types">
- Indicate that the client can accept the given mime-type, or
- NULL for not accepted. Use for feedback during drag and drop.
+ <description summary="accept one of the offered mime types">
+ Indicate that the client can accept the given mime type, or
+ NULL for not accepted.
+
+ Used for feedback during drag-and-drop.
</description>
<arg name="serial" type="uint"/>
- <arg name="type" type="string" allow-null="true"/>
+ <arg name="mime_type" type="string" allow-null="true"/>
</request>
<request name="receive">
<description summary="request that the data is transferred">
To transfer the offered data, the client issues this request
- and indicates the mime-type it wants to receive. The transfer
- happens through the passed fd (typically a pipe(7) file
- descriptor). The source client writes the data in the
- mime-type representation requested and then closes the fd.
+ and indicates the mime type it wants to receive. The transfer
+ happens through the passed file descriptor (typically created
+ with the pipe system call). The source client writes the data
+ in the mime type representation requested and then closes the
+ file descriptor.
+
The receiving client reads from the read end of the pipe until
EOF and the closes its end, at which point the transfer is
complete.
@@ -331,15 +380,19 @@
<arg name="fd" type="fd"/>
</request>
- <request name="destroy" type="destructor"/>
+ <request name="destroy" type="destructor">
+ <description summary="destroy data offer">
+ Destroy the data offer.
+ </description>
+ </request>
<event name="offer">
- <description summary="advertise offered mime-type">
+ <description summary="advertise offered mime type">
Sent immediately after creating the wl_data_offer object. One
event per offered mime type.
</description>
- <arg name="type" type="string"/>
+ <arg name="mime_type" type="string"/>
</event>
</interface>
@@ -353,11 +406,11 @@
<request name="offer">
<description summary="add an offered mime type">
- This request adds a mime-type to the set of mime-types
+ This request adds a mime type to the set of mime types
advertised to targets. Can be called several times to offer
multiple types.
</description>
- <arg name="type" type="string"/>
+ <arg name="mime_type" type="string"/>
</request>
<request name="destroy" type="destructor">
@@ -367,9 +420,11 @@
</request>
<event name="target">
- <description summary="a target accepts an offered mime-type">
+ <description summary="a target accepts an offered mime type">
Sent when a target accepts pointer_focus or motion events. If
a target does not accept any of the offered types, type is NULL.
+
+ Used for feedback during drag-and-drop.
</description>
<arg name="mime_type" type="string" allow-null="true"/>
@@ -377,8 +432,9 @@
<event name="send">
<description summary="send the data">
- Request for data from another client. Send the data as the
- specified mime-type over the passed fd, then close the fd.
+ Request for data from the client. Send the data as the
+ specified mime type over the passed file descriptor, then
+ close it.
</description>
<arg name="mime_type" type="string"/>
@@ -395,9 +451,16 @@
</interface>
<interface name="wl_data_device" version="1">
+ <description summary="data transfer device">
+ There is one wl_data_device per seat which can be obtained
+ from the global wl_data_device_manager singleton.
+
+ A wl_data_device provides access to inter-client data transfer
+ mechanisms such as copy-and-paste and drag-and-drop.
+ </description>
<request name="start_drag">
- <description summary="start drag and drop operation">
- This request asks the compositor to start a drag and drop
+ <description summary="start drag-and-drop operation">
+ This request asks the compositor to start a drag-and-drop
operation on behalf of the client.
The source argument is the data source that provides the data
@@ -410,7 +473,7 @@
the client must have an active implicit grab that matches the
serial.
- The icon surface is an optional (can be nil) surface that
+ The icon surface is an optional (can be NULL) surface that
provides an icon to be moved around with the cursor. Initially,
the top-left corner of the icon surface is placed at the cursor
hotspot, but subsequent wl_surface.attach request can move the
@@ -426,33 +489,39 @@
<arg name="source" type="object" interface="wl_data_source" allow-null="true"/>
<arg name="origin" type="object" interface="wl_surface"/>
<arg name="icon" type="object" interface="wl_surface" allow-null="true"/>
- <arg name="serial" type="uint"/>
+ <arg name="serial" type="uint" summary="serial of the implicit grab on the origin"/>
</request>
<request name="set_selection">
+ <description summary="copy data to the selection">
+ This request asks the compositor to set the selection
+ to the data from the source on behalf of the client.
+
+ To unset the selection, set the source to NULL.
+ </description>
<arg name="source" type="object" interface="wl_data_source" allow-null="true"/>
- <arg name="serial" type="uint"/>
+ <arg name="serial" type="uint" summary="serial of the event that triggered this request"/>
</request>
<event name="data_offer">
<description summary="introduce a new wl_data_offer">
The data_offer event introduces a new wl_data_offer object,
which will subsequently be used in either the
- data_device.enter event (for drag and drop) or the
+ data_device.enter event (for drag-and-drop) or the
data_device.selection event (for selections). Immediately
following the data_device_data_offer event, the new data_offer
object will send out data_offer.offer events to describe the
- mime-types it offers.
+ mime types it offers.
</description>
<arg name="id" type="new_id" interface="wl_data_offer"/>
</event>
<event name="enter">
- <description summary="initiate drag and drop session">
+ <description summary="initiate drag-and-drop session">
This event is sent when an active drag-and-drop pointer enters
a surface owned by the client. The position of the pointer at
- enter time is provided by the @x an @y arguments, in surface
+ enter time is provided by the x an y arguments, in surface
local coordinates.
</description>
@@ -464,7 +533,7 @@
</event>
<event name="leave">
- <description summary="end drag and drop session">
+ <description summary="end drag-and-drop session">
This event is sent when the drag-and-drop pointer leaves the
surface and the session ends. The client must destroy the
wl_data_offer introduced at enter time at this point.
