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diff --git a/libXext/specs/Makefile.am b/libXext/specs/Makefile.am
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+#
+# Copyright (c) 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+#
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+# copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
+# to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
+# the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
+# and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
+# Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+#
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice (including the next
+# paragraph) shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the
+# Software.
+#
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
+# THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+# FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
+# DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+#
+
+if ENABLE_SPECS
+doc_sources = dbelib.xml dpmslib.xml shapelib.xml synclib.xml
+dist_doc_DATA = $(doc_sources)
+
+if HAVE_XMLTO
+doc_DATA = $(doc_sources:.xml=.html)
+
+if HAVE_FOP
+doc_DATA += $(doc_sources:.xml=.ps) $(doc_sources:.xml=.pdf)
+endif
+
+if HAVE_XMLTO_TEXT
+doc_DATA += $(doc_sources:.xml=.txt)
+endif
+
+if HAVE_STYLESHEETS
+XMLTO_FLAGS = -m $(XSL_STYLESHEET)
+
+doc_DATA += xorg.css
+xorg.css: $(STYLESHEET_SRCDIR)/xorg.css
+ $(AM_V_GEN)cp -pf $(STYLESHEET_SRCDIR)/xorg.css $@
+endif
+
+CLEANFILES = $(doc_DATA)
+
+SUFFIXES = .xml .ps .pdf .txt .html
+
+.xml.txt:
+ $(AM_V_GEN)$(XMLTO) $(XMLTO_FLAGS) txt $<
+
+.xml.html:
+ $(AM_V_GEN)$(XMLTO) $(XMLTO_FLAGS) xhtml-nochunks $<
+
+.xml.pdf:
+ $(AM_V_GEN)$(XMLTO) $(XMLTO_FLAGS) --with-fop pdf $<
+
+.xml.ps:
+ $(AM_V_GEN)$(XMLTO) $(XMLTO_FLAGS) --with-fop ps $<
+
+endif HAVE_XMLTO
+endif ENABLE_SPECS
diff --git a/libXext/specs/dbelib.tex b/libXext/specs/dbelib.tex
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+% $Xorg: dbelib.tex,v 1.3 2000/08/17 19:42:31 cpqbld Exp $
+% edited for DP edits and code consistency w/ core protocol/xlib 3/30/96
+% split into separate library and protocol documentos 4/15/96
+\documentstyle{article}
+\pagestyle{myheadings}
+\markboth{Double Buffer Extension Specification}{Double Buffer Extension Specification}
+\setlength{\parindent}{0 pt}
+\setlength{\parskip}{6pt}
+\setlength{\topsep}{0 pt}
+
+% Request names are literal symbols; therefore, use the same font for both.
+\newcommand{\requestname}[1]{{\tt #1}}
+\newcommand{\literal}[1]{\mbox{\tt #1}}
+
+\newcommand{\encodingsection}[1]{{\bf #1}}
+\newcommand{\requestsection}[1]{{\bf #1}}
+
+% Font treatment of type names differs between protocol and library sections.
+\newcommand{\libtypename}[1]{\mbox{\tt #1}}
+\newcommand{\typename}[1]{\mbox{\rm #1}} % default font
+\newcommand{\typeargname}[1]{\mbox{\rm #1}} % default font
+\newcommand{\argname}[1]{\mbox{\it #1}}
+\newcommand{\argdecl}[2]{\argname{#1} & : \typename{#2}\\}
+\newcommand{\areplyargdecl}[2]{#1 & : \typename{#2}\\}
+
+\newenvironment{arequest}[1]{\requestsection{#1} \\ \begin{tabular}{ll}}{\end{tabular}}
+\newcommand{\areply}{$\Rightarrow$\\}
+
+\newcommand{\etabstops}{\hspace*{0cm}\=\hspace*{1cm}\=\hspace*{5cm}\=\kill}
+
+\newcommand{\eargdecl}[3]{\> #1 \> \typename{#2} \> #3 \\}
+
+\newenvironment{keeptogether}{\vbox \bgroup}{\egroup}
+
+\newenvironment{erequest}[3]{\pagebreak[3] \begin{keeptogether} \encodingsection{#1} \begin{tabbing} \etabstops \eargdecl{1}{CARD8}{major-opcode} \eargdecl{1}{#2}{minor-opcode} \eargdecl{2}{#3}{request length}}{\end{tabbing} \end{keeptogether}}
+
+\newenvironment{eerror}[1]{\begin{keeptogether} \encodingsection{#1} \begin{tabbing} \etabstops }{\end{tabbing} \end{keeptogether}}
+
+\newenvironment{etypedef}[1]{\begin{keeptogether} \typename{#1} \begin{tabbing} \etabstops }{\end{tabbing} \end{keeptogether}}
+
+\newcommand{\cfunctionname}[1]{\mbox{\tt #1}}
+\newcommand{\cfunctiondecl}[1]{\mbox{\rm #1}}
+\newcommand{\cargdecl}[2]{\penalty -1\typename{#1} \argname{#2}}
+\newenvironment{cfunction}[2]{\begin{sloppypar}\begin{keeptogether}\vspace{5mm}\typename{#1}\\ \cfunctiondecl{#2}\ (}{)\end{keeptogether}\end{sloppypar}{\hangafter=2 \hangindent=20pt \raggedright\par}}
+
+% make things easier with all the long names
+\spaceskip .3333em plus 5em
+\tolerance=2000
+
+\begin{document}
+
+\title{Double Buffer Extension Library\\Protocol Version 1.0\\X Consortium Standard}
+\author{Ian Elliott\\Hewlett-Packard Company \and David P. Wiggins\\X Consortium, Inc.}
+\maketitle
+\thispagestyle{empty}
+
+\eject
+
+Copyright \copyright 1989 X Consortium, Inc. and Digital Equipment Corporation.
+
+Copyright \copyright 1992 X Consortium, Inc. and Intergraph Corporation.
+
+Copyright \copyright 1993 X Consortium, Inc. and Silicon Graphics, Inc.
+
+Copyright \copyright 1994, 1995 X Consortium, Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Company.
+
+Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this documentation for
+any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
+copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
+Digital Equipment Corporation, Intergraph Corporation, Silicon
+Graphics, Hewlett-Packard, and the X Consortium make no
+representations about the suitability for any purpose of the
+information in this document. This documentation is provided ``as is''
+without express or implied warranty.
+
+\eject
+
+\section{Introduction}
+
+The Double Buffer Extension (DBE) provides a standard way to utilize
+double-buffering within the framework of the X Window System.
+Double-buffering uses two buffers, called front and back, which hold
+images. The front buffer is visible to the user; the back buffer is
+not. Successive frames of an animation are rendered into the back
+buffer while the previously rendered frame is displayed in the front
+buffer. When a new frame is ready, the back and front buffers swap
+roles, making the new frame visible. Ideally, this exchange appears to
+happen instantaneously to the user and with no visual artifacts. Thus,
+only completely rendered images are presented to the user, and they remain
+visible during the entire time it takes to render a new frame. The
+result is a flicker-free animation.
+
+\section{Goals}
+
+This extension should enable clients to:
+\begin{itemize}
+
+\item Allocate and deallocate double-buffering for a window.
+
+\item Draw to and read from the front and back buffers associated with
+a window.
+
+\item Swap the front and back buffers associated with a window.
+
+\item Specify a wide range of actions to be taken when a window is
+swapped. This includes explicit, simple swap actions (defined
+below), and more complex actions (for example, clearing ancillary buffers)
+that can be put together within explicit ``begin'' and ``end''
+requests (defined below).
+
+\item Request that the front and back buffers associated with multiple
+double-buffered windows be swapped simultaneously.
