I try to learn how to use shared memory pixmaps in the xcb library. Did any of you have experience with this and want to share example codes and/or information? This would be very helpful.
Thanks
I try to learn how to use shared memory pixmaps in the xcb library. Did any of you have experience with this and want to share example codes and/or information? This would be very helpful.
Thanks
After some research I found out how to use shared memory pixmaps in xcb.
Here is my testcode:
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/ipc.h>
#include <sys/shm.h>
#include <xcb/xcb.h>
#include <xcb/shm.h>
#include <xcb/xcb_image.h>
#define WID 512
#define HEI 512
int main(){
xcb_connection_t* connection;
xcb_window_t window;
xcb_screen_t* screen;
xcb_gcontext_t gcontext;
xcb_generic_event_t* event;
uint32_t value_mask;
uint32_t value_list[2];
//connect to the X server and get screen
connection = xcb_connect(NULL, NULL);
screen = xcb_setup_roots_iterator(xcb_get_setup(connection)).data;
//create a window
value_mask = XCB_CW_BACK_PIXEL | XCB_CW_EVENT_MASK;
value_list[0] = screen->black_pixel;
value_list[1] = XCB_EVENT_MASK_EXPOSURE;
window = xcb_generate_id(connection);
xcb_create_window(
connection,
screen->root_depth,
window,
screen->root,
0, 0,
WID, HEI,
0,
XCB_WINDOW_CLASS_INPUT_OUTPUT,
screen->root_visual,
value_mask, value_list
);
//create a graphic context
value_mask = XCB_GC_FOREGROUND | XCB_GC_GRAPHICS_EXPOSURES;
value_list[0] = screen->black_pixel;
value_list[1] = 0;
gcontext = xcb_generate_id(connection);
xcb_create_gc(connection, gcontext, window, value_mask, value_list);
//map the window onto the screen
xcb_map_window(connection, window);
xcb_flush(connection);
//Shm test
xcb_shm_query_version_reply_t* reply;
xcb_shm_segment_info_t info;
reply = xcb_shm_query_version_reply(
connection,
xcb_shm_query_version(connection),
NULL
);
if(!reply || !reply->shared_pixmaps){
printf("Shm error...\n");
exit(0);
}
info.shmid = shmget(IPC_PRIVATE, WID*HEI*4, IPC_CREAT | 0777);
info.shmaddr = shmat(info.shmid, 0, 0);
info.shmseg = xcb_generate_id(connection);
xcb_shm_attach(connection, info.shmseg, info.shmid, 0);
shmctl(info.shmid, IPC_RMID, 0);
uint32_t* data = info.shmaddr;
xcb_pixmap_t pix = xcb_generate_id(connection);
xcb_shm_create_pixmap(
connection,
pix,
window,
WID, HEI,
screen->root_depth,
info.shmseg,
0
);
int i = 0;
while(1){
usleep(10000);
data[i] = 0xFFFFFF;
i++;
xcb_copy_area(
connection,
pix,
window,
gcontext,
0, 0, 0, 0,
WID, HEI
);
xcb_flush(connection);
}
xcb_shm_detach(connection, info.shmseg);
shmdt(info.shmaddr);
xcb_free_pixmap(connection, pix);
xcb_destroy_window(connection, window);
xcb_disconnect(connection);
return 0;
}