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# xgbsel
[![Go Reference](https://pkg.go.dev/badge/git.tebibyte.media/tomo/xgbsel.svg)](https://pkg.go.dev/git.tebibyte.media/tomo/xgbsel)
[![Go Reference](https://pkg.go.dev/badge/git.tebibyte.media/tomo/xgbsel/v2.svg)](https://pkg.go.dev/git.tebibyte.media/tomo/xgbsel/v2)
Easy clipboard/selection manipulation and access with xgb and xgbutil.
Easy clipboard/selection manipulation and access with xgb and xgbutil. Please
use v2 of this module.

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package xgbsel
import "io"
import "errors"
import "github.com/jezek/xgb"
import "github.com/jezek/xgbutil"
import "github.com/jezek/xgb/xproto"
import "github.com/jezek/xgbutil/xprop"
import "github.com/jezek/xgbutil/xevent"
import "github.com/jezek/xgbutil/xwindow"
const format8bit byte = 8
const format16bit byte = 16
const format32bit byte = 32
const propertyNewValue byte = 0
const propertyDelete byte = 1
type claimRequest struct {
reader io.ReadSeekCloser
ty xproto.Atom
event xevent.SelectionRequestEvent
}
type claimRequestKey struct {
property xproto.Atom
requestor xproto.Window
}
// Claim represents a claim that a window has on a particular selection.
type Claim struct {
open bool
incr bool
window *xwindow.Window
data Data
selection xproto.Atom
timestamp xproto.Timestamp
requests map[claimRequestKey] *claimRequest
}
// NewClaim claims ownership of a specified selection, and allows using data
// passed to it to fulfill requests for the selection's contents. The timestamp
// should be set to that of the event that triggered the claim, such as a Ctrl+C
// event, or a mouse motion that led to text being selected. If the claim was
// not triggered by an event, specify xproto.TimeCurrentTime.
func NewClaim (window *xwindow.Window, selection xproto.Atom, data Data, timestamp xproto.Timestamp) (*Claim, error) {
// Follow:
// https://tronche.com/gui/x/icccm/sec-2.html#s-2.1
// A client wishing to acquire ownership of a particular selection
// should call SetSelectionOwner. The client should set the specified
// selection to the atom that represents the selection, set the
// specified owner to some window that the client created, and set the
// specified time to some time between the current last-change time of
// the selection concerned and the current server time. This time value
// usually will be obtained from the timestamp of the event that
// triggers the acquisition of the selection. Clients should not set the
// time value to CurrentTime, because if they do so, they have no way of
// finding when they gained ownership of the selection. Clients must use
// a window they created so that requestors can route events to the
// owner of the selection.
err := xproto.SetSelectionOwnerChecked (
window.X.Conn(),
window.Id, selection, timestamp).Check()
if err != nil { return nil, err }
ownerReply, err := xproto.GetSelectionOwner (
window.X.Conn(), selection).Reply()
if err != nil { return nil, err }
if ownerReply.Owner != window.Id {
return nil, errors.New("someone else took the selection")
}
return &Claim {
open: true,
incr: false, // TODO change to enable INCR once its done
window: window,
data: data,
selection: selection,
timestamp: timestamp,
requests: make(map[claimRequestKey] *claimRequest),
}, nil
}
func (claim *Claim) refuseSelectionRequest (request xevent.SelectionRequestEvent) {
// ... refuse the SelectionRequest by sending the requestor window a
// SelectionNotify event with the property set to None (by means of a
// SendEvent request with an empty event mask).
event := xproto.SelectionNotifyEvent {
Requestor: request.Requestor,
Selection: request.Selection,
Target: request.Target,
Property: 0,
}.Bytes()
xproto.SendEvent (
claim.window.X.Conn(),
false, request.Requestor, 0, string(event))
}
func (claim *Claim) fulfillSelectionRequest (
data []byte,
format byte,
ty xproto.Atom,
request xevent.SelectionRequestEvent,
) {
die := func () { claim.refuseSelectionRequest(request) }
// If the specified property is not None, the owner should place the
// data resulting from converting the selection into the specified
// property on the requestor window and should set the property's type
// to some appropriate value, which need not be the same as the
// specified target.