+
+\end{itemize}
+
+In addition, the extension should:
+
+\begin{itemize}
+
+\item Allow multiple clients to use double-buffering on the same window.
+
+\item Support a range of implementation methods that can capitalize on
+existing hardware features.
+
+\item Add no new event types.
+
+\item Be reasonably easy to integrate with a variety of direct graphics
+hardware access (DGHA) architectures.
+\end{itemize}
+
+\section{Concepts}
+
+Normal windows are created using the core \requestname{CreateWindow}
+request, which allocates a set of window attributes and, for
+\literal{InputOutput} windows, a front buffer,
+into which an image can be drawn.
+The contents of this buffer will be displayed when the window is
+visible.
+
+This extension enables applications to use double-buffering with a
+window. This involves creating a second buffer, called a back buffer,
+and associating one or more back buffer names (\typename{XID}s) with
+the window for use when referring to (that is, drawing to or reading
+from) the window's back buffer. The back buffer name is a
+\typename{DRAWABLE} of type \typename{BACKBUFFER}.
+
+DBE provides a relative double-buffering model. One XID, the window,
+always refers to the front buffer. One or more other XIDs, the back buffer
+names, always refer to the back buffer. After a buffer swap, the
+window continues to refer to the (new) front buffer, and the
+back buffer name continues to refer to the (new) back buffer. Thus,
+applications and toolkits that want to just render to the back buffer
+always use the back buffer name for all drawing requests to the
+window. Portions of an application that want to render to the front
+buffer always use the window XID for all drawing requests to the
+window.
+
+Multiple clients and toolkits can all use double-buffering on the same
+window. DBE does not provide a request for querying whether a window
+has double-buffering support, and if so, what the back buffer name is.
+Given the asynchronous nature of the X Window System, this would cause
+race conditions. Instead, DBE allows multiple back buffer names to
+exist for the same window; they all refer to the same physical back
+buffer. The first time a back buffer name is allocated for a window,
+the window becomes double-buffered and the back buffer name is
+associated with the window. Subsequently, the window already is a
+double-buffered window, and nothing about the window changes when a
+new back buffer name is allocated, except that the new back buffer
+name is associated with the window. The window remains
+double-buffered until either the window is destroyed or until all of
+the back buffer names for the window are deallocated.
+
+In general, both the front and back buffers are treated the same. In
+particular, here are some important characteristics:
+
+\begin{itemize}
+
+\item Only one buffer per window can be visible at a time (the
+front buffer).
+
+\item Both buffers associated with a window have the same visual type,
+depth, width, height, and shape as the window.
+
+\item Both buffers associated with a window are ``visible'' (or
+``obscured'') in the same way. When an \literal{Expose} event is
+generated for
+a window, both buffers should be considered to be damaged in the
+exposed area. Damage that occurs to either buffer will result in an
+\literal{Expose} event on the window. When a double-buffered window is
+exposed,
+both buffers are tiled with the window background, exactly as stated
+by the core protocol. Even though the back buffer is not visible,
+terms such as obscure apply to the back buffer as well as to the front
+buffer.
+
+\item It is acceptable at any time to pass a \typename{BACKBUFFER} in
+any request, notably any core or extension drawing request, that
+expects a \typename{DRAWABLE}. This enables an application to draw
+directly into \typename{BACKBUFFER}s in the same fashion as it would
+draw into any other \typename{DRAWABLE}.
+
+\item It is an error (\literal{Window}) to pass a \typename{BACKBUFFER} in a
+core request that expects a Window.
+
+\item A \typename{BACKBUFFER} will never be sent by core X in a reply,
+event, or error where a Window is specified.
+\item If core X11 backing-store and save-under applies to a
+double-buffered window, it applies to both buffers equally.
+
+\item If the core \requestname{ClearArea} request is executed on a
+double-buffered window, the same area in both the front and back
+buffers is cleared.
+
+\end{itemize}
+
+The effect of passing a window to a request that accepts a
+\typename{DRAWABLE} is unchanged by this extension. The window and
+front buffer are synonomous with each other. This includes obeying
+the \requestname{GetImage} semantics and the subwindow-mode semantics
+if a core graphics context is involved. Regardless of whether the
+window was explicitly passed in a \requestname{GetImage} request, or
+implicitly referenced (that is, one of the window's ancestors was passed
+in the request), the front (that is, visible) buffer is always referenced.
+Thus, DBE-na\"{\i}ve screen dump clients will always get the front buffer.
+\requestname{GetImage} on a back buffer returns undefined image
+contents for any obscured regions of the back buffer that fall within
+the image.
+
+Drawing to a back buffer always uses the clip region that would be
+used to draw to the front buffer with a GC subwindow-mode of
+\literal{ClipByChildren}. If an ancestor of a double-buffered window is drawn
+to with a core GC having a subwindow-mode of \literal{IncludeInferiors}, the
+effect on the double-buffered window's back buffer depends on the
+depth of the double-buffered window and the ancestor. If the depths
+are the same, the contents of the back buffer of the double-buffered
+window are not changed. If the depths are different, the contents of
+the back buffer of the double-buffered window are undefined for the
+pixels that the \literal{IncludeInferiors} drawing touched.
+
+DBE adds no new events. DBE does not extend the semantics of any
+existing events with the exception of adding a new \typename{DRAWABLE}
+type called \typename{BACKBUFFER}. If events, replies, or errors that
+contain a \typename{DRAWABLE} (for example, \literal{GraphicsExpose}) are
+generated in
+response to a request, the \typename{DRAWABLE} returned will be the
+one specified in the request.
+
+DBE advertises which visuals support double-buffering.
+
+DBE does not include any timing or synchronization facilities.
+Applications that need such facilities (for example, to maintain a constant
+frame rate) should investigate the Synchronization Extension, an X
+Consortium standard.
+
+\subsection{Window Management Operations}
+
+The basic philosophy of DBE is that both buffers are treated the same by
+core X window management operations.
+
+When the core \requestname{DestroyWindow} is executed on a
+double-buffered window, both buffers associated with the window are
+destroyed, and all back buffer names associated with the window are
+freed.
+
+If the core \requestname{ConfigureWindow} request changes the size of
+a window, both buffers assume the new size. If the window's size
+increases, the effect on the buffers depends on whether the
+implementation honors bit gravity for buffers. If bit gravity is
+implemented, then the contents of both buffers are moved in accordance
+with the window's bit gravity (see the core
+\requestname{ConfigureWindow} request), and the remaining areas are
+tiled with the window background. If bit gravity is not implemented,
+then the entire unobscured region of both buffers is tiled with the
+window background. In either case, \literal{Expose} events are generated for
+the region that is tiled with the window background.
+
+If the core \requestname{GetGeometry} request is executed on a
+\typename{BACKBUFFER}, the returned x, y, and border-width will be
+zero.
+
+If the Shape extension \requestname{ShapeRectangles},
+\requestname{ShapeMask}, \requestname{ShapeCombine}, or
+\requestname{ShapeOffset} request is executed on a double-buffered
+window, both buffers are reshaped to match the new window shape. The
+region difference is the following:
+
+\[ D = new shape - old shape \]
+
+It is tiled with the window background in both buffers,
+and \literal{Expose} events are generated for D.
+
+\subsection{Complex Swap Actions}
+
+DBE has no explicit knowledge of ancillary buffers (for example, depth buffers
+or alpha buffers), and only has a limited set of defined swap actions.