@@ -472,18 +541,23 @@
</event>
<event name="motion">
- <description summary="drag and drop session motion">
+ <description summary="drag-and-drop session motion">
This event is sent when the drag-and-drop pointer moves within
the currently focused surface. The new position of the pointer
- is provided by the @x an @y arguments, in surface local
+ is provided by the x an y arguments, in surface local
coordinates.
</description>
- <arg name="time" type="uint"/>
+ <arg name="time" type="uint" summary="timestamp with millisecond granularity"/>
<arg name="x" type="fixed"/>
<arg name="y" type="fixed"/>
</event>
- <event name="drop"/>
+ <event name="drop">
+ <description summary="end drag-and-drag session successfully">
+ The event is sent when a drag-and-drop operation is ended
+ because the implicit grab is removed.
+ </description>
+ </event>
<event name="selection">
<description summary="advertise new selection">
@@ -505,23 +579,42 @@
<description summary="data transfer interface">
The wl_data_device_manager is a a singleton global object that
provides access to inter-client data transfer mechanisms such as
- copy and paste and drag and drop. These mechanisms are tied to
+ copy-and-paste and drag-and-drop. These mechanisms are tied to
a wl_seat and this interface lets a client get a wl_data_device
corresponding to a wl_seat.
</description>
<request name="create_data_source">
+ <description summary="create a new data source">
+ Create a new data source.
+ </description>
<arg name="id" type="new_id" interface="wl_data_source"/>
</request>
<request name="get_data_device">
+ <description summary="create a new data device">
+ Create a new data device for a given seat.
+ </description>
<arg name="id" type="new_id" interface="wl_data_device"/>
<arg name="seat" type="object" interface="wl_seat"/>
</request>
</interface>
<interface name="wl_shell" version="1">
+ <description summary="create desktop-style surfaces">
+ This interface is implemented by servers that provide
+ desktop-style user interfaces.
+
+ It allows clients to associate a wl_shell_surface with
+ a basic surface.
+ </description>
+
<request name="get_shell_surface">
+ <description summary="create a shell surface from a surface">
+ Create a shell surface for an existing surface.
+
+ Only one shell surface can be associated with a given surface.
+ </description>
<arg name="id" type="new_id" interface="wl_shell_surface"/>
<arg name="surface" type="object" interface="wl_surface"/>
</request>
@@ -529,11 +622,18 @@
<interface name="wl_shell_surface" version="1">
- <description summary="desktop style meta data interface">
- An interface implemented by a wl_surface. On server side the
- object is automatically destroyed when the related wl_surface is
- destroyed. On client side, wl_shell_surface_destroy() must be
- called before destroying the wl_surface object.
+ <description summary="desktop-style metadata interface">
+ An interface that may be implemented by a wl_surface, for
+ implementations that provide a desktop-style user interface.
+
+ It provides requests to treat surfaces like toplevel, fullscreen
+ or popup windows, move, resize or maximize them, associate
+ metadata like title and class, etc.
+
+ On the server side the object is automatically destroyed when
+ the related wl_surface is destroyed. On client side,
+ wl_shell_surface_destroy() must be called before destroying
+ the wl_surface object.
</description>
<request name="pong">
@@ -541,15 +641,28 @@
A client must respond to a ping event with a pong request or
the client may be deemed unresponsive.
</description>
- <arg name="serial" type="uint"/>
+ <arg name="serial" type="uint" summary="serial of the ping event"/>
</request>
<request name="move">
- <arg name="seat" type="object" interface="wl_seat"/>
- <arg name="serial" type="uint"/>
+ <description summary="start an interactive move">
+ Start a pointer-driven move of the surface.
+
+ This request must be used in response to a button press event.
+ The server may ignore move requests depending on the state of
+ the surface (e.g. fullscreen or maximized).
+ </description>
+ <arg name="seat" type="object" interface="wl_seat" summary="the wl_seat whose pointer is used"/>
+ <arg name="serial" type="uint" summary="serial of the implicit grab on the pointer"/>
</request>
<enum name="resize">
+ <description summary="edge values for resizing">
+ These values are used to indicate which edge of a surface
+ is being dragged in a resize operation. The server may
+ use this information to adapt its behavior, e.g. choose
+ an appropriate cursor image.
+ </description>
<entry name="none" value="0"/>
<entry name="top" value="1"/>
<entry name="bottom" value="2"/>
@@ -562,31 +675,43 @@
</enum>
<request name="resize">
- <arg name="seat" type="object" interface="wl_seat"/>
- <arg name="serial" type="uint"/>
- <arg name="edges" type="uint"/>
+ <description summary="start an interactive resize">
+ Start a pointer-driven resizing of the surface.
+
+ This request must be used in response to a button press event.
+ The server may ignore resize requests depending on the state of
+ the surface (e.g. fullscreen or maximized).
+ </description>
+ <arg name="seat" type="object" interface="wl_seat" summary="the wl_seat whose pointer is used"/>
+ <arg name="serial" type="uint" summary="serial of the implicit grab on the pointer"/>
+ <arg name="edges" type="uint" summary="which edge or corner is being dragged"/>
</request>
<request name="set_toplevel">
- <description summary="make the surface a top level surface">
- Make the surface a toplevel window.
+ <description summary="make the surface a toplevel surface">
+ Map the surface as a toplevel surface.
+
+ A toplevel surface is not fullscreen, maximized or transient.
</description>
</request>
<enum name="transient">
+ <description summary="details of transient behaviour">
+ These flags specify details of the expected behaviour
+ of transient surfaces. Used in the set_transient request.
