Display

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Description:

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Static methods:

• public static unowned Display lookup_for_xdisplay (Display xdisplay)
  Find the `GdkDisplay` corresponding to xdisplay, if any exists.
• public static Display? open (string? display_name)
  Tries to open a new display to the X server given by display_name .
• public static void set_program_class (Display display, string program_class)
  Sets the program class.

Creation methods:

• protected Display ()

Methods:

• public void broadcast_startup_message (string message_type, ...)
  Sends a startup notification message of type message_type to this.
• public int error_trap_pop ()
  Pops the error trap pushed by error_trap_push.
• public void error_trap_pop_ignored ()
  Pops the error trap pushed by error_trap_push.
• public void error_trap_push ()
  Begins a range of X requests on this for which X error events will be ignored.
• public unowned Surface get_default_group ()
  Returns the default group leader surface for all toplevel surfaces on this.
• public void* get_egl_display ()
  Retrieves the EGL display connection object for the given GDK display.
• public bool get_egl_version (out int major, out int minor)
  Retrieves the version of the EGL implementation.
• public bool get_glx_version (out int major, out int minor)
  Retrieves the version of the GLX implementation.
• public unowned Monitor get_primary_monitor ()
  Gets the primary monitor for the display.
• public unowned Screen get_screen ()
  Retrieves the `GdkX11Screen` of the this.
• public unowned string get_startup_notification_id ()
  Gets the startup notification ID for a display.
• public uint32 get_user_time ()
  Returns the timestamp of the last user interaction on this.
• public Atom get_xatom_by_name (string atom_name)
  Returns the X atom for a `GdkDisplay` corresponding to atom_name .
• public unowned string get_xatom_name (Atom xatom)
  Returns the name of an X atom for its display.
• public Cursor get_xcursor (Cursor cursor)
  Returns the X cursor belonging to a `GdkCursor`, potentially creating the cursor.
• public unowned Display get_xdisplay ()
  Returns the X display of a `GdkDisplay`.
• public Window get_xrootwindow ()
  Returns the root X window used by `GdkDisplay`.
• public unowned Screen get_xscreen ()
  Returns the X Screen used by `GdkDisplay`.
• public void grab ()
  Call grab_server on this.
• public void set_cursor_theme (string? theme, int size)
  Sets the cursor theme from which the images for cursor should be taken.
• public void set_startup_notification_id (string startup_id)
  Sets the startup notification ID for a display.
• public void set_surface_scale (int scale)
  Forces a specific window scale for all windows on this display, instead of using the default or user configured scale.
• public int string_to_compound_text (string str, out unowned string encoding, out int format, out uint8[] ctext)
  Convert a string from the encoding of the current locale into a form suitable for storing in a window property.
• public int text_property_to_text_list (string encoding, int format, string text, int length, out string[] list)
  Convert a text string from the encoding as it is stored in a property into an array of strings in the encoding of the current locale.
• public void ungrab ()
  Ungrab this after it has been grabbed with grab.
• public bool utf8_to_compound_text (string str, out unowned string encoding, out int format, out uint8[] ctext)
  Converts from UTF-8 to compound text.

Signals:

• public signal bool xevent (Event xevent)
  The xevent signal is a low level signal that is emitted whenever an XEvent has been received.

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