+Some applications may need a richer set of swap actions than DBE
+provides. Some DBE implementations have knowledge of ancillary
+buffers, and/or can provide a rich set of swap actions. Instead of
+continually extending DBE to increase its set of swap actions, DBE
+provides a flexible ``idiom'' mechanism. If an application's needs
+are served by the defined swap actions, it should use them; otherwise,
+it should use the following method of expressing a complex swap action
+as an idiom. Following this policy will ensure the best possible
+performance across a wide variety of implementations.
+
+As suggested by the term ``idiom,'' a complex swap action should be
+expressed as a group/series of requests. Taken together, this group
+of requests may be combined into an atomic operation by the
+implementation, in order to maximize performance. The set of idioms
+actually recognized for optimization is implementation dependent. To
+help with idiom expression and interpretation, an idiom must be
+surrounded by two protocol requests: \requestname{DBEBeginIdiom} and
+\requestname{DBEEndIdiom}. Unless this begin-end pair surrounds the
+idiom, it may not be recognized by a given implementation, and
+performance will suffer.
+
+For example, if an application wants to swap buffers for two windows,
+and use core X to clear only certain planes of the back buffers, the
+application would issue the following protocol requests as a group, and
+in the following order:
+
+\begin{itemize}
+\item \requestname{DBEBeginIdiom} request.
+\item \requestname{DBESwapBuffers} request with XIDs for two windows, each
+of which uses a swap action of \literal{Untouched}.
+\item Core X \requestname{PolyFillRectangle} request to the back buffer of one window.
+\item Core X \requestname{PolyFillRectangle} request to the back buffer of the other window.
+\item \requestname{DBEEndIdiom} request.
+\end{itemize}
+
+The \requestname{DBEBeginIdiom} and \requestname{DBEEndIdiom} requests
+do not perform any actions themselves. They are treated as markers by
+implementations that can combine certain groups/series of requests as
+idioms, and are ignored by other implementations or for nonrecognized
+groups/series of requests. If these requests are sent out of order,
+or are mismatched, no errors are sent, and the requests are executed
+as usual, though performance may suffer.
+
+An idiom need not include a \requestname{DBESwapBuffers} request. For
+example, if a swap action of \literal{Copied} is desired, but only some of the
+planes should be copied, a core X \requestname{CopyArea} request may
+be used instead of \requestname{DBESwapBuffers}. If
+\requestname{DBESwapBuffers} is included in an idiom, it should
+immediately follow the \requestname{DBEBeginIdiom} request. Also,
+when the \requestname{DBESwapBuffers} is included in an idiom, that
+request's swap action will still be valid, and if the swap action
+might overlap with another request, then the final result of the idiom
+must be as if the separate requests were executed serially. For
+example, if the specified swap action is \literal{Untouched}, and if a
+\requestname{PolyFillRectangle} using a client clip rectangle is done
+to the window's back buffer after the \requestname{DBESwapBuffers}
+request, then the contents of the new back buffer (after the idiom)
+will be the same as if the idiom was not recognized by the
+implementation.
+
+It is highly recommended that Application Programming Interface (API)
+providers define, and application developers use, ``convenience'' functions
+that allow client applications to call one procedure that encapsulates common idioms.
+These functions will generate the \requestname{DBEBeginIdiom} request,
+the idiom requests, and \requestname{DBEEndIdiom} request. Usage of
+these functions will ensure best possible performance across a wide
+variety of implementations.
+
+\section{C Language Binding}
+
+The header for this extension is \verb|<X11/extensions/Xdbe.h>|. All
+identifier names provided by this header begin with Xdbe.
+
+\subsection{Types}
+
+The type \libtypename{XdbeBackBuffer} is a \libtypename{Drawable}.
+
+The type \libtypename{XdbeSwapAction} can be one of the constants
+\literal{XdbeUndefined}, \literal{XdbeBackground},
+\literal{XdbeUntouched}, or \literal{XdbeCopied}.
+
+\subsection{C Functions}
+
+The C functions provide direct access to the protocol and add no
+additional semantics. For complete details on the effects of these
+functions, refer to the appropriate protocol request, which can be
+derived by replacing Xdbe at the start of the function name with DBE\@.
+All functions that have return type \libtypename{Status} will return
+nonzero for success and zero for failure.
+
+% start marker
+\begin{keeptogether}
+\begin{cfunction}{Status}{XdbeQueryExtension}
+\cargdecl{Display *}{dpy},
+\cargdecl{int *}{major\_version\_return},
+\cargdecl{int *}{minor\_version\_return}
+\end{cfunction}
+% end marker
+
+\cfunctionname{XdbeQueryExtension} sets major\_version\_return and
+minor\_version\_return to the major and minor DBE protocol
+version supported by the server. If the DBE library is compatible
+with the version returned by the server, it returns
+nonzero. If dpy does not support the DBE extension, or if
+there was an error during communication with the server, or if the
+server and library protocol versions are incompatible, it
+returns zero. No other Xdbe functions may be called before this
+function. If a client violates this rule, the effects of all
+subsequent Xdbe calls that it makes are undefined.
+\end{keeptogether}
+
+% start marker
+\begin{keeptogether}
+\begin{cfunction}{XdbeScreenVisualInfo *}{XdbeGetVisualInfo}
+\cargdecl{Display *}{dpy},
+\cargdecl{Drawable *}{screen\_specifiers},
+\cargdecl{int *}{num\_screens}
+\end{cfunction}
+% end marker
+
+\cfunctionname{XdbeGetVisualInfo} returns information about which visuals support
+double buffering. The argument num\_screens specifies how many
+elements there are in the screen\_specifiers list. Each
+drawable in screen\_specifiers designates a screen for which
+the supported visuals are being requested. If num\_screens
+is zero, information for all screens is requested. In this case, upon
+return from this function, num\_screens will be set to the
+number of screens that were found. If an error occurs, this function
+returns NULL; otherwise, it returns a pointer to a list of
+\libtypename{XdbeScreenVisualInfo} structures of length num\_screens.
+The {\it n}th element in the returned list corresponds to the {\it n}th
+drawable in the screen\_specifiers list, unless
+num\_screens was passed in with the value zero, in which
+case the {\it n}th element in the returned list corresponds to the
+{\it n}th screen of the server, starting with screen zero.
+
+The \libtypename{XdbeScreenVisualInfo} structure has the following
+fields:
+
+\begin{tabular}{lll}
+\typename{int} & \argname{count} & number of items in visinfo \\
+\typename{XdbeVisualInfo *} & \argname{visinfo} & list of visuals and depths for this screen \\
+\end{tabular}
+
+The \libtypename{XdbeVisualInfo} structure has the following fields:
+
+\begin{tabular}{lll}
+\typename{VisualID} & \argname{visual} & one visual ID that supports double-buffering\\
+\typename{int} & \argname{depth} & depth of visual in bits \\
+\typename{int} & \argname{perflevel} & performance level of visual \\
+\end{tabular}
+\end{keeptogether}
+
+% start marker
+\begin{keeptogether}
+\begin{cfunction}{void }{XdbeFreeVisualInfo}
+\cargdecl{XdbeScreenVisualInfo *}{visual\_info}
+\end{cfunction}
+% end marker
+
+\cfunctionname{XdbeFreeVisualInfo} frees the list of \libtypename{XdbeScreenVisualInfo}
+returned by \cfunctionname{XdbeGetVisualInfo}.
+\end{keeptogether}
+
+% start marker
+\begin{keeptogether}
+\begin{cfunction}{XdbeBackBuffer}{XdbeAllocateBackBufferName}
+\cargdecl{Display *}{dpy},
+\cargdecl{Window}{window},
+\cargdecl{XdbeSwapAction}{swap\_action}
+\end{cfunction}
+% end marker
+
+\cfunctionname{XdbeAllocateBackBufferName} returns a drawable ID used to refer
+to the back buffer of the specified window.