err := claim.changePropertyChecked (
xproto.PropModeReplace, request.Requestor,
request.Property,
ty, format, data)
if err != nil { die() }
// If the property is successfully stored, the owner should acknowledge
// the successful conversion by sending the requestor window a
// SelectionNotify event (by means of a SendEvent request with an empty
// mask).
event := xproto.SelectionNotifyEvent {
Requestor: request.Requestor,
Selection: request.Selection,
Target: request.Target,
Property: request.Property,
}.Bytes()
xproto.SendEvent (
claim.window.X.Conn(),
false, request.Requestor, 0, string(event))
}
func (claim *Claim) changePropertyChecked (
mode byte,
window xproto.Window,
property xproto.Atom,
ty xproto.Atom,
format byte,
data []byte,
) error {
return xproto.ChangePropertyChecked (
claim.window.X.Conn(), mode, window, property, ty, format,
uint32(len(data) / (int(format) / 8)), data).Check()
}
// While the selection claim is active, HandleSelectionRequest should be called
// when the owner window recieves a SelectionRequest event. This must be
// registered as an event handler manually.
func (claim *Claim) HandleSelectionRequest (
connection *xgbutil.XUtil,
event xevent.SelectionRequestEvent,
) {
// do not fulfill *new* selection requests after the claim has been
// relinquished
if !claim.open { return }
// Follow:
// https://tronche.com/gui/x/icccm/sec-2.html#s-2.2
die := func () { claim.refuseSelectionRequest(event) }
// When a requestor wants the value of a selection, the owner receives a
// SelectionRequest event. The specified owner and selection will be the
// values that were specified in the SetSelectionOwner request. The
// owner should compare the timestamp with the period it has owned the
// selection and, if the time is outside, refuse the SelectionRequest.
if event.Selection != claim.selection { die(); return }
// If the specified property is None, the requestor is an obsolete
// client. Owners are encouraged to support these clients by using the
// specified target atom as the property name to be used for the reply.
if event.Property == 0 {
event.Property = event.Target
}
// Otherwise, the owner should use the target to decide the form into
// which the selection should be converted. Some targets may be defined
// such that requestors can pass parameters along with the request. The
// owner will find these parameters in the property named in the
// selection request. The type, format, and contents of this property
// are dependent upon the definition of the target. If the target is not
// defined to have parameters, the owner should ignore the property if
// it is present. If the selection cannot be converted into a form based
// on the target (and parameters, if any), the owner should refuse the
// SelectionRequest as previously described.
targetName, err := xprop.AtomName(claim.window.X, event.Target)
if err != nil { die(); return }
switch targetName {
case "TARGETS":
// generate a list of supported targets
targetNames := []Target { "TARGETS" }
targetNames = append(targetNames, claim.data.Supported()...)
data := make([]byte, len(targetNames) * 4)
for index, name := range targetNames {
atom, err := xprop.Atm(claim.window.X, string(name))
if err != nil { die(); return }
xgb.Put32(data[(index) * 4:], uint32(atom))
}
// send that list to the requestor
atomAtom, err := xprop.Atm(claim.window.X, "ATOM")
if err != nil { die(); return }
claim.fulfillSelectionRequest(data, format32bit, atomAtom, event)
default:
incr, err := xprop.Atm(claim.window.X, "INCR")
if err != nil { die(); return }
// respond with data
reader, ok := claim.data.Convert(Target(targetName))
if !ok { die(); return }
if claim.incr {
// TODO: we need to subscribe to PropertyNotify events
// on the destination window. apparently event masks as
// set by ChangeWindowAttributes are client-specific.
// we also need to clean up afterwards.
