// Example randr uses the randr protocol to get information about the active // heads. It also listens for events that are sent when the head configuration // changes. Since it listens to events, you'll have to manually kill this // process when you're done (i.e., ctrl+c.) // // While this program is running, if you use 'xrandr' to reconfigure your // heads, you should see event information dumped to standard out. // // For more information, please see the RandR protocol spec: // http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.6/doc/randrproto/randrproto.txt package main import ( "fmt" "log" "github.com/jezek/xgb" "github.com/jezek/xgb/randr" "github.com/jezek/xgb/xproto" ) func main() { X, _ := xgb.NewConn() // Every extension must be initialized before it can be used. err := randr.Init(X) if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } // Get the root window on the default screen. root := xproto.Setup(X).DefaultScreen(X).Root // Gets the current screen resources. Screen resources contains a list // of names, crtcs, outputs and modes, among other things. resources, err := randr.GetScreenResources(X, root).Reply() if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } // Iterate through all of the outputs and show some of their info. for _, output := range resources.Outputs { info, err := randr.GetOutputInfo(X, output, 0).Reply() if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } if info.Connection == randr.ConnectionConnected { bestMode := info.Modes[0] for _, mode := range resources.Modes { if mode.Id == uint32(bestMode) { fmt.Printf("Width: %d, Height: %d\n", mode.Width, mode.Height) } } } } fmt.Println("") // Iterate through all of the crtcs and show some of their info. for _, crtc := range resources.Crtcs { info, err := randr.GetCrtcInfo(X, crtc, 0).Reply() if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } fmt.Printf("X: %d, Y: %d, Width: %d, Height: %d\n", info.X, info.Y, info.Width, info.Height) } // Tell RandR to send us events. (I think these are all of them, as of 1.3.) err = randr.SelectInputChecked(X, root, randr.NotifyMaskScreenChange| randr.NotifyMaskCrtcChange| randr.NotifyMaskOutputChange| randr.NotifyMaskOutputProperty).Check() if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } // Listen to events and just dump them to standard out. // A more involved approach will have to read the 'U' field of // RandrNotifyEvent, which is a union (really a struct) of type // RanrNotifyDataUnion. for { ev, err := X.WaitForEvent() if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } fmt.Println(ev) } }