+The swap\_action is a hint to indicate the swap action
+that will likely be used in subsequent calls to
+\cfunctionname{XdbeSwapBuffers}.
+The actual swap action used in calls to
+\cfunctionname{XdbeSwapBuffers} does not have
+to be the same as the swap\_action passed to this function,
+though clients are encouraged to provide accurate information whenever
+possible.
+\end{keeptogether}
+
+% start marker
+\begin{keeptogether}
+\begin{cfunction}{Status}{XdbeDeallocateBackBufferName}
+\cargdecl{Display *}{dpy},
+\cargdecl{XdbeBackBuffer}{buffer}
+\end{cfunction}
+% end marker
+
+\cfunctionname{XdbeDeallocateBackBufferName} frees the specified
+drawable ID, buffer,
+that was obtained via \cfunctionname{XdbeAllocateBackBufferName}. The buffer
+must be a valid name for the back buffer of a window, or an
+\literal{XdbeBadBuffer}
+error results.
+\end{keeptogether}
+
+% start marker
+\begin{keeptogether}
+\begin{cfunction}{Status}{XdbeSwapBuffers}
+\cargdecl{Display *}{dpy},
+\cargdecl{XdbeSwapInfo *}{swap\_info},
+\cargdecl{int}{num\_windows}
+\end{cfunction}
+% end marker
+
+\cfunctionname{XdbeSwapBuffers} swaps the front and back buffers for a list of windows.
+The argument num\_windows specifies how many windows are to
+have their buffers swapped; it is the number of elements in the
+swap\_info array. The argument swap\_info
+specifies the information needed per window to do the swap.
+
+The \libtypename{XdbeSwapInfo} structure has the following fields:
+
+\begin{tabular}{lll}
+\typename{Window} & \argname{swap\_window} & window for which to swap buffers \\
+\typename{XdbeSwapAction} & \argname{swap\_action} & swap action to use for this swap\_window \\
+\end{tabular}
+\end{keeptogether}
+
+% start marker
+\begin{keeptogether}
+\begin{cfunction}{Status}{XdbeBeginIdiom}
+\cargdecl{Display *}{dpy}
+\end{cfunction}
+% end marker
+
+\cfunctionname{XdbeBeginIdiom} marks the beginning of an idiom sequence.
+See section 3.2
+for a complete discussion of idioms.
+\end{keeptogether}
+
+% start marker
+\begin{keeptogether}
+\begin{cfunction}{Status}{XdbeEndIdiom}
+\cargdecl{Display *}{dpy}
+\end{cfunction}
+% end marker
+
+\cfunctionname{XdbeEndIdiom} marks the end of an idiom sequence.
+\end{keeptogether}
+
+% start marker
+\begin{keeptogether}
+\begin{cfunction}{XdbeBackBufferAttributes *}{XdbeGetBackBufferAttributes}
+\cargdecl{Display *}{dpy},
+\cargdecl{XdbeBackBuffer}{buffer}
+\end{cfunction}
+% end marker
+
+\cfunctionname{XdbeGetBackBufferAttributes} returns the attributes associated
+with the specified buffer.
+
+The \libtypename{XdbeBackBufferAttributes} structure has the following fields:
+
+\begin{tabular}{lll}
+\typename{Window} & \argname{window} & window that buffer belongs to \\
+\end{tabular}
+
+If buffer is not a valid \libtypename{XdbeBackBuffer},
+window is set to \literal{None}.
+
+The returned \libtypename{XdbeBackBufferAttributes} structure can be
+freed with the Xlib function \cfunctionname{XFree}.
+\end{keeptogether}
+
+\begin{keeptogether}
+\subsection{Errors}
+
+The \libtypename{XdbeBufferError} structure has the following fields:
+
+\begin{tabular}{lll}
+\typename{int} & \argname{type} \\
+\typename{Display *} & \argname{display}& Display the event was read from\\
+\typename{XdbeBackBuffer} & \argname{buffer}& resource id \\
+\typename{unsigned long} & \argname{serial}& serial number of failed request\\
+\typename{unsigned char} & \argname{error\_code}& error base + \literal{XdbeBadBuffer}\\
+\typename{unsigned char} & \argname{request\_code}& Major op-code of failed request\\
+\typename{unsigned char} & \argname{minor\_code}& Minor op-code of failed request\\
+\end{tabular}
+\end{keeptogether}
+
+\pagebreak[4]
+\section{Acknowledgements}
+
+We wish to thank the following individuals who have contributed their
+time and talent toward shaping the DBE specification:
+
+T. Alex Chen, IBM;
+Peter Daifuku, Silicon Graphics, Inc.;
+Ian Elliott, Hewlett-Packard Company;
+Stephen Gildea, X Consortium, Inc.;
+Jim Graham, Sun;
+Larry Hare, AGE Logic;
+Jay Hersh, X Consortium, Inc.;
+Daryl Huff, Sun;
+Deron Dann Johnson, Sun;
+Louis Khouw, Sun;
+Mark Kilgard, Silicon Graphics, Inc.;
+Rob Lembree, Digital Equipment Corporation;
+Alan Ricker, Metheus;
+Michael Rosenblum, Digital Equipment Corporation;
+Bob Scheifler, X Consortium, Inc.;
+Larry Seiler, Digital Equipment Corporation;
+Jeanne Sparlin Smith, IBM;
+Jeff Stevenson, Hewlett-Packard Company;
+Walter Strand, Metheus;
+Ken Tidwell, Hewlett-Packard Company; and
+David P. Wiggins, X Consortium, Inc.
+
+Mark provided the impetus to start the DBE project. Ian wrote the
+first draft of the specification. David served as architect.
+
+\section{References}
+
+Jeffrey Friedberg, Larry Seiler, and Jeff Vroom, ``Multi-buffering Extension
+Specification Version 3.3.''
+
+Tim Glauert, Dave Carver, Jim Gettys, and David P. Wiggins,
+``X Synchronization Extension Version 3.0.''
+
+\end{document}
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd">
+
+
+<!-- lifted from troff+ms+XMan by doclifter -->
+<book id="dbelib">
+
+<bookinfo>
+ <title>Double Buffer Extension Library</title>
+ <subtitle>X Consortium Standard</subtitle>
+ <!-- <releaseinfo>X Version 11, Release 6.4</releaseinfo> -->
+ <authorgroup>
+ <author>
+ <firstname>Ian</firstname><surname>Elliot</surname>
+ </author>
+ </authorgroup>
+ <othercredit>
+ <firstname>Davide</firstname><surname>Wiggins</surname>
+ </othercredit>
+ <corpname>Hewlett-Packard Company</corpname>
+ <copyright><year>1989</year><holder>X Consortium, Inc and Digital Equipment Corporation</holder></copyright>
+ <copyright><year>1992</year><holder>X Consortium, Inc and Intergraph Corporation</holder></copyright>
+ <copyright><year>1993</year><holder>X Consortium, Inc and Silicon Graphics, Inc.</holder></copyright>
+ <copyright><year>1994</year><holder>X Consortium, Inc and Hewlett-Packard Company</holder></copyright>
+ <copyright><year>1995</year><holder>X Consortium, Inc and Hewlett-Packard Company</holder></copyright>
+ <releaseinfo>Version 1.0</releaseinfo>
+ <affiliation><orgname>X Consortium</orgname></affiliation>
+ <productnumber>X Version 11, Release 7</productnumber>
+
+<legalnotice>
+<para>
+Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this documentation for any
+purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright
+notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. Digital Equipment
+Corporation, Intergraph Corporation, Silicon Graphics, Hewlett-Packard, and
+the X Consortium make no representations about the suitability for any
+purpose of the information in this document. This documentation is provided
+"as is" without express or implied warranty.