// https://tronche.com/gui/x/xlib/window/XChangeWindowAttributes.html
request := &claimRequest {
reader: reader,
ty: event.Target,
event: event,
}
// Requestors may receive a property of type INCR in
// response to any target that results in selection
// data. This indicates that the owner will send the
// actual data incrementally. The contents of the INCR
// property will be an integer, which represents a lower
// bound on the number of bytes of data in the
// selection.
data := [4]byte { }
xgb.Put32(data[:], 1)
err := claim.changePropertyChecked (
xproto.PropModeReplace, event.Requestor,
event.Property, incr, format32bit, data[:])
if err != nil { die() }
claim.requests[claimRequestKey {
property: event.Property,
requestor: event.Requestor,
}] = request
} else {
reader.Seek(0, io.SeekStart)
data, err := io.ReadAll(reader)
reader.Close()
if err != nil { die() }
claim.fulfillSelectionRequest(data, format8bit, event.Target, event)
}
}
}
// While the selection claim is active, HandlePropertyNotify should be called
// when the requesting window recieves a PropertyNotify event. This must be
// registered as an event handler manually.
func (claim *Claim) HandlePropertyNotify (
connection *xgbutil.XUtil,
event xevent.PropertyNotifyEvent,
) {
// The selection requestor starts the transfer process by deleting the
// (type==INCR) property forming the reply to the selection.
//
// The selection owner then:
// ... Waits between each append for a PropertyNotify (state==Deleted)
// event that shows that the requestor has read the data. The reason for
// doing this is to limit the consumption of space in the server.
if event.State != propertyDelete { return }
// if the request does not exist, the property was either modified in
// error or the request has already finished. either way, we simply
// exit.
key := claimRequestKey {
property: event.Atom,
requestor: event.Window,
}
request, ok := claim.requests[key]
if !ok { return }
done := func () {
request.reader.Close()
delete(claim.requests, key)
}
die := func () {
done()
claim.refuseSelectionRequest(request.event)
}
// FIXME change the length of this if maximum-request-size is smaller
buffer := [1024]byte { }
size, err := request.reader.Read(buffer[:])
if err != nil { die(); return }
dataRead := buffer[:size]
if len(dataRead) > 0 {
// there is more data to send
// ... Appends the data in suitable-size chunks to the same property on
// the same window as the selection reply with a type corresponding to
// the actual type of the converted selection. The size should be less
// than the maximum-request-size in the connection handshake.
err := claim.changePropertyChecked (
xproto.PropModeReplace,
request.event.Requestor, request.event.Property,
request.ty, format8bit, dataRead)
if err != nil { die(); return }
} else {
// all data has been sent
// ... Waits (after the entire data has been transferred to the
// server) until a PropertyNotify (state==Deleted) event that
// shows that the data has been read by the requestor and then
// writes zero-length data to the property.
err := claim.changePropertyChecked (
xproto.PropModeReplace,
request.event.Requestor, request.event.Property,
request.ty, format8bit, nil)
if err != nil { die(); return }
done()
}
}
// While the selection claim is active, HandleSelectionClear should be called
// when the requesting window recieves a SelectionClear event. This must be
// registered as an event handler manually.
func (claim *Claim) HandleSelectionClear (
connection *xgbutil.XUtil,
event xevent.SelectionClearEvent,
) {
// When some other client acquires a selection, the previous owner
// receives a SelectionClear event. The timestamp argument is the time
// at which the ownership changed hands, and the owner argument is the
// window the previous owner specified in its SetSelectionOwner request.
// If an owner loses ownership while it has a transfer in progress (that
// is, before it receives notification that the requestor has received
// all the data), it must continue to service the ongoing transfer until
// it is complete.
claim.open = false
}
// Prune checks for requests that cannot continue and removes them. If this
// claim is to be held for an extended period of time, this method should be
// called every so often.
func (claim *Claim) Prune () {
// TODO
// check all active requests to see if anyone's window has closed, and
// if it has, close the request
}
// Open returns false if the claim has been relinquished, either from recieving
// a SelectionClear event or with the Close method.
func (claim *Claim) Open () bool {
return claim.open
}
// Active returns true if requests are currently being fulfilled. While this is
// true, the claim should still be forwarded events regardless if it is closed
// or not. It is safe to forward the same event to multiple claims.
