On Thu, 2018-07-05 at 20:06 +0200, Nikola Radovanovic wrote: > Hello, > Can someone please point me to some documentation/samples on how to > do the following: > > I have to detect events (messages) that are issued when any of > attached screens (one or possibly more of them) will be repainted > (partially or completely). So any key press, new window, resize > window, mouse move etc.
For updated window content, you want the Damage extension's events. X doesn't have globally-available events for mouse motion though, sorry. > What I am trying is to write a simple VNC viewer (server) for > Linux/Android and I have not yet managed to figure out how to > subscribe to such events in order to get 'paint' message and affected > rectangular area. I mean, tigervnc already exists, but sure, write another one, why not. Do consider reading it though, unix/x0vncserver/*.cxx is pretty much what you're describing, including examples of how to register for and parse Damage events. - ajax _______________________________________________ [email protected]: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: https://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: %(user_address)s