+</para>
+
+</legalnotice>
+
+</bookinfo>
+
+<chapter id="introduction">
+<title>Introduction</title>
+<para>
+The Double Buffer Extension (DBE) provides a standard way to utilize
+double-buffering within the framework of the X Window System.
+Double-buffering uses two buffers, called front and back, which hold images.
+The front buffer is visible to the user; the back buffer is not. Successive
+frames of an animation are rendered into the back buffer while the previously
+rendered frame is displayed in the front buffer. When a new frame is ready,
+the back and front buffers swap roles, making the new frame visible. Ideally,
+this exchange appears to happen instantaneously to the user and with no
+visual artifacts. Thus, only completely rendered images are presented to the
+user, and they remain visible during the entire time it takes to render a new
+frame. The result is a flicker-free animation.
+</para>
+
+</chapter>
+
+<chapter id="goals">
+<title>Goals</title>
+
+<para>
+This extension should enable clients to:
+</para>
+<itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+Allocate and deallocate double-buffering for a window.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+Draw to and read from the front and back buffers associated with a window.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+Swap the front and back buffers associated with a window.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+Specify a wide range of actions to be taken when a window is swapped.
+This includes explicit, simple swap actions (defined below), and more
+complex actions (for example, clearing ancillary buffers) that can be put
+together within explicit "begin" and "end" requests (defined below).
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+Request that the front and back buffers associated with multiple
+double-buffered windows be swapped simultaneously.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+
+<para>
+In addition, the extension should:
+</para>
+<itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+Allow multiple clients to use double-buffering on the same window.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+Support a range of implementation methods that can capitalize on
+existing hardware features.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+Add no new event types.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+Be reasonably easy to integrate with a variety of direct graphics
+hardware access (DGHA) architectures.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+
+</chapter>
+
+<chapter id="concepts">
+<title>Concepts</title>
+<para>
+Normal windows are created using the core CreateWindow request, which
+allocates a set of window attributes and, for InputOutput windows, a front
+buffer, into which an image can be drawn. The contents of this buffer will be
+displayed when the window is visible.
+</para>
+<para>
+This extension enables applications to use double-buffering with a window.
+This involves creating a second buffer, called a back buffer, and associating
+one or more back buffer names (XIDs) with the window for use when referring
+to (that is, drawing to or reading from) the window’s back buffer. The back
+buffer name is a DRAWABLE of type BACKBUFFER.
+</para>
+<para>
+DBE provides a relative double-buffering model. One XID, the window,
+always refers to the front buffer. One or more other XIDs, the back buffer
+names, always refer to the back buffer. After a buffer swap, the window
+continues to refer to the (new) front buffer, and the back buffer name
+continues to refer to the (new) back buffer. Thus, applications and toolkits
+that want to just render to the back buffer always use the back buffer name
+for all drawing requests to the window. Portions of an application that want
+to render to the front buffer always use the window XID for all drawing
+requests to the window.
+</para>
+<para>
+Multiple clients and toolkits can all use double-buffering on the same window.
+DBE does not provide a request for querying whether a window has
+double-buffering support, and if so, what the back buffer name is. Given the
+asynchronous nature of the X Window System, this would cause race
+conditions. Instead, DBE allows multiple back buffer names to exist for the
+same window; they all refer to the same physical back buffer. The first time a
+back buffer name is allocated for a window, the window becomes
+double-buffered and the back buffer name is associated with the window.
+Subsequently, the window already is a double-buffered window, and nothing
+about the window changes when a new back buffer name is allocated, except
+that the new back buffer name is associated with the window. The window
+remains double-buffered until either the window is destroyed or until all of the
+back buffer names for the window are deallocated.
+</para>
+<para>
+In general, both the front and back buffers are treated the same.
+particular, here are some important characteristics:
+</para>
+<itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+Only one buffer per window can be visible at a time (the front buffer).
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+Both buffers associated with a window have the same visual type, depth,
+width, height, and shape as the window.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+Both buffers associated with a window are "visible" (or "obscured") in
+the same way. When an Expose event is generated for a window, both
+buffers should be considered to be damaged in the exposed area.
+Damage that occurs to either buffer will result in an Expose event on
+the window. When a double-buffered window is exposed, both buffers
+are tiled with the window background, exactly as stated by the core
+protocol. Even though the back buffer is not visible, terms such as
+obscure apply to the back buffer as well as to the front buffer.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+It is acceptable at any time to pass a BACKBUFFER in any request,
+notably any core or extension drawing request, that expects a
+DRAWABLE. This enables an application to draw directly into
+BACKBUFFERs in the same fashion as it would draw into any other
+DRAWABLE.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+It is an error (Window) to pass a BACKBUFFER in a core request that
+expects a Window.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+A BACKBUFFER will never be sent by core X in a reply, event, or
+error where a Window is specified.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+If core X11 backing-store and save-under applies to a double-buffered
+window, it applies to both buffers equally.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+If the core ClearArea request is executed on a double-buffered window,
+the same area in both the front and back buffers is cleared.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+
+<para>
+The effect of passing a window to a request that accepts a
+<function>DRAWABLE</function> is
+unchanged by this extension. The window and front buffer are synonomous
+with each other. This includes obeying the <function>GetImage</function>
+semantics and the
+subwindow-mode semantics if a core graphics context is involved. Regardless
+of whether the window was explicitly passed in a
+<function>GetImage</function> request, or
+implicitly referenced (that is, one of the window’s ancestors was passed in the
+request), the front (that is, visible) buffer is always referenced. Thus,
+DBE-naive screen dump clients will always get the front buffer.
+<function>GetImage</function> on
+a back buffer returns undefined image contents for any obscured regions of the
+back buffer that fall within the image.
+</para>
+<para>
+Drawing to a back buffer always uses the clip region that would be used to
+draw to the front buffer with a GC subwindow-mode of
+<function>ClipByChildren</function>. If
+an ancestor of a double-buffered window is drawn to with a core GC having a
+subwindow-mode of IncludeInferiors, the effect on the double-buffered
+window’s back buffer depends on the depth of the double-buffered window
+and the ancestor. If the depths are the same, the contents of the back buffer
+of the double-buffered window are not changed. If the depths are different,
+the contents of the back buffer of the double-buffered window are undefined
+for the pixels that the <function>IncludeInferiors</function> drawing touched.
+</para>
+
+
+<para>
+DBE adds no new events. DBE does not extend the semantics of any existing
+events with the exception of adding a new DRAWABLE type called
+BACKBUFFER. If events, replies, or errors that contain a DRAWABLE (for
+example, <function>GraphicsExpose</function>) are generated in response to
+a request, the
+DRAWABLE returned will be the one specified in the request.
+</para>
+<para>
+DBE advertises which visuals support double-buffering.
+</para>
+<para>
+DBE does not include any timing or synchronization facilities. Applications
+that need such facilities (for example, to maintain a constant frame rate)
+should investigate the Synchronization Extension, an X Consortium standard.
+</para>
+
+<sect1 id="window_management_operations">
+<title>Window Management Operations</title>
+
+<para>
+The basic philosophy of DBE is that both buffers are treated the same by core
+X window management operations.
+</para>
+<para>
+When the core <function>DestroyWindow</function> is executed on a
+double-buffered window, both buffers associated with the window are
+destroyed, and all back buffer names associated with the window are freed.
+</para>
+<para>
+If the core <function>ConfigureWindow</function> request changes the size
+of a window, both buffers assume the new size. If the window’s size
+increases, the effect on the buffers depends on whether the implementation
+honors bit gravity for buffers.