+ </description>
<entry name="inactive" value="0x1" summary="do not set keyboard focus"/>
</enum>
<request name="set_transient">
<description summary="make the surface a transient surface">
- Map the surface relative to an existing surface. The x and y
- arguments specify the locations of the upper left corner of
- the surface relative to the upper left corner of the parent
- surface. The flags argument controls overflow/clipping
- behaviour when the surface would intersect a screen edge,
- panel or such. And possibly whether the offset only
- determines the initial position or if the surface is locked to
- that relative position during moves.
+ Map the surface relative to an existing surface.
+
+ The x and y arguments specify the locations of the upper left
+ corner of the surface relative to the upper left corner of the
+ parent surface.
+
+ The flags argument controls details of the transient behaviour.
</description>
<arg name="parent" type="object" interface="wl_surface"/>
@@ -595,75 +720,67 @@
<arg name="flags" type="uint"/>
</request>
+ <enum name="fullscreen_method">
+ <description summary="different method to set the surface fullscreen">
+ Hints to indicate to the compositor how to deal with a conflict
+ between the dimensions of the surface and the dimensions of the
+ output. The compositor is free to ignore this parameter.
+ </description>
+ <entry name="default" value="0" summary="no preference, apply default policy"/>
+ <entry name="scale" value="1" summary="scale, preserve the surface's aspect ratio and center on output"/>
+ <entry name="driver" value="2" summary="switch output mode to the smallest mode that can fit the surface, add black borders to compensate size mismatch"/>
+ <entry name="fill" value="3" summary="no scaling, center on output and add black borders to compensate size mismatch"/>
+ </enum>
+
<request name="set_fullscreen">
<description summary="make the surface a fullscreen surface">
- Map the surface as a fullscreen surface. If an output parameter is
- given then the surface will be made fullscreen on that output. If the
- client does not specify the output then the compositor will apply its
- policy - usually choosing the output on which the surface has the
- biggest surface area.
+ Map the surface as a fullscreen surface.
+
+ If an output parameter is given then the surface will be made
+ fullscreen on that output. If the client does not specify the
+ output then the compositor will apply its policy - usually
+ choosing the output on which the surface has the biggest surface
+ area.
- The client may specify a method to resolve a size conflict between the
- output size and the surface size - this is provided through the
- fullscreen_method parameter.
+ The client may specify a method to resolve a size conflict
+ between the output size and the surface size - this is provided
+ through the method parameter.
- The framerate parameter is used only when the fullscreen_method is set
- to "driver", to indicate the preferred framerate. framerate=0 indicates
- that the app does not care about framerate. The framerate is
- specified in mHz, that is framerate of 60000 is 60Hz.
+ The framerate parameter is used only when the method is set
+ to "driver", to indicate the preferred framerate. A value of 0
+ indicates that the app does not care about framerate. The
+ framerate is specified in mHz, that is framerate of 60000 is 60Hz.
- The compositor must reply to this request with a configure event with
- the dimensions for the output on which the surface will be made fullscreen.
+ The compositor must reply to this request with a configure event
+ with the dimensions for the output on which the surface will
+ be made fullscreen.
</description>
<arg name="method" type="uint"/>
<arg name="framerate" type="uint"/>
<arg name="output" type="object" interface="wl_output" allow-null="true"/>
</request>
- <enum name="fullscreen_method">
- <description summary="different method to set the surface fullscreen">
- Hints to indicate compositor how to deal with a conflict between the
- dimensions for the surface and the dimensions of the output. As a hint
- the compositor is free to ignore this parameter.
-
- "default" The client has no preference on fullscreen behavior,
- policies are determined by compositor.
+ <request name="set_popup">
+ <description summary="make the surface a popup surface">
+ Map the surface as a popup.
- "scale" The client prefers scaling by the compositor. Scaling would
- always preserve surface's aspect ratio with surface centered on the
- output
+ A popup surface is a transient surface with an added pointer
+ grab.
- "driver" The client wants to switch video mode to the smallest mode
- that can fit the client buffer. If the sizes do not match the
- compositor must add black borders.
+ An existing implicit grab will be changed to owner-events mode,
+ and the popup grab will continue after the implicit grab ends
+ (i.e. releasing the mouse button does not cause the popup to
+ be unmapped).
- "fill" The surface is centered on the output on the screen with no
- scaling. If the surface is of insufficient size the compositor must
- add black borders.
- </description>
- <entry name="default" value="0"/>
- <entry name="scale" value="1"/>
- <entry name="driver" value="2"/>
- <entry name="fill" value="3"/>
- </enum>
-
- <request name="set_popup">
- <description summary="make the surface a popup surface">
- Popup surfaces. Will switch an implicit grab into
- owner-events mode, and grab will continue after the implicit
- grab ends (button released). Once the implicit grab is over,
- the popup grab continues until the window is destroyed or a
- mouse button is pressed in any other clients window. A click
+ The popup grab continues until the window is destroyed or a
+ mouse button is pressed in any other clients window. A click
in any of the clients surfaces is reported as normal, however,
clicks in other clients surfaces will be discarded and trigger
the callback.
-
- TODO: Grab keyboard too, maybe just terminate on any click
- inside or outside the surface?
</description>
- <arg name="seat" type="object" interface="wl_seat"/>
- <arg name="serial" type="uint"/>
+ <arg name="seat" type="object" interface="wl_seat" summary="the wl_seat whose pointer is used"/>
+ <arg name="serial" type="uint" summary="serial of the implicit grab on the pointer"/>
<arg name="parent" type="object" interface="wl_surface"/>
<arg name="x" type="int"/>
<arg name="y" type="int"/>
@@ -672,29 +789,49 @@
<request name="set_maximized">
<description summary="make the surface a maximized surface">
- A request from the client to notify the compositor the maximized
- operation. The compositor will reply with a configure event telling
- the expected new surface size. The operation is completed on the
- next buffer attach to this surface.