func (claim *Claim) Active () bool {
return len(claim.requests) > 0
}
// Close voluntarily relinquishes the selection claim. This will inform the X
// server that the selection is being voluntarily given up, and cause the claim
// to stop fulfilling new requests.
func (claim *Claim) Close () error {
if !claim.open { return nil }
claim.open = false
// To relinquish ownership of a selection voluntarily, a client should
// execute a SetSelectionOwner request for that selection atom, with
// owner specified as None and the time specified as the timestamp that
// was used to acquire the selection.
err := xproto.SetSelectionOwnerChecked (
claim.window.X.Conn(),
0, claim.selection, claim.timestamp).Check()
if err != nil { return err }
return nil
}

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package xgbsel
import "io"
import "strings"
// Data represents X selection data.
type Data interface {
// Convert converts the data to the specified target and returns it. If
// the target is not supported, this behavior will return false for ok.
Convert (Target) (reader io.ReadSeekCloser, ok bool)
// Supported returns a slice of targets that Convert can accept. This
// can just be the result of MimeToTargets.
Supported () []Target
}
// Target represents an X selection target. It defines the type of data stored
// within an X selection. This data may be a MIME type, or a more specific name
// that is unique to X. A list of these names can be found here:
// https://tronche.com/gui/x/icccm/sec-2.html#s-2.6.2
type Target string
// Confidence represents how accurate a conversion from a target to a MIME type
// is.
type Confidence int; const (
ConfidenceNone Confidence = iota
ConfidencePartial
ConfidenceFull
)
// ToMime converts the specified target to a MIME type. Because a single MIME
// type may correspond to several targets, a confidence value is returned
// representing how one-to-one of a match it is. If some data is represented by
// multiple targets, they can each be checked individually and the one with the
// highest confidence value can be chosen. If a target cannot be converted to a
// MIME type, ("", ConfidenceNone) is returned.
func (target Target) ToMime () (string, Confidence) {
// TODO: add other stuff. reference this table:
// https://tronche.com/gui/x/icccm/sec-2.html#s-2.6.2
// perhaps we should also have parameters for mime types so we can
// return an encoding here for things like STRING?
switch target {
case "ADOBE_PORTABLE_DOCUMENT_FORMAT":
return "application/pdf", ConfidenceFull
case "APPLE_PICT":
return "image/pict", ConfidenceFull
case
"POSTSCRIPT",
"ENCAPSULATED_POSTSCRIPT",
"ENCAPSULATED_POSTSCRIPT_INTERCHANGE":
return "application/postscript", ConfidenceFull
case "FILE_NAME":
return "text/uri-list", ConfidenceFull
case "UTF8_STRING":
return "text/plain", ConfidenceFull
case "TEXT":
return "text/plain", ConfidencePartial
case "STRING":
return "text/plain", ConfidencePartial
default:
if strings.Count(string(target), "/") == 1 {
return string(target), ConfidenceFull
} else {
return "", ConfidenceNone
}
}
}
// MimeToTargets returns a slice of targets that correspond to a specified MIME
// type. The MIME type itself is always the first item of the slice. All targets
// returned by this function are guaranteed to convert to the given MIME type
// when ToMime is called on them.
func MimeToTargets (mime string) []Target {
targets := []Target { Target(mime) }
switch mime {
case "application/pdf":
targets = append(targets, "ADOBE_PORTABLE_DOCUMENT_FORMAT")
case "image/pict":
targets = append(targets, "APPLE_PICT")
case "application/postscript":
targets = append(targets, "POSTSCRIPT")
case "text/uri-list":
targets = append(targets, "FILE_NAME")
case "text/plain":
targets = append(targets, "UTF8_STRING", "TEXT", "STRING")
}
return targets
}

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// Package xgbsel provides easy clipboard/selection manipulation and access with
// xgb and xgbutil.
package xgbsel

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// Example copy shows how to place text data in the CLIPBOARD selection.