+If bit gravity is implemented, then the contents of both buffers are moved in
+accordance with the window’s bit gravity (see the core
+<function>ConfigureWindow</function>
+request), and the remaining areas are tiled with the window background. If
+bit gravity is not implemented, then the entire unobscured region of both
+buffers is tiled with the window background. In either case,
+<function>Expose</function> events are
+generated for the region that is tiled with the window background.
+If the core GetGeometry request is executed on a BACKBUFFER, the
+returned x, y, and border-width will be zero.
+</para>
+<para>
+If the Shape extension
+<function>ShapeRectangles</function>,
+<function>ShapeMask</function>,
+<function>ShapeCombine</function>, or
+<function>ShapeOffset</function>
+request is executed on a double-buffered window, both buffers
+are reshaped to match the new window shape. The region difference is the
+following:
+</para>
+
+<literallayout remap='Ds'>
+ D = newshape − oldshape
+</literallayout>
+
+<para>
+It is tiled with the window background in both buffers, and
+<function>Expose</function>
+events are generated for D.
+</para>
+
+</sect1>
+
+<sect1 id="complex_swap_actions">
+<title>Complex Swap Actions</title>
+<para>
+DBE has no explicit knowledge of ancillary buffers (for example, depth buffers
+or alpha buffers), and only has a limited set of defined swap actions. Some
+applications may need a richer set of swap actions than DBE provides. Some
+DBE implementations have knowledge of ancillary buffers, and/or can provide
+a rich set of swap actions. Instead of continually extending DBE to increase
+its set of swap actions, DBE provides a flexible "idiom" mechanism. If an
+application’s needs are served by the defined swap actions, it should use them;
+otherwise, it should use the following method of expressing a complex swap
+action as an idiom. Following this policy will ensure the best possible
+performance across a wide variety of implementations.
+</para>
+<para>
+As suggested by the term "idiom," a complex swap action should be expressed
+as a group/series of requests. Taken together, this group of requests may be
+combined into an atomic operation by the implementation, in order to
+maximize performance. The set of idioms actually recognized for optimization
+is implementation dependent.
+To help with idiom expression and
+interpretation, an idiom must be surrounded by two protocol requests:
+<function>DBEBeginIdiom</function> and <function>DBEEndIdiom</function>.
+Unless this begin-end pair surrounds the idiom, it may not be recognized
+by a given implementation, and performance will suffer.
+</para>
+<para>
+For example, if an application wants to swap buffers for two windows, and use
+core X to clear only certain planes of the back buffers, the application would
+issue the following protocol requests as a group, and in the following order:
+</para>
+
+<itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+<function>DBEBeginIdiom</function> request.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+<function>DBESwapBuffers</function> request with XIDs for two windows, each of which uses
+a swap action of Untouched.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+Core X <function>PolyFillRectangle</function> request to the back buffer of one window.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+Core X <function>PolyFillRectangle</function> request to the back buffer of the other
+window.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+<function>DBEEndIdiom</function> request.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+
+<para>
+The <function>DBEBeginIdiom</function> and <function>DBEEndIdiom</function>
+requests do not perform any actions
+themselves. They are treated as markers by implementations that can
+combine certain groups/series of requests as idioms, and are ignored by other
+implementations or for nonrecognized groups/series of requests. If these
+requests are sent out of order, or are mismatched, no errors are sent, and the
+requests are executed as usual, though performance may suffer.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+
+An idiom need not include a <function>DBESwapBuffers</function> request.
+For example, if a swap action of <function>Copied</function> is desired,
+but only some of the planes should be copied, a core X
+<function>CopyArea</function> request may be used instead of
+<function>DBESwapBuffers</function>. If
+<function>DBESwapBuffers</function> is included in an idiom, it should
+immediately follow the
+<function>DBEBeginIdiom</function> request. Also, when the
+<function>DBESwapBuffers</function> is included in an idiom, that
+request’s swap action will still be valid, and if the swap action
+might overlap with another request, then the final result of the idiom must be
+as if the separate requests were executed serially. For example, if the
+specified swap action is <function>Untouched</function>, and if a
+<function>PolyFillRectangle</function> using a client clip
+rectangle is done to the window’s back buffer after the
+<function>DBESwapBuffers</function> request, then the contents of the new
+back buffer (after the idiom) will be the
+same as if the idiom was not recognized by the implementation.
+</para>
+<para>
+It is highly recommended that Application Programming Interface (API)
+providers define, and application developers use, "convenience" functions that
+allow client applications to call one procedure that encapsulates common
+idioms. These functions will generate the
+<function>DBEBeginIdiom</function> request, the idiom
+requests, and <function>DBEEndIdiom</function> request. Usage of these
+functions will ensure best possible performance across a wide
+variety of implementations.
+</para>
+
+</sect1>
+</chapter>
+
+<chapter id="c_language_bindings">
+<title>C Language Binding</title>
+<para>
+All identifier The header for this extension is &lt;X11/extensions/Xdbe.h&gt;.
+names provided by this header begin with Xdbe.
+</para>
+
+<sect1 id="types">
+<title>Types</title>
+
+<para>
+The type <function>XdbeBackBuffer</function> is a <function>Drawable</function>.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+The type <function>XdbeSwapAction</function> can be one of the constants
+<function>XdbeUndefined</function>,
+<function>XdbeBackground</function>,
+<function>XdbeUntouched</function>, or
+<function>XdbeCopied</function>.
+</para>
+
+</sect1>
+
+<sect1 id="c_functions">
+<title>C Functions</title>
+<para>
+The C functions provide direct access to the protocol and add no additional
+semantics. For complete details on the effects of these functions, refer to the
+appropriate protocol request, which can be derived by replacing Xdbe at the
+start of the function name with DBE. All functions that have return type
+<function>Status</function> will return nonzero for success and
+zero for failure.
+</para>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>Status <function>XdbeQueryExtension</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>Display <parameter> *dpy</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>int <parameter> *major_version_return</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>int <parameter> *minor_version_return</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<para>
+<function>XdbeQueryExtension</function> sets major version return and minor
+version return to the major and minor DBE protocol version supported by
+the server. If the DBE library is compatible with the version returned by
+the server, it returns nonzero. If dpy does not support the DBE extension,
+or if there was an error during communication with the server, or if the
+server and library protocol versions are incompatible, it returns zero.
+No other Xdbe functions may be called before this function. If a client
+violates this rule, the effects of all subsequent Xdbe calls that it makes
+are undefined.
+</para>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>XdbeScreenVisualInfo *<function>XdbeGetVisualInfo</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>Display <parameter> *dpy</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>Drawable <parameter> *screen_specifiers</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>int <parameter> *num_screens</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<para>
+
+<function>XdbeGetVisualInfo</function> returns information about which
+visuals support double buffering. The argument num_screens specifies how
+many elements there are in the screen_specifiers list. Each drawable in
+screen_specifiers designates a screen for which the supported visuals are
+being requested. If num_screens is zero, information for all screens is
+requested. In this case, upon return from this function, num_screens will
+be set to the number of screens that were found. If an error occurs,
+this function returns NULL; otherwise, it returns a pointer to a list of
+<function>XdbeScreenVisualInfo</function>
+structures of length num_screens. The nth element in the returned list
+corresponds to the nth drawable in the screen_specifiers list, unless
+
+element in the returned list corresponds to the nth screen of the server,
+starting with screen zero.