- A maximized client will fill the fullscreen of the output it is bound
- to, except the panel area. This is the main difference between
- a maximized shell surface and a fullscreen shell surface.
+ Map the surface as a maximized surface.
+
+ If an output parameter is given then the surface will be
+ maximized on that output. If the client does not specify the
+ output then the compositor will apply its policy - usually
+ choosing the output on which the surface has the biggest surface
+ area.
+
+ The compositor will reply with a configure event telling
+ the expected new surface size. The operation is completed
+ on the next buffer attach to this surface.
+
+ A maximized surface typically fills the entire output it is
+ bound to, except for desktop element such as panels. This is
+ the main difference between a maximized shell surface and a
+ fullscreen shell surface.
+
+ The details depend on the compositor implementation.
</description>
<arg name="output" type="object" interface="wl_output" allow-null="true"/>
</request>
<request name="set_title">
<description summary="set surface title">
+ Set a short title for the surface.
+
+ This string may be used to identify the surface in a task bar,
+ window list, or other user interface elements provided by the
+ compositor.
+
+ The string must be encoded in UTF-8.
</description>
<arg name="title" type="string"/>
</request>
<request name="set_class">
<description summary="set surface class">
+ Set a class for the surface.
+
The surface class identifies the general class of applications
- to which the surface belongs. The class is the file name of
- the applications .desktop file (absolute path if non-standard
- location).
+ to which the surface belongs. A common convention is to use
+ the file name (full path if non-standard location) of the
+ applications .desktop file as the class.
</description>
<arg name="class_" type="string"/>
</request>
@@ -710,11 +847,19 @@
<event name="configure">
<description summary="suggest resize">
The configure event asks the client to resize its surface.
+
The size is a hint, in the sense that the client is free to
ignore it if it doesn't resize, pick a smaller size (to
- satisfy aspect ratio or resize in steps of NxM pixels). The
- client is free to dismiss all but the last configure event it
- received.
+ satisfy aspect ratio or resize in steps of NxM pixels).
+
+ The edges parameter provides a hint about how the surface
+ was resized. The client may use this information to decide
+ how to adjust its content to the new size (e.g. a scrolling
+ area might adjust its content position to leave the viewable
+ content unmoved).
+
+ The client is free to dismiss all but the last configure
+ event it received.
</description>
<arg name="edges" type="uint"/>
@@ -731,52 +876,56 @@
</event>
</interface>
- <interface name="wl_surface" version="1">
+ <interface name="wl_surface" version="2">
<description summary="an onscreen surface">
- A surface. This is an image that is displayed on the screen.
+ A surface is a rectangular area that is displayed on the screen.
It has a location, size and pixel contents.
+
+ Surfaces are also used for some special purposes, e.g. as
+ cursor images for pointers, drag icons, etc.
</description>
<request name="destroy" type="destructor">
<description summary="delete surface">
- Deletes the surface and invalidates its object id.
+ Deletes the surface and invalidates its object ID.
</description>
</request>
<request name="attach">
<description summary="set the surface contents">
- Set the contents of a buffer into this surface. The x and y
- arguments specify the location of the new pending buffer's upper
- left corner, relative to the current buffer's upper left corner. In
- other words, the x and y, and the width and height of the wl_buffer
- together define in which directions the surface's size changes.
+ Set a buffer as the content of this surface.
+
+ The x and y arguments specify the location of the new pending
+ buffer's upper left corner, relative to the current buffer's
+ upper left corner. In other words, the x and y, and the width
+ and height of the wl_buffer together define in which directions
+ the surface's size changes.
Surface contents are double-buffered state, see wl_surface.commit.
The initial surface contents are void; there is no content.
- wl_surface.attach assigns the given wl_buffer as the pending wl_buffer.
- wl_surface.commit applies the pending wl_buffer as the new
+ wl_surface.attach assigns the given wl_buffer as the pending
+ wl_buffer. wl_surface.commit makes the pending wl_buffer the new
surface contents, and the size of the surface becomes the size of
- the wl_buffer. The wl_buffer is also kept as pending, until
- changed by wl_surface.attach or the wl_buffer is destroyed.
+ the wl_buffer, as described above. After commit, there is no
+ pending buffer until the next attach.
Committing a pending wl_buffer allows the compositor to read the
- pixels in the wl_buffer. The compositor may access the pixels at any
- time after the wl_surface.commit request. When the compositor will
- not access the pixels anymore, it will send the wl_buffer.release
- event. Only after receiving wl_buffer.release, the client may re-use
- the wl_buffer. A wl_buffer, that has been attached and then replaced
- by another attach instead of committed, will not receive a release
- event, and is not used by the compositor.
-
- Destroying the wl_buffer after wl_buffer.release does not change the
- surface contents, even if the wl_buffer is still pending for the
- next commit. In such case, the next commit does not change the
- surface contents. However, if the client destroys the wl_buffer
- before receiving wl_buffer.release, the surface contents become
- undefined immediately.
-
- Only if wl_surface.attach is sent with a nil wl_buffer, the
+ pixels in the wl_buffer. The compositor may access the pixels at
+ any time after the wl_surface.commit request. When the compositor
+ will not access the pixels anymore, it will send the
+ wl_buffer.release event. Only after receiving wl_buffer.release,
+ the client may re-use the wl_buffer. A wl_buffer that has been
+ attached and then replaced by another attach instead of committed
+ will not receive a release event, and is not used by the
+ compositor.
