Basic Python-based Xlib client for testing and building upon.

2008-05-12  Thomas Thurman  <tthurman@gnome.org>

        * tools/xlib.py: Basic Python-based Xlib client for testing
          and building upon.


svn path=/trunk/; revision=3707

ChangeLog

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+2008-05-12  Thomas Thurman  <tthurman@gnome.org>
+
+        * tools/xlib.py: Basic Python-based Xlib client for testing
+          and building upon.
+
 2008-05-09  Elijah Newren  <newren gmail com>
 
 	* src/ui/color.[ch]:

tools/xlib.py

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+# Very simple Xlib-based client in Python.
+# Copyright (c) 2008 Thomas Thurman <tthurman@gnome.org>; GPL 2.0 or later.
+# Originally based around example code in python-xlib
+# by Peter Liljenberg <petli@ctrl-c.liu.se>.
+
+import sys
+
+from Xlib import X
+from Xlib.protocol import display
+from Xlib.protocol.request import *
+
+display = display.Display()
+screen = display.info.roots[display.default_screen]
+window = display.allocate_resource_id()
+gc = display.allocate_resource_id()
+
+CreateWindow(display, None,
+             depth = screen.root_depth,
+             wid = window,
+             parent = screen.root,
+             x = 100, y = 100, width = 250, height = 250, border_width = 2,
+             window_class = X.InputOutput, visual = X.CopyFromParent,
+             background_pixel = screen.white_pixel,
+             event_mask = (X.ExposureMask |
+                           X.StructureNotifyMask |
+                           X.ButtonPressMask |
+                           X.ButtonReleaseMask |
+                           X.Button1MotionMask),
+             colormap = X.CopyFromParent)
+
+CreateGC(display, None, gc, window)
+
+MapWindow(display, None, window)
+
+while 1:
+    event = display.next_event()
+
+    if event.type == X.DestroyNotify:
+        sys.exit(0)
+
+    print event
+
+