+</para>
+
+
+<para>
+The XdbeScreenVisualInfo structure has the following fields:
+</para>
+<literallayout remap='Ds'>
+int count number of items in visinfo
+XdbeVisualInfo* visinfo list of visuals and depths for this screen
+</literallayout>
+
+<para>
+The <function>XdbeVisualInfo</function> structure has the following fields:
+</para>
+
+<literallayout remap='Ds'>
+VisualID visual one visual ID that supports double-buffering
+int depth depth of visual in bits
+int perflevel performance level of visual
+</literallayout>
+
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>void XdbeFreeVisualInfo <function>XdbeGetVisualInfo</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>XdbeScreenVisualInfo <parameter> *visual_info</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<para>
+<function>XdbeFreeVisualInfo</function> frees the list of
+<function>XdbeScreenVisualInfo</function> returned by
+<function>XdbeGetVisualInfo</function>.
+</para>
+
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>XdbeBackBuffer <function>XdbeAllocateBackBufferName</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>Display <parameter> *dpy</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>Window <parameter> *window</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>XdbeSwapAction <parameter> swap_action</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+
+<para>
+<function>XdbeAllocateBackBufferName</function> returns a drawable ID used
+to refer to the back buffer of the specified window. The swap_action is a
+hint to indicate the swap_action that will likely be used in subsequent
+calls to <function>XdbeSwapBuffers</function>. The actual swap_action
+used in calls to <function>XdbeSwapBuffers</function> does not have to be
+the same as the swap_action passed to this function, though clients are
+encouraged to provide accurate information whenever possible.
+</para>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>Status <function>XdbeDeallocateBackBufferName</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>Display <parameter> *dpy</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>XdbeBackBuffer <parameter> buffer</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<para>
+<function>XdbeDeallocateBackBufferName</function> frees the specified
+drawable ID, buffer, that was obtained via
+<function>XdbeAllocateBackBufferName</function>. The buffer must be a valid
+name for the back buffer of a window, or an
+<function>XdbeBadBuffer</function> error results.
+</para>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>Status <function>XdbeSwapBuffers</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>Display <parameter> *dpy</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>XdbeSwapInfo <parameter> *swap_info</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>int <parameter> num_windows</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<para>
+<function>XdbeSwapBuffers</function> swaps the front and back buffers
+for a list of windows. The argument num_windows specifies how many windows
+are to have their buffers swapped; it is the number of elements in the
+swap_info array. The argument swap_info specifies the information needed
+per window to do the swap.
+</para>
+<para>
+The XdbeSwapInfo structure has the following fields:
+</para>
+
+<literallayout remap='Ds'>
+Window swap_window window for which to swap buffers
+XdbeSwapAction swap_action swap action to use for this swap window
+</literallayout>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>Status <function>XdbeBeginIdiom</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>Display <parameter> *dpy</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<para>
+<function>XdbeBeginIdiom</function> marks the beginning of an idiom
+sequence. See
+<link linkend="complex_swap_actions">
+<xref linkend="complex_swap_actions"></xref></link>
+for a complete discussion of idioms.
+</para>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>Status <function>XdbeEndIdiom</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>Display <parameter> *dpy</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<para>
+<function>XdbeEndIdiom</function> marks the end of an idiom sequence.
+</para>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>XdbeBackBufferAttributes *<function>XdbeGetBackBufferAttributes</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>Display <parameter> *dpy</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>XdbeBackBuffer <parameter> buffer</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<para>
+<function>XdbeGetBackBufferAttributes</function> returns the attributes associated with
+the specified buffer.
+</para>
+<para>
+The XdbeBackBufferAttributes structure has the following fields:
+</para>
+
+<literallayout remap='Ds'>
+Window window window that buffer belongs to
+</literallayout>
+
+<para>
+If buffer is not a valid <function>XdbeBackBuffer</function>, window is
+set to None.
+</para>
+<para>
+The returned <function>XdbeBackBufferAttributes</function> structure
+can be freed with the Xlib function <function>XFree</function>.
+</para>
+</sect1>
+
+<sect1 id="errors">
+<title>Errors</title>
+<para>
+The <function>XdbeBufferError</function> structure has the following fields:
+</para>
+<literallayout remap='Ds'>
+int type
+Display * display Display the event was read from
+XdbeBackBuffer buffer resource id
+unsigned long serial serial number of failed request
+unsigned char error code error base + <function>XdbeBadBuffer</function>
+unsigned char request code Major op-code of failed request
+unsigned char minor code Minor op-code of failed request
+</literallayout>
+</sect1>
+</chapter>
+
+<chapter id="acknowledgements">
+<title>Acknowledgements</title>
+
+<para>
+We wish to thank the following individuals who have contributed their time
+and talent toward shaping the DBE specification:
+</para>
+<para>
+T. Alex Chen, IBM; Peter Daifuku, Silicon Graphics, Inc.; Ian Elliott,
+Hewlett-Packard Company; Stephen Gildea, X Consortium, Inc.; Jim Graham,
+Sun; Larry Hare, AGE Logic; Jay Hersh, X Consortium, Inc.; Daryl Huff,
+Sun; Deron Dann Johnson, Sun; Louis Khouw, Sun; Mark Kilgard, Silicon
+Graphics, Inc.; Rob Lembree, Digital Equipment Corporation; Alan Ricker,
+Metheus; Michael Rosenblum, Digital Equipment Corporation; Bob Scheifler,
+X Consortium, Inc.; Larry Seiler, Digital Equipment Corporation; Jeanne
+Sparlin Smith, IBM; Jeff Stevenson, Hewlett-Packard Company; Walter
+Strand, Metheus; Ken Tidwell, Hewlett-Packard Company; and David P.
+Wiggins, X Consortium, Inc.
+</para>
+<para>
+Mark provided the impetus to start the DBE project. Ian wrote the first draft
+of the specification. David served as architect.
+</para>
+
+</chapter>
+<chapter id="references">
+<title>References</title>
+<para>
+Jeffrey Friedberg, Larry Seiler, and Jeff Vroom, "Multi-buffering Extension
+Specification Version 3.3."
+</para>
+<para>
+Tim Glauert, Dave Carver, Jim Gettys, and David P. Wiggins, "X
+Synchronization Extension Version 3.0."
+</para>
+</chapter>
+</book>
diff --git a/libXext/specs/dpmslib.xml b/libXext/specs/dpmslib.xml
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd">
+
+<!-- lifted from troff+ms+XMan by doclifter -->
+<book id="dpmslib">
+
+<bookinfo>
+ <title>X Display Power Management Signaling (DPMS) Extension</title>
+ <subtitle>X Consortium Standard</subtitle>
+ <releaseinfo>X Version 11, Release 6.8</releaseinfo>
+ <authorgroup>
+ <author>
+ <firstname>Rob</firstname><surname>Lembree</surname>
+ </author>
+ </authorgroup>
+ <corpname>Digital Equipment Corporation</corpname>
+ <copyright><year>1996</year><holder>X Consortium</holder></copyright>
+ <releaseinfo>Version 1.0</releaseinfo>
+ <affiliation><orgname>X Consortium</orgname></affiliation>
+ <productnumber>X Version 11, Release 6.8</productnumber>
+
+<legalnotice>
+<para>
+Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this
+documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee,
+provided that the above copyright notice and this permission
+notice appear in all copies. Digital Equipment Corporation
+makes no representations about the suitability for any purpose
+of the information in this document. This documentation is
+provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+<emphasis remap='I'>X Window System</emphasis> is a trademark of The Open Group.
+</para>
+</legalnotice>
+
+</bookinfo>
+
+<chapter id='overview'>
+<title>Overview</title>
+
+<para>This extension provides X Protocol control over the VESA Display
+Power Management Signaling (DPMS) characteristics of video boards
+under control of the X Window System.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+Traditionally, the X Window System has provided for both blanking and
+non-blanking screen savers. Timeouts associated with these built-in
+screen saver mechanisms are limited to idle (dwell) time, and a change
+timeout that specifies the change interval for non-blanking screen savers.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+The United States' Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Energy Star program
+requires that monitors power down after some idle time by default.