+
+ Destroying the wl_buffer after wl_buffer.release does not change
+ the surface contents. However, if the client destroys the
+ wl_buffer before receiving wl_buffer.release, the surface
+ contents become undefined immediately.
+
+ Only if wl_surface.attach is sent with a NULL wl_buffer, the
following wl_surface.commit will remove the surface content.
</description>
@@ -788,20 +937,21 @@
<request name="damage">
<description summary="mark part of the surface damaged">
This request is used to describe the regions where the pending
- buffer (or if pending buffer is none, the current buffer as updated
- in-place) on the next wl_surface.commit will be different from the
- current buffer, and needs to be repainted. The pending buffer can be
- set by wl_surface.attach. The compositor ignores the parts of the
- damage that fall outside of the surface.
+ buffer is different from the current surface contents, and where
+ the surface therefore needs to be repainted. The pending buffer
+ must be set by wl_surface.attach before sending damage. The
+ compositor ignores the parts of the damage that fall outside of
+ the surface.
Damage is double-buffered state, see wl_surface.commit.
The initial value for pending damage is empty: no damage.
- wl_surface.damage adds pending damage: the new pending damage is the
- union of old pending damage and the given rectangle.
- wl_surface.commit assigns pending damage as the current damage, and
- clears pending damage. The server will clear the current damage as
- it repaints the surface.
+ wl_surface.damage adds pending damage: the new pending damage
+ is the union of old pending damage and the given rectangle.
+
+ wl_surface.commit assigns pending damage as the current damage,
+ and clears pending damage. The server will clear the current
+ damage as it repaints the surface.
</description>
<arg name="x" type="int"/>
@@ -826,6 +976,10 @@
damage, or any other state changes. wl_surface.commit triggers a
display update, so the callback event will arrive after the next
output refresh where the surface is visible.
+
+ The object returned by this request will be destroyed by the
+ compositor after the callback is fired and as such the client must not
+ attempt to use it after that point.
</description>
<arg name="callback" type="new_id" interface="wl_callback"/>
@@ -834,11 +988,14 @@
<request name="set_opaque_region">
<description summary="set opaque region">
This request sets the region of the surface that contains
- opaque content. The opaque region is an optimization hint for
- the compositor that lets it optimize out redrawing of content
- behind opaque regions. Setting an opaque region is not
- required for correct behaviour, but marking transparent
- content as opaque will result in repaint artifacts.
+ opaque content.
+
+ The opaque region is an optimization hint for the compositor
+ that lets it optimize out redrawing of content behind opaque
+ regions. Setting an opaque region is not required for correct
+ behaviour, but marking transparent content as opaque will result
+ in repaint artifacts.
+
The compositor ignores the parts of the opaque region that fall
outside of the surface.
@@ -846,11 +1003,11 @@
wl_surface.set_opaque_region changes the pending opaque region.
wl_surface.commit copies the pending region to the current region.
- Otherwise the pending and current regions are never changed.
+ Otherwise, the pending and current regions are never changed.
The initial value for opaque region is empty. Setting the pending
opaque region has copy semantics, and the wl_region object can be
- destroyed immediately. A nil wl_region causes the pending opaque
+ destroyed immediately. A NULL wl_region causes the pending opaque
region to be set to empty.
</description>
@@ -860,10 +1017,11 @@
<request name="set_input_region">
<description summary="set input region">
This request sets the region of the surface that can receive
- pointer and touch events. Input events happening outside of
- this region will try the next surface in the server surface
- stack. The compositor ignores the parts of the input region that
- fall outside of the surface.
+ pointer and touch events.
+
+ Input events happening outside of this region will try the next
+ surface in the server surface stack. The compositor ignores the
+ parts of the input region that fall outside of the surface.
Input region is double-buffered state, see wl_surface.commit.
@@ -873,10 +1031,11 @@
except cursor and icon surfaces are special cases, see
wl_pointer.set_cursor and wl_data_device.start_drag.
- The initial value for input region is infinite. That means the whole
- surface will accept input. Setting the pending input region has copy
- semantics, and the wl_region object can be destroyed immediately. A
- nil wl_region causes the input region to be set to infinite.
+ The initial value for input region is infinite. That means the
+ whole surface will accept input. Setting the pending input region
+ has copy semantics, and the wl_region object can be destroyed
+ immediately. A NULL wl_region causes the input region to be set
+ to infinite.
</description>
<arg name="region" type="object" interface="wl_region" allow-null="true"/>
@@ -894,7 +1053,7 @@
On commit, a pending wl_buffer is applied first, all other state
second. This means that all coordinates in double-buffered state are
relative to the new wl_buffer coming into use, except for
- wl_surface.attach itself. If the pending wl_buffer is none, the
+ wl_surface.attach itself. If there is no pending wl_buffer, the
coordinates are relative to the current surface contents.
All requests that need a commit to become effective are documented
@@ -906,46 +1065,75 @@
<event name="enter">
<description summary="surface enters an output">
- This is emitted whenever a surface's creation, movement, or resizing
- results in some part of it being within the scanout region of an
- output.
+ This is emitted whenever a surface's creation, movement, or resizing
+ results in some part of it being within the scanout region of an
+ output.
+
+ Note that a surface may be overlapping with zero or more outputs.
</description>
<arg name="output" type="object" interface="wl_output"/>
</event>
<event name="leave">
<description summary="surface leaves an output">
- This is emitted whenever a surface's creation, movement, or resizing
- results in it no longer having any part of it within the scanout region
- of an output.
