NAME

XShapeQueryExtension, XShapeQueryVersion, XShapeCombineRegion, XShapeCombineRectangles, XShapeCombineMask, XShapeCombineShape, XShapeOffsetShape, XShapeQueryExtents, XShapeSelectInput, XShapeInputSelected, XShapeGetRectangles – X nonrectangular shape functions  

SYNTAX


#include <X11/extensions/shape.h>

Bool XShapeQueryExtension (
        Display *dpy,
        int *event_basep,
        int *error_basep);

Status XShapeQueryVersion (
        Display *dpy,
        int *major_versionp,
        int *minor_versionp);

void XShapeCombineRegion (
        Display *dpy,
        Window dest,
        int destKind,
        int xOff,
        int yOff,
        struct _XRegion *r,
        int op);

void XShapeCombineRectangles (
        Display *dpy,
        XID dest,
        int destKind,
        int xOff,
        int yOff,
        XRectangle *rects,
        int n_rects,
        int op,
        int ordering);

void XShapeCombineMask (
        Display *dpy,
        XID dest,
        int destKind,
        int xOff,
        int yOff,
        Pixmap src,
        int op);

void XShapeCombineShape (
        Display *dpy,
        XID dest,
        int destKind,
        int xOff,
        int yOff,
        Pixmap src,
        int srcKind,
        int op);

void XShapeOffsetShape (
        Display *dpy,
        XID dest,
        int destKind,
        int xOff,
        int yOff);

Status XShapeQueryExtents (
        Display *dpy,
        Window window,
        int *bShaped,
        int *xbs,
        int *ybs,
        unsigned int *wbs,
        unsigned int *hbs,
        int *cShaped,
        int *xcs,
        int *ycs,
        unsigned int *wcs,
        unsigned int *hcs);

void XShapeSelectInput (
        Display *dpy,
        Window window,
        unsigned longmask);

unsigned long XShapeInputSelected (
        Display *dpy,
        Window window);

XRectangle *XShapeGetRectangles (
        Display *dpy,
        Window window,
        int kind,
        int *count,
        int *ordering);
 

STRUCTURES

typedef struct {
    int type;   /* of event */
    unsigned long serial;       /* # of last request processed by server */
    Bool send_event;    /* true if this came from a SendEvent request */
    Display *display;   /* Display the event was read from */
    Window window;      /* window of event */
    int kind;   /* ShapeBounding or ShapeClip */
    int x, y;   /* extents of new region */
    unsigned width, height;
    Time time;  /* server timestamp when region changed */
    Bool shaped;        /* true if the region exists */
} XShapeEvent;
 

DESCRIPTION

The X11 Nonrectangular Window Shape Extension adds nonrectangular windows to the X Window System.  

PREDEFINED VALUES

Operations:

ShapeSet
ShapeUnion
ShapeIntersect
ShapeSubtract
ShapeInvert

Shape Kinds:


ShapeBounding
ShapeClip

Event defines:


ShapeNotifyMask
ShapeNotify
 

BUGS

This manual page needs a lot more work.  

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