package main
import "os"
import "io"
import "log"
import "bytes"
import "github.com/jezek/xgbutil"
import "github.com/jezek/xgb/xproto"
import "github.com/jezek/xgbutil/xprop"
import "github.com/jezek/xgbutil/xevent"
import "github.com/jezek/xgbutil/xwindow"
import "git.tebibyte.media/tomo/xgbsel/v2"
// data is a very basic implementation of xgbsel.Data that only serves data of
// one type.
type data struct {
buffer io.ReadSeekCloser
mime string
}
func (this *data) Convert (target xgbsel.Target) (io.ReadSeekCloser, bool) {
if mime, _ := target.ToMime(); mime == this.mime {
return this.buffer, true
} else {
return nil, false
}
}
func (this *data) Supported () []xgbsel.Target {
return xgbsel.MimeToTargets(this.mime)
}
// nopSeekCloser is like io.NopCloser but for an io.ReadSeeker.
type nopSeekCloser struct { io.ReadSeeker }
func (nopSeekCloser) Close () error { return nil }
func main () {
// get data from user
log.Println("enter data, ^D when done: ")
buffer, _ := io.ReadAll(os.Stdin)
data := &data {
buffer: nopSeekCloser {
ReadSeeker: bytes.NewReader(buffer),
},
mime: "text/plain",
}
// establish connection
X, err := xgbutil.NewConn()
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
// create window
window, err := xwindow.Generate(X)
if err != nil {
log.Fatalln("could not generate a new window X id:", err)
}
window.Create(X.RootWin(), 0, 0, 500, 500, xproto.CwBackPixel, 0xffffffff)
// obtain claim on CLIPBOARD
log.Println("obtaining claim")
clipboard, _ := xprop.Atm(X, "CLIPBOARD")
claim, _ := xgbsel.NewClaim(window, clipboard, data, xproto.TimeCurrentTime)
// listen for events
window.Listen(xproto.EventMaskPropertyChange)
xevent.PropertyNotifyFun(claim.HandlePropertyNotify).Connect(X, window.Id)
xevent.SelectionRequestFun(claim.HandleSelectionRequest).Connect(X, window.Id)
xevent.SelectionClearFun(claim.HandleSelectionClear).Connect(X, window.Id)
log.Println("running main event loop")
xevent.Main(X)
}

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// Example paste shows how to read text data from the CLIPBOARD selection.
package main
import "os"
import "io"
import "log"
import "github.com/jezek/xgbutil"
import "github.com/jezek/xgb/xproto"
import "github.com/jezek/xgbutil/xprop"
import "github.com/jezek/xgbutil/xevent"
import "github.com/jezek/xgbutil/xwindow"
import "git.tebibyte.media/tomo/xgbsel/v2"
// requestor implements xgbsel.Requestor. It asks for text and outputs it to
// os.Stdout, and any logs to the default logging output (os.Stderr).
type requestor struct {
window *xwindow.Window
}
func (requestor requestor) Window () *xwindow.Window {
return requestor.window
}
func (requestor requestor) Success (target xgbsel.Target, data io.ReadCloser) {
defer data.Close()
text, _ := io.ReadAll(data)
log.Println("got clipboard text:")
os.Stdout.Write(text)
os.Exit(0)
}
func (requestor requestor) Failure (err error) {
if err == nil {
log.Fatalln("no available clipboard data")
} else {
log.Fatalln("could not get clipboard:", err)
}
os.Exit(1)
}
func (requestor requestor) Choose (available []xgbsel.Target) (xgbsel.Target, bool) {
log.Println("owner supports these targets:", available)
// try to find the closest thing to text/plain by converting each target
// to a MIME type and comparing confidence values
var bestTarget xgbsel.Target
var bestConfidence xgbsel.Confidence
for _, target := range available {
mime, confidence := target.ToMime()
if mime == "text/plain" && confidence > bestConfidence {
bestConfidence = confidence
bestTarget = target
}
}
// if we have any confidence at all, return the result we got
if bestConfidence > xgbsel.ConfidenceNone {
return bestTarget, true
} else {
return "", false
}
}
func main () {
X, err := xgbutil.NewConn()
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
// create window
window, err := xwindow.Generate(X)
if err != nil {
log.Fatalln("could not generate a new window X id:", err)
}
window.Create(X.RootWin(), 0, 0, 500, 500, xproto.CwBackPixel, 0xffffffff)