+ This is emitted whenever a surface's creation, movement, or resizing
+ results in it no longer having any part of it within the scanout region
+ of an output.
</description>
<arg name="output" type="object" interface="wl_output"/>
</event>
- </interface>
+
+ <!-- Version 2 additions -->
+
+ <request name="set_buffer_transform" since="2">
+ <description summary="sets the buffer transformation">
+ This request sets an optional transformation on how the compositor
+ interprets the contents of the buffer attached to the surface. The
+ accepted values for the transform parameter are the values for
+ wl_output.transform.
+
+ Buffer transform is double-buffered state, see wl_surface.commit.
+
+ A newly created surface has its buffer transformation set to normal.
+
+ The purpose of this request is to allow clients to render content
+ according to the output transform, thus permiting the compositor to
+ use certain optimizations even if the display is rotated. Using
+ hardware overlays and scanning out a client buffer for fullscreen
+ surfaces are examples of such optmizations. Those optimizations are
+ highly dependent on the compositor implementation, so the use of this
+ request should be considered on a case-by-case basis.
+
+ Note that if the transform value includes 90 or 270 degree rotation,
+ the width of the buffer will become the surface height and the height
+ of the buffer will become the surface width.
+ </description>
+ <arg name="transform" type="int"/>
+ </request>
+ </interface>
<interface name="wl_seat" version="1">
- <description summary="seat">
- A group of keyboards, pointer (mice, for example) and touch
- devices . This object is published as a global during start up,
- or when such a device is hot plugged. A seat typically has a
- pointer and maintains a keyboard_focus and a pointer_focus.
+ <description summary="group of input devices">
+ A seat is a group of keyboards, pointer and touch devices. This
+ object is published as a global during start up, or when such a
+ device is hot plugged. A seat typically has a pointer and
+ maintains a keyboard focus and a pointer focus.
</description>
<enum name="capability">
<description summary="seat capability bitmask">
This is a bitmask of capabilities this seat has; if a member is
- set, then it is present on the seat.
+ set, then it is present on the seat.
</description>
- <entry name="pointer" value="1" summary="wl_pointer"/>
- <entry name="keyboard" value="2" summary="wl_keyboard"/>
- <entry name="touch" value="4" summary="wl_touch"/>
+ <entry name="pointer" value="1" summary="The seat has pointer devices"/>
+ <entry name="keyboard" value="2" summary="The seat has one or more keyboards"/>
+ <entry name="touch" value="4" summary="The seat has touch devices"/>
</enum>
-
<event name="capabilities">
<description summary="seat capabilities changed">
This is emitted whenever a seat gains or loses the pointer,
- keyboard or touch capabilities. The argument is a wl_seat_caps_mask
+ keyboard or touch capabilities. The argument is a capability
enum containing the complete set of capabilities this seat has.
</description>
<arg name="capabilities" type="uint"/>
@@ -955,28 +1143,48 @@
<description summary="return pointer object">
The ID provided will be initialized to the wl_pointer interface
for this seat.
+
+ This request only takes effect if the seat has the pointer
+ capability.
</description>
<arg name="id" type="new_id" interface="wl_pointer"/>
</request>
<request name="get_keyboard">
- <description summary="return pointer object">
+ <description summary="return keyboard object">
The ID provided will be initialized to the wl_keyboard interface
for this seat.
+
+ This request only takes effect if the seat has the keyboard
+ capability.
</description>
<arg name="id" type="new_id" interface="wl_keyboard"/>
</request>
<request name="get_touch">
- <description summary="return pointer object">
+ <description summary="return touch object">
The ID provided will be initialized to the wl_touch interface
for this seat.
+
+ This request only takes effect if the seat has the touch
+ capability.
</description>
<arg name="id" type="new_id" interface="wl_touch"/>
</request>
</interface>
<interface name="wl_pointer" version="1">
+ <description summary="pointer input device">
+ The wl_pointer interface represents one or more input devices,
+ such as mice, which control the pointer location and pointer_focus
+ of a seat.
+
+ The wl_pointer interface generates motion, enter and leave
+ events for the surfaces that the pointer is located over,
+ and button and axis events for button presses, button releases
+ and scrolling.
+ </description>
+
<request name="set_cursor">
<description summary="set the pointer surface">
Set the pointer surface, i.e., the surface that contains the
@@ -1007,28 +1215,35 @@
undefined, and the wl_surface is unmapped.
</description>
- <arg name="serial" type="uint"/>
+ <arg name="serial" type="uint" summary="serial of the enter event"/>
<arg name="surface" type="object" interface="wl_surface" allow-null="true"/>
- <arg name="hotspot_x" type="int"/>
- <arg name="hotspot_y" type="int"/>
+ <arg name="hotspot_x" type="int" summary="x coordinate in surface-relative coordinates"/>
+ <arg name="hotspot_y" type="int" summary="y coordinate in surface-relative coordinates"/>
</request>
<event name="enter">
<description summary="enter event">
Notification that this seat's pointer is focused on a certain
- surface. When an seat's focus enters a surface, the pointer image
+ surface.
+
+ When an seat's focus enters a surface, the pointer image
is undefined and a client should respond to this event by setting
- an appropriate pointer image.
+ an appropriate pointer image with the set_cursor request.
</description>
<arg name="serial" type="uint"/>
<arg name="surface" type="object" interface="wl_surface"/>
- <arg name="surface_x" type="fixed"/>
- <arg name="surface_y" type="fixed"/>
+ <arg name="surface_x" type="fixed" summary="x coordinate in surface-relative coordinates"/>
+ <arg name="surface_y" type="fixed" summary="y coordinate in surface-relative coordinates"/>
</event>
<event name="leave">
<description summary="leave event">
+ Notification that this seat's pointer is no longer focused on
+ a certain surface.
