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diff --git a/wm-spec/wm-spec.xml b/wm-spec/wm-spec.xml index 2add3bd..7d39f80 100644 --- a/wm-spec/wm-spec.xml +++ b/wm-spec/wm-spec.xml @@ -1438,6 +1438,57 @@ respond to this protocol within a reasonable time. <para> See also the implementation notes on <link linkend="KILLINGWINDOWS">killing hung processes</link>. </para> + <title>_NET_WM_SYNC_REQUEST</title> + <para> +This protocol uses the XSync extension (see <ulink +url="http://freedesktop.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xorg/xc/doc/hardcopy/Xext/sync.PS.gz">the +protocol specification</ulink> and <ulink +url="http://freedesktop.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xorg/xc/doc/hardcopy/Xext/synclib.PS.gz"> +the library documentation</ulink>) to let client and window manager +synchronize the repaint of the window manager frame and the client +window. A client indicates that it is willing to participate in the +protocol by listing _NET_WM_SYNC_REQUEST in the WM_PROTOCOLS property +of the client window and storing the XID of an XSync counter in the +property _NET_WM_SYNC_REQUEST_COUNTER. The initial value of this +counter is not defined by this specification. + </para> + <para> +A window manager uses this protocol by preceding a ConfigureNotify +event sent to a client by a client message as follows: + <para> + <programlisting><![[CDATA[ +type = ClientMessage +window = the respective client window +message_type = WM_PROTOCOLS +format = 32 +data.l[0] = _NET_WM_SYNC_REQUEST +data.l[1] = timestamp +data.l[2] = low 32 bits of the update request number +data.l[3] = high 32 bits of the update request number +other data.l[] elements = 0 +]]></programlisting> + </para> + <para> +After receiving one or more such message/ConfigureNotify pairs, and +having handled all repainting associated with the ConfigureNotify +events, the client MUST set the _NET_WM_SYNC_REQUEST_COUNTER to the 64 +bit number indicated by the data.l[2] and data.l[3] fields of the last +client message received. + </para> + <para> +By using either the Alarm or the Await mechanisms of the XSync +extension, the window manager can know when the client has finished +handling the ConfigureNotify events. The window manager SHOULD not +resize the window faster than the client can keep up. + </para> + <para> +The update request number in the client message is determined by the +window manager, but is generally intended to be incremented by one for +each message sent. Since the initial value of the XSync counter is not +defined by this specification, the window manager MAY set the value of +the XSync counter at any time, and MUST do so when it first manages a +new window. + </para> </sect2> </sect1> <sect1> @@ -1905,12 +1956,17 @@ OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. <para>Lubos Lunak</para> <para>Rob Adams</para> <para>Thomas Fitzsimmons</para> + <para>Søren Sandmann</para> </sect1> <sect1> <title>Change history</title> <sect2> <title>Changes since 1.2</title> <itemizedlist> + <listitem><para> +Added _NET_WM_SYNC_REQUEST to allow synchronized repaint of +application window and window manager frame during opaque resize. + </para></listitem> <listitem><para> Added _NET_REQUEST_FRAME_EXTENTS and _NET_FRAME_EXTENTS to allow a client to retrieve its window's frame extents. |