// get the atom for the clipboard, and the name of the property we want
// to recieve the selection contents on (which can be anything)
log.Println("creating request")
clipboard, _ := xprop.Atm(X, "CLIPBOARD")
property, _ := xprop.Atm(X, "DESTINATION")
request, _ := xgbsel.NewRequest (
requestor { window: window },
clipboard,
property,
xproto.TimeCurrentTime)
// listen for events
window.Listen(xproto.EventMaskPropertyChange)
xevent.PropertyNotifyFun(request.HandlePropertyNotify).Connect(X, window.Id)
xevent.SelectionNotifyFun(request.HandleSelectionNotify).Connect(X, window.Id)
log.Println("running main event loop")
xevent.Main(X)
}

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module git.tebibyte.media/tomo/xgbsel/v2
go 1.11
require (
github.com/jezek/xgb v1.1.0
github.com/jezek/xgbutil v0.0.0-20230603163917-04188eb39cf0
)

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github.com/BurntSushi/freetype-go v0.0.0-20160129220410-b763ddbfe298/go.mod h1:D+QujdIlUNfa0igpNMk6UIvlb6C252URs4yupRUV4lQ=
github.com/BurntSushi/graphics-go v0.0.0-20160129215708-b43f31a4a966/go.mod h1:Mid70uvE93zn9wgF92A/r5ixgnvX8Lh68fxp9KQBaI0=
github.com/jezek/xgb v1.1.0 h1:wnpxJzP1+rkbGclEkmwpVFQWpuE2PUGNUzP8SbfFobk=
github.com/jezek/xgb v1.1.0/go.mod h1:nrhwO0FX/enq75I7Y7G8iN1ubpSGZEiA3v9e9GyRFlk=
github.com/jezek/xgbutil v0.0.0-20230603163917-04188eb39cf0 h1:Pf/0BAbppEOq4azPH6fnvUX2dycAwZdGkdxFn25j44c=
github.com/jezek/xgbutil v0.0.0-20230603163917-04188eb39cf0/go.mod h1:AHecLyFNy6AN9f/+0AH/h1MI7X1+JL5bmCz4XlVZk7Y=

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package xgbsel
import "io"
import "bytes"
import "errors"
import "github.com/jezek/xgb"
import "github.com/jezek/xgbutil"
import "github.com/jezek/xgb/xproto"
import "github.com/jezek/xgbutil/xprop"
import "github.com/jezek/xgbutil/xevent"
import "github.com/jezek/xgbutil/xwindow"
type selReqState int; const (
selReqStateClosed selReqState = iota
selReqStateAwaitTargets
selReqStateAwaitValue
selReqStateAwaitChunk
)
// Requestor provices details about the request such as the window that is
// requesting the selection data, and what targets it accepts.
type Requestor interface {
// Window returns the window that is requesting the selection data.
Window () *xwindow.Window
// Choose picks target from a slice of available targets and returns
// (target, true). If no target was picket, it returns ("", false).
Choose (available []Target) (target Target, ok bool)
// Success is called once the owner responds with data. The data must be
// closed once it has been read.
Success (Target, io.ReadCloser)
// Failure is called if the transfer fails at any point, or if there
// isn't any data to begin with. In the first case, an error is given.
// In the second case, the error will be nil.
Failure (error)
}
// Request represents an ongoing request for the selection contents.
type Request struct {
state selReqState
requestor Requestor
source xproto.Atom
destination xproto.Atom
incrBuffer []byte
incrTarget Target
timestamp xproto.Timestamp
}
// NewRequest sends a new selection request. The timestamp should be set to that
// of the event that triggered the request, such as a Ctrl+V event, or a mouse
// button event that led to text being pasted. If the claim was not triggered by
// an event, and *only* in this scenario, specify xproto.TimeCurrentTime.
func NewRequest (requestor Requestor, source, destination xproto.Atom, timestamp xproto.Timestamp) (*Request, error) {
request := &Request {
source: source,
destination: destination,
requestor: requestor,
timestamp: timestamp,
}
targets, err := xprop.Atm(requestor.Window().X, "TARGETS")
if err != nil { return nil, err }
request.convertSelection(targets, selReqStateAwaitTargets)
return request, nil
}
func (request *Request) convertSelection (target xproto.Atom, switchTo selReqState) {
// The requestor should set the property argument to the name of a
// property that the owner can use to report the value of the selection.