+
+ The leave notification is sent before the enter notification
+ for the new focus.
</description>
<arg name="serial" type="uint"/>
<arg name="surface" type="object" interface="wl_surface"/>
@@ -1036,13 +1251,14 @@
<event name="motion">
<description summary="pointer motion event">
- Notification of pointer location change. The arguments surface_[xy]
- are the location relative to the focused surface.
+ Notification of pointer location change. The arguments
+ surface_x and surface_y are the location relative to the
+ focused surface.
</description>
- <arg name="time" type="uint"/>
- <arg name="surface_x" type="fixed"/>
- <arg name="surface_y" type="fixed"/>
+ <arg name="time" type="uint" summary="timestamp with millisecond granularity"/>
+ <arg name="surface_x" type="fixed" summary="x coordinate in surface-relative coordinates"/>
+ <arg name="surface_y" type="fixed" summary="y coordinate in surface-relative coordinates"/>
</event>
<enum name="button_state">
@@ -1050,24 +1266,30 @@
Describes the physical state of a button which provoked the button
event.
</description>
- <entry name="released" value="0" summary="button is not pressed"/>
- <entry name="pressed" value="1" summary="button is pressed"/>
+ <entry name="released" value="0" summary="The button is not pressed"/>
+ <entry name="pressed" value="1" summary="The button is pressed"/>
</enum>
<event name="button">
<description summary="pointer button event">
- Mouse button click and release notifications. The location
- of the click is given by the last motion or pointer_focus event.
+ Mouse button click and release notifications.
+
+ The location of the click is given by the last motion or
+ enter event.
+ The time argument is a timestamp with millisecond
+ granularity, with an undefined base.
</description>
<arg name="serial" type="uint"/>
- <arg name="time" type="uint"/>
+ <arg name="time" type="uint" summary="timestamp with millisecond granularity"/>
<arg name="button" type="uint"/>
<arg name="state" type="uint"/>
</event>
<enum name="axis">
- <description summary="axis types"/>
+ <description summary="axis types">
+ Describes the axis types of scroll events.
+ </description>
<entry name="vertical_scroll" value="0"/>
<entry name="horizontal_scroll" value="1"/>
</enum>
@@ -1092,7 +1314,7 @@
scroll distance.
</description>
- <arg name="time" type="uint"/>
+ <arg name="time" type="uint" summary="timestamp with millisecond granularity"/>
<arg name="axis" type="uint"/>
<arg name="value" type="fixed"/>
</event>
@@ -1100,19 +1322,21 @@
<interface name="wl_keyboard" version="1">
<description summary="keyboard input device">
+ The wl_keyboard interface represents one or more keyboards
+ associated with a seat.
</description>
<enum name="keymap_format">
<description summary="keyboard mapping format">
- This enum specifies the format of the keymap provided to the client
- with the wl_keyboard::keymap event.
+ This specifies the format of the keymap provided to the
+ client with the wl_keyboard.keymap event.
</description>
- <entry name="xkb_v1" value="1" description="libxkbcommon compatible"/>
+ <entry name="xkb_v1" value="1" summary="libxkbcommon compatible"/>
</enum>
<event name="keymap">
<description summary="keyboard mapping">
- This event provides a file descriptor to the client which can be
+ This event provides a file descriptor to the client which can be
memory-mapped to provide a keyboard mapping description.
</description>
<arg name="format" type="uint"/>
@@ -1121,19 +1345,30 @@
</event>
<event name="enter">
+ <description summary="enter event">
+ Notification that this seat's keyboard focus is on a certain
+ surface.
+ </description>
<arg name="serial" type="uint"/>
<arg name="surface" type="object" interface="wl_surface"/>
- <arg name="keys" type="array"/>
+ <arg name="keys" type="array" summary="the currently pressed keys"/>
</event>
<event name="leave">
+ <description summary="leave event">
+ Notification that this seat's keyboard focus is no longer on
+ a certain surface.
+
+ The leave notification is sent before the enter notification
+ for the new focus.
+ </description>
<arg name="serial" type="uint"/>
<arg name="surface" type="object" interface="wl_surface"/>
</event>
<enum name="key_state">
<description summary="physical key state">
- Describes the physical state of a key which provoked the key event.
+ Describes the physical state of a key which provoked the key event.
</description>
<entry name="released" value="0" summary="key is not pressed"/>
<entry name="pressed" value="1" summary="key is pressed"/>
@@ -1142,17 +1377,19 @@
<event name="key">
<description summary="key event">
A key was pressed or released.
+ The time argument is a timestamp with millisecond
+ granularity, with an undefined base.
</description>
<arg name="serial" type="uint"/>
- <arg name="time" type="uint"/>
+ <arg name="time" type="uint" summary="timestamp with millisecond granularity"/>
<arg name="key" type="uint"/>
<arg name="state" type="uint"/>
</event>
<event name="modifiers">
<description summary="modifier and group state">
- Notifies clients that the modifier and/or group state has
+ Notifies clients that the modifier and/or group state has
changed, and it should update its local state.
</description>
@@ -1165,29 +1402,51 @@
</interface>
<interface name="wl_touch" version="1">
- <description summary="touch screen input device">
+ <description summary="touchscreen input device">
+ The wl_touch interface represents a touchscreen
+ associated with a seat.
+
+ Touch interactions can consist of one or more contacts.
+ For each contact, a series of events is generated, starting
+ with a down event, followed by zero or more motion events,
+ and ending with an up event. Events relating to the same
+ contact point can be identified by the ID of the sequence.
