#include #include #include #define STRING "Hello, world" #define BORDER 1 #define FONT "fixed" #define ARG_FONT "font" #define ARG_BORDER_COLOR "bordercolor" #define ARG_FOREGROUND "foreground" #define ARG_BACKGROUND "background" #define ARG_BORDER "border" #define ARG_GEOMETRY "geometry" #define DEFAULT_GEOMETRY "" /* * This structure forms the WM_HINTS property of the window, * letting the window manager know how to handle this window. * See Section 9.1 of the Xlib manual. */ XWMHints xwmh = { (InputHint|StateHint), /* flags */ False, /* input */ NormalState, /* initial_state */ 0, /* icon pixmap */ 0, /* icon window */ 0, 0, /* icon location */ 0, /* icon mask */ 0, /* Window group */ }; main(argc,argv) int argc; char **argv; { Display *dpy; /* X server connection */ Window win; /* Window ID */ GC gc; /* GC to draw with */ char *fontName; /* Name of font for string */ XFontStruct *fontstruct; /* Font descriptor */ unsigned long ftw, fth, pad;/* Font size parameters */ unsigned long fg, bg, bd; /* Pixel values */ unsigned long bw; /* Border width */ char *tempstr; /* Temporary string */ XColor color; /* Temporary color */ Colormap cmap; /* Color map to use */ XGCValues gcv; /* Struct for creating GC */ XEvent event; /* Event received */ XSizeHints xsh; /* Size hints for window manager */ char *geomSpec; /* Window geometry string */ XSetWindowAttributes xswa; /* Temporary Set Window Attribute struct */ /* * Open the display using the $DISPLAY environment variable to locate * the X server. See Section 2.1. */ if ((dpy = XOpenDisplay(NULL)) == NULL) { fprintf(stderr, "%s: can't open %s\n", argv[0], XDisplayName(NULL)); exit(1); } /* * Load the font to use. See Sections 10.2 & 6.5.1 */ if ((fontName = XGetDefault(dpy, argv[0], ARG_FONT)) == NULL) { fontName = FONT; } if ((fontstruct = XLoadQueryFont(dpy, fontName)) == NULL) { fprintf(stderr, "%s: display %s doesn't know font %s\n", argv[0], DisplayString(dpy), fontName); exit(1); } fth = fontstruct->max_bounds.ascent + fontstruct->max_bounds.descent; ftw = fontstruct->max_bounds.width; /* * Select colors for the border, the window background, and the * foreground. We use the default colormap to allocate the colors in. * See Sections 2.2.1, 5.1.2, & 10.4. */ cmap = DefaultColormap(dpy, DefaultScreen(dpy)); if ((tempstr = XGetDefault(dpy, argv[0], ARG_BORDER_COLOR)) == NULL || XParseColor(dpy, cmap, tempstr, &color) == 0 || XAllocColor(dpy, cmap, &color) == 0) { bd = WhitePixel(dpy, DefaultScreen(dpy)); } else { bd = color.pixel; } if ((tempstr = XGetDefault(dpy, argv[0], ARG_BACKGROUND)) == NULL || XParseColor(dpy, cmap, tempstr, &color) == 0 || XAllocColor(dpy, cmap, &color) == 0) { bg = BlackPixel(dpy, DefaultScreen(dpy)); } else { bg = color.pixel; } if ((tempstr = XGetDefault(dpy, argv[0], ARG_FOREGROUND)) == NULL || XParseColor(dpy, cmap, tempstr, &color) == 0 || XAllocColor(dpy, cmap, &color) == 0) { fg = WhitePixel(dpy, DefaultScreen(dpy)); } else { fg = color.pixel; } /* * Set the border width of the window, and the gap between the text * and the edge of the window, "pad". */ pad = BORDER; if ((tempstr = XGetDefault(dpy, argv[0], ARG_BORDER)) == NULL) bw = 1; else bw = atoi(tempstr); /* * Deal with providing the window with an initial position & size. * Fill out the XSizeHints struct to inform the window manager. See * Sections 9.1.6 & 10.3. */ geomSpec = XGetDefault(dpy, argv[0], ARG_GEOMETRY); if (geomSpec == NULL) { /* * The defaults database doesn't contain a specification of the * initial size & position - fit the window to the text and locate * it in the center of the screen. */ xsh.flags = (PPosition | PSize); xsh.height = fth + pad * 2; xsh.width = XTextWidth(fontstruct, STRING, strlen(STRING)) + pad * 2; xsh.x = (DisplayWidth(dpy, DefaultScreen(dpy)) - xsh.width) / 2; xsh.y = (DisplayHeight(dpy, DefaultScreen(dpy)) - xsh.height) / 2; } else { int bitmask; bzero(&xsh, sizeof(xsh)); bitmask = XGeometry(dpy, DefaultScreen(dpy), geomSpec, DEFAULT_GEOMETRY, bw, ftw, fth, pad, pad, &(xsh.x), &(xsh.y), &(xsh.width), &(xsh.height)); if (bitmask & (XValue | YValue)) { xsh.flags |= USPosition; } if (bitmask & (WidthValue | HeightValue)) { xsh.flags |= USSize; } } /* * Create the Window with the information in the XSizeHints, the * border width, and the border & background pixels. See Section 3.3. */ win = XCreateSimpleWindow(dpy, DefaultRootWindow(dpy), xsh.x, xsh.y, xsh.width, xsh.height, bw, bd, bg); /* * Set the standard properties for the window managers. See Section * 9.1. */ XSetStandardProperties(dpy, win, STRING, STRING, None, argv, argc, &xsh); XSetWMHints(dpy, win, &xwmh); /* * Ensure that the window's colormap field points to the default * colormap, so that the window manager knows the correct colormap to * use for the window. See Section 3.2.9. Also, set the window's Bit * Gravity to reduce Expose events. */ xswa.colormap = DefaultColormap(dpy, DefaultScreen(dpy)); xswa.bit_gravity = CenterGravity; XChangeWindowAttributes(dpy, win, (CWColormap | CWBitGravity), &xswa); /* * Create the GC for writing the text. See Section 5.3. */ gcv.font = fontstruct->fid; gcv.foreground = fg; gcv.background = bg; gc = XCreateGC(dpy, win, (GCFont | GCForeground | GCBackground), &gcv); /* * Specify the event types we're interested in - only Exposures. See * Sections 8.5 & 8.4.5.1 */ XSelectInput(dpy, win, ExposureMask); /* * Map the window to make it visible. See Section 3.5. */ XMapWindow(dpy, win); /* * Loop forever, examining each event. */ while (1) { /* * Get the next event */ XNextEvent(dpy, &event); /* * On the last of each group of Expose events, repaint the entire * window. See Section 8.4.5.1. */ if (event.type == Expose && event.xexpose.count == 0) { XWindowAttributes xwa; /* Temp Get Window Attribute struct */ int x, y; /* * Remove any other pending Expose events from the queue to * avoid multiple repaints. See Section 8.7. */ while (XCheckTypedEvent(dpy, Expose, &event)); /* * Find out how big the window is now, so that we can center * the text in it. */ if (XGetWindowAttributes(dpy, win, &xwa) == 0) break; x = (xwa.width - XTextWidth(fontstruct, STRING, strlen(STRING))) / 2; y = (xwa.height + fontstruct->max_bounds.ascent - fontstruct->max_bounds.descent) / 2; /* * Fill the window with the background color, and then paint * the centered string. */ XClearWindow(dpy, win); XDrawString(dpy, win, gc, x, y, STRING, strlen(STRING)); } } exit(1); }