// Requestors should ensure that the named property does not exist on
// the window before issuing the ConvertSelection. The exception to this
// rule is when the requestor intends to pass parameters with the
// request. Some targets may be defined such that requestors can pass
// parameters along with the request. If the requestor wishes to provide
// parameters to a request, they should be placed in the specified
// property on the requestor window before the requestor issues the
// ConvertSelection request, and this property should be named in the
// request.
err := xproto.DeletePropertyChecked (
request.requestor.Window().X.Conn(),
request.requestor.Window().Id,
request.destination).Check()
if err != nil { request.die(err); return }
// The selection argument specifies the particular selection involved,
// and the target argument specifies the required form of the
// information. For information about the choice of suitable atoms to
// use, see section 2.6. The requestor should set the requestor argument
// to a window that it created; the owner will place the reply property
// there. The requestor should set the time argument to the timestamp on
// the event that triggered the request for the selection value. Note
// that clients should not specify CurrentTime.
err = xproto.ConvertSelectionChecked (
request.requestor.Window().X.Conn(),
request.requestor.Window().Id,
request.source,
target,
request.destination,
request.timestamp).Check()
if err != nil { request.die(err); return }
request.state = switchTo
}
func (request *Request) die (err error) {
request.requestor.Failure(err)
request.state = selReqStateClosed
}
func (request *Request) finalize (target Target, reader io.ReadCloser) {
request.requestor.Success(target, reader)
request.state = selReqStateClosed
}
func (request *Request) open () bool {
return request.state != selReqStateClosed
}
// While the selection request is active, HandleSelectionNotify should be called
// when the requesting window recieves a SelectionNotify event. This must be
// registered as an event handler manually.
func (request *Request) HandleSelectionNotify (
connection *xgbutil.XUtil,
event xevent.SelectionNotifyEvent,
) {
// the only valid states that we can process a SelectionNotify event in
invalidState :=
request.state != selReqStateAwaitValue &&
request.state != selReqStateAwaitTargets
if invalidState { return }
// Follow:
// https://tronche.com/gui/x/icccm/sec-2.html#s-2.4
// If the property argument is None, the conversion has been refused.
// This can mean either that there is no owner for the selection, that
// the owner does not support the conversion implied by the target, or
// that the server did not have sufficient space to accommodate the
// data.
if event.Property == 0 { request.die(nil); return }
// When using GetProperty to retrieve the value of a selection, the
// property argument should be set to the corresponding value in the
// SelectionNotify event. Because the requestor has no way of knowing
// beforehand what type the selection owner will use, the type argument
// should be set to AnyPropertyType. Several GetProperty requests may be
// needed to retrieve all the data in the selection; each should set the
// long-offset argument to the amount of data received so far, and the
// size argument to some reasonable buffer size (see section 2.5). If
// the returned value of bytes-after is zero, the whole property has
// been transferred.
reply, err := xproto.GetProperty (
connection.Conn(), false, request.requestor.Window().Id,
event.Property, xproto.GetPropertyTypeAny,
0, (1 << 32) - 1).Reply()
if err != nil { request.die(err); return }
if reply.Format == 0 {
request.die(errors.New("x: missing selection property"))
return
}
// https://tronche.com/gui/x/icccm/sec-2.html#s-2.7.2
// Requestors may receive a property of type INCR9 in response to any
// target that results in selection data. This indicates that the owner
// will send the actual data incrementally. The contents of the INCR
// property will be an integer, which represents a lower bound on the
// number of bytes of data in the selection. The requestor and the
// selection owner transfer the data in the selection in the following
// manner. The selection requestor starts the transfer process by
// deleting the (type==INCR) property forming the reply to the
// selection.