</description>
<event name="down">
+ <description summary="touch down event and beginning of a touch sequence">
+ A new touch point has appeared on the surface. This touch point is
+ assigned a unique @id. Future events from this touchpoint reference
+ this ID. The ID ceases to be valid after a touch up event and may be
+ re-used in the future.
+ </description>
<arg name="serial" type="uint"/>
- <arg name="time" type="uint"/>
+ <arg name="time" type="uint" summary="timestamp with millisecond granularity"/>
<arg name="surface" type="object" interface="wl_surface"/>
- <arg name="id" type="int" />
- <arg name="x" type="fixed" />
- <arg name="y" type="fixed" />
+ <arg name="id" type="int" summary="the unique ID of this touch point"/>
+ <arg name="x" type="fixed" summary="x coordinate in surface-relative coordinates"/>
+ <arg name="y" type="fixed" summary="y coordinate in surface-relative coordinates"/>
</event>
<event name="up">
+ <description summary="end of a touch event sequence">
+ The touch point has disappeared. No further events will be sent for
+ this touchpoint and the touch point's ID is released and may be
+ re-used in a future touch down event.
+ </description>
<arg name="serial" type="uint"/>
- <arg name="time" type="uint"/>
- <arg name="id" type="int" />
+ <arg name="time" type="uint" summary="timestamp with millisecond granularity"/>
+ <arg name="id" type="int" summary="the unique ID of this touch point"/>
</event>
<event name="motion">
- <arg name="time" type="uint"/>
- <arg name="id" type="int" />
- <arg name="x" type="fixed" />
- <arg name="y" type="fixed" />
+ <description summary="update of touch point coordinates">
+ A touchpoint has changed coordinates.
+ </description>
+ <arg name="time" type="uint" summary="timestamp with millisecond granularity"/>
+ <arg name="id" type="int" summary="the unique ID of this touch point"/>
+ <arg name="x" type="fixed" summary="x coordinate in surface-relative coordinates"/>
+ <arg name="y" type="fixed" summary="y coordinate in surface-relative coordinates"/>
</event>
<event name="frame">
@@ -1200,23 +1459,29 @@
<description summary="touch session cancelled">
Sent if the compositor decides the touch stream is a global
gesture. No further events are sent to the clients from that
- particular gesture.
+ particular gesture. Touch cancellation applies to all touch points
+ currently active on this client's surface. The client is
+ responsible for finalizing the touch points, future touch points on
+ this surface may re-use the touch point ID.
</description>
</event>
</interface>
-
<interface name="wl_output" version="1">
<description summary="compositor output region">
An output describes part of the compositor geometry. The
- compositor work in the 'compositor coordinate system' and an
+ compositor works in the 'compositor coordinate system' and an
output corresponds to rectangular area in that space that is
actually visible. This typically corresponds to a monitor that
displays part of the compositor space. This object is published
- as global during start up, or when a screen is hot plugged.
+ as global during start up, or when a monitor is hotplugged.
</description>
<enum name="subpixel">
+ <description summary="subpixel geometry information">
+ This enumeration describes how the physical
+ pixels on an output are layed out.
+ </description>
<entry name="unknown" value="0"/>
<entry name="none" value="1"/>
<entry name="horizontal_rgb" value="2"/>
@@ -1251,7 +1516,11 @@
</enum>
<event name="geometry">
- <description summary="properties of the output"/>
+ <description summary="properties of the output">
+ The geometry event describes geometric properties of the output.
+ The event is sent when binding to the output object and whenever
+ any of the properties change.
+ </description>
<arg name="x" type="int"
summary="x position within the global compositor space"/>
<arg name="y" type="int"
@@ -1271,23 +1540,27 @@
</event>
<enum name="mode">
- <description summary="values for the flags bitfield in the mode event"/>
+ <description summary="mode information">
+ These flags describe properties of an output mode.
+ They are used in the flags bitfield of the mode event.
+ </description>
<entry name="current" value="0x1"
summary="indicates this is the current mode"/>
<entry name="preferred" value="0x2"
summary="indicates this is the preferred mode"/>
</enum>
-
+
<event name="mode">
<description summary="advertise available modes for the output">
The mode event describes an available mode for the output.
+
The event is sent when binding to the output object and there
will always be one mode, the current mode. The event is sent
again if an output changes mode, for the mode that is now
current. In other words, the current mode is always the last
mode that was received with the current flag set.
</description>
- <arg name="flags" type="uint" summary="mask of wl_output_mode flags"/>
+ <arg name="flags" type="uint" summary="bitfield of mode flags"/>
<arg name="width" type="int" summary="width of the mode in pixels"/>
<arg name="height" type="int" summary="height of the mode in pixels"/>
<arg name="refresh" type="int" summary="vertical refresh rate in mHz"/>
@@ -1296,18 +1569,21 @@
<interface name="wl_region" version="1">
<description summary="region interface">
- Region.
+ A region object describes an area.
+
+ Region objects are used to describe the opaque and input
+ regions of a surface.
</description>
<request name="destroy" type="destructor">
<description summary="destroy region">
- Destroy the region. This will invalidate the object id.
+ Destroy the region. This will invalidate the object ID.
</description>
</request>
<request name="add">
<description summary="add rectangle to region">
- Add the specified rectangle to the region
+ Add the specified rectangle to the region.
</description>
<arg name="x" type="int"/>
@@ -1318,7 +1594,7 @@
<request name="subtract">
<description summary="subtract rectangle from region">
- Subtract the specified rectangle from the region
+ Subtract the specified rectangle from the region.
</description>
<arg name="x" type="int"/>