incr, err := xprop.Atm(request.requestor.Window().X, "INCR")
if err != nil { request.die(err); return }
if reply.Type == incr {
// reply to the INCR selection
err = xproto.DeletePropertyChecked (
request.requestor.Window().X.Conn(),
request.requestor.Window().Id,
request.destination).Check()
if err != nil { request.die(err); return }
// await the first chunk
request.state = selReqStateAwaitChunk
return
}
// Once all the data in the selection has been retrieved (which may
// require getting the values of several properties &emdash; see section
// 2.7), the requestor should delete the property in the SelectionNotify
// request by using a GetProperty request with the delete argument set
// to True. As previously discussed, the owner has no way of knowing
// when the data has been transferred to the requestor unless the
// property is removed.
err = xproto.DeletePropertyChecked (
request.requestor.Window().X.Conn(),
request.requestor.Window().Id,
request.destination).Check()
if err != nil { request.die(err); return }
// depending on which state the selection request is in, do something
// different with the property's value
switch request.state {
case selReqStateAwaitValue:
// get the type from the property and convert that to the mime
// value to pass to the application.
targetName, err := xprop.AtomName (
request.requestor.Window().X, reply.Type)
if err != nil { request.die(err); return }
// we now have the full selection data in the property, so we
// finalize the request and are done.
reader := io.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader(reply.Value))
request.finalize(Target(targetName), reader)
case selReqStateAwaitTargets:
// make a list of the targets we got
buffer := reply.Value
atoms := make([]xproto.Atom, len(buffer) / 4)
for index := range atoms {
atoms[index] = xproto.Atom(xgb.Get32(buffer[index * 4:]))
}
targets := make([]Target, len(atoms))
for index, atom := range atoms {
targetName, err := xprop.AtomName (
request.requestor.Window().X, atom)
if err != nil { request.die(err); return }
targets[index] = Target(targetName)
}
// choose the best target
var chosenAtom xproto.Atom
chosenTarget, ok := request.requestor.Choose(targets)
if ok {
for index, target := range targets {
if target == chosenTarget {
chosenAtom = atoms[index]
}
}
}
if chosenAtom == 0 {
request.die(nil)
return
}
// await the selection value
request.convertSelection(chosenAtom, selReqStateAwaitValue)
}
}
// While the selection request is active, HandlePropertyNotify should be called
// when the requesting window recieves a PropertyNotify event. This must be
// registered as an event handler manually.
func (request *Request) HandlePropertyNotify (
connection *xgbutil.XUtil,
event xevent.PropertyNotifyEvent,
) {
// ignore events that don't apply to our window's destination property
if event.Window != request.requestor.Window().Id { return }
if event.Atom != request.destination { return }
// the only valid state that we can process a PropertyNotify event in
if request.state != selReqStateAwaitChunk { return }
if event.State != xproto.PropertyNewValue { return }
request.handleINCRProperty(event.Atom)
}
func (request *Request) handleINCRProperty (property xproto.Atom) {
// Retrieving data using GetProperty with the delete argument True.
reply, err := xproto.GetProperty (
request.requestor.Window().X.Conn(), true,
request.requestor.Window().Id, property, xproto.GetPropertyTypeAny,
0, (1 << 32) - 1).Reply()
if err != nil { request.die(err); return }
if len(reply.Value) == 0 {
// a zero length property means the transfer has finished. we
// finalize the request with the data we have, and don't wait
// for more.
reader := io.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader(request.incrBuffer))
request.finalize(request.incrTarget, reader)
// we want to be extra sure we aren't holding onto this memory
request.incrBuffer = nil
} else {
// a property with content means the transfer is still ongoing.
// we append the data we got and wait for more.
request.state = selReqStateAwaitChunk
request.incrBuffer = append(request.incrBuffer, reply.Value...)
targetName, err := xprop.AtomName (
request.requestor.Window().X, reply.Type)
if err != nil { request.die(err); return }
request.incrTarget = Target(targetName)
}
}