+While it is possible to simply overload the existing screen saver timeouts,
+this solution leaves the non-privileged user little to no control over
+the DPMS characteristics of his or her system. For example, disabling
+DPMS would require some unintended side effect in the core screen saver,
+such as disabling the changing of a non-blanking screen saver. Providing
+clients with this control requires an extension to the core X Window System
+Protocol, and this extension seeks to fill this gap.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+There are four power levels specified by the Video Electronics Standards
+Association (VESA) Display Power Management Signaling (DPMS) standard.
+These are mapped onto the X DPMS Extension like this:
+</para>
+
+<literallayout remap='Ds'>
+<function>DPMS Extension Power Levels</function>
+ 0 DPMSModeOn In use
+ 1 DPMSModeStandby Blanked, low power
+ 2 DPMSModeSuspend Blanked, lower power
+ 3 DPMSModeOff Shut off, awaiting activity
+</literallayout> <!-- remap='De' -->
+
+</chapter>
+
+<chapter id='dpms_functions'>
+<title>DPMS Functions</title>
+
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>Bool <function>DPMSQueryExtention</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>Display <parameter>*display</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>int <parameter>event_base</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>int <parameter>error_base</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<variablelist remap='IP'>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><emphasis remap='I'>*display</emphasis></term>
+ <listitem><para>Specifies the connection to the X server.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><emphasis remap='I'>event_base</emphasis></term>
+ <listitem><para>Specifies the return location for the assigned base event</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><emphasis remap='I'>error_base</emphasis></term>
+ <listitem><para>Specifies the return location for the assigned base error</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+</variablelist>
+
+<para>
+The DPMSQueryExtension function queries the X server to determine the
+availability of the DPMS Extension. If the extension is available, the
+return value is TRUE, and <emphasis remap='I'>event_base</emphasis> and
+<emphasis remap='I'>error_base</emphasis> are set to the base event number
+and base error number for the extension, respectively. Otherwise, the
+return value is FALSE, and the values of
+<emphasis remap='I'>event_base</emphasis> and
+<emphasis remap='I'>error_base</emphasis> are undefined.
+</para>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>Status <function>DPMSGetVersion</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>Display <parameter>*display</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>int <parameter>*major_version</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>int <parameter>*minor_version</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<variablelist remap='IP'>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><emphasis remap='I'>display</emphasis></term>
+ <listitem><para>Specifies the connection to the X server.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><emphasis remap='I'>major_version</emphasis></term>
+ <listitem><para>Specifies the return location for the extension major version.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><emphasis remap='I'>minor_version</emphasis></term>
+ <listitem><para>Specifies the return location for the extension minor version.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+</variablelist>
+
+
+<para>
+The DPMSGetVersion function returns the version of the DPMS extension
+implemented by the X server. The version is returned in
+<emphasis remap='I'>major_version</emphasis> and
+<emphasis remap='I'>minor_version</emphasis>.
+The major version and minor version for this specification are '1' and '1',
+respectively. The major version will be incremented for protocol
+incompatible changes, and the minor version will be incremented for small,
+upwardly compatible changes.
+</para>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>Bool <function>DPMSCapable</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>Display <parameter>*display</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<variablelist remap='IP'>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><emphasis remap='I'>display</emphasis></term>
+ <listitem><para>Specifies the connection to the X server.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+</variablelist>
+
+
+<para>
+The DPMSCapable function returns the DPMS capability of the X server, either
+TRUE (capable of DPMS) or FALSE (incapable of DPMS). The capability of an
+X server is implementation defined. For example, if a multi-headed X server
+is capable of DPMS on one head, and incapable on another, the truth value of
+this function is defined by the X server implementation.
+</para>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>Status <function>DPMSSetTimeouts</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>Display <parameter>*display</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>CARD16 <parameter>standby</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>CARD16 <parameter>suspend</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>CARD16 <parameter>off</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<variablelist remap='IP'>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><emphasis remap='I'>display</emphasis></term>
+ <listitem><para>Specifies the connection to the X server.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><emphasis remap='I'>standby</emphasis></term>
+ <listitem><para>Specifies the new standby timeout in seconds.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><emphasis remap='I'>suspend</emphasis></term>
+ <listitem><para>Specifies the new suspend timeout in seconds.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><emphasis remap='I'>off</emphasis></term>
+ <listitem><para>Specifies the new off timeout in seconds.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+</variablelist>
+
+<para>
+The DPMSSetTimeouts function permits applications to set the timeout values
+used by the X server for DPMS timings.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+The value <emphasis remap='I'>standby</emphasis> is the amount of time of
+inactivity in seconds before standby mode is invoked. The actual effects of
+this mode are implementation defined, but in the case of DPMS compliant
+hardware, it is implemented by shutting off the horizontal sync signal,
+and pulsing the vertical sync signal.
+Standby mode provides the quickest monitor recovery time. Note also that
+many monitors implement this mode identically to suspend mode. A value
+of zero disables this mode.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+The value <emphasis remap='I'>suspend</emphasis> is the amount of time of
+inactivity in seconds before the second level of power savings is invoked.
+Suspend mode's physical and electrical characteristics are implementation
+defined, but in DPMS compliant hardware, results in the pulsing of the
+horizontal sync signal, and shutting off of the vertical sync signal.
+Suspend mode recovery is considered to be slower than standby mode, but
+faster than off mode, however this is monitor dependent. As noted above,
+many monitors implement this mode identically to standby mode. A value of
+zero disables this mode.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+The value <emphasis remap='I'>off</emphasis> is the amount of time of
+inactivity in seconds before the third and final level of power savings is
+invoked. Off mode's physical and electrical characteristics are
+implementation defined, but in DPMS compliant hardware, is implemented by
+shutting off both horizontal and vertical sync signals, resulting in
+the power-down of the monitor. Recovery time is implementation dependant,
+but frequently is similar to the power-up time of the monitor. A value
+of zero disables this mode.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+Chronologically, standby mode occurs before or simultaneously with
+suspend mode, and suspend mode must occur before or simultaneously with
+off mode. Therefore, non-zero mode timeout values must be greater than
+or equal to the timeout values of earlier modes. If inconsistent values
+are supplied, a BadValue error will result.
+</para>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>Status <function>DPMSGetTimeouts</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>Display <parameter>*display</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>CARD16 <parameter>*standby</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>CARD16 <parameter>*suspend</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>CARD16 <parameter>*off</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<variablelist remap='IP'>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><emphasis remap='I'>display</emphasis></term>
+ <listitem><para>Specifies the connection to the X server.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><emphasis remap='I'>standby</emphasis></term>
+ <listitem><para>Specifies the new standby timeout in seconds.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><emphasis remap='I'>suspend</emphasis></term>
+ <listitem><para>Specifies the new suspend timeout in seconds.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><emphasis remap='I'>off</emphasis></term>
+ <listitem><para>Specifies the new off timeout in seconds.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+</variablelist>
+
+<para>
+The DPMSGetTimeouts function retrieves the timeout values used by the X
+server for DPMS timings.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+The value <emphasis remap='I'>standby</emphasis> is the amount of time of
+inactivity in seconds before standby mode is invoked. A value of zero
+indicates that this mode has been disabled.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+The value <emphasis remap='I'>suspend</emphasis> is the amount of time of
+inactivity in seconds before the second level of power savings is invoked.
+A value of zero indicates that this mode has been disabled.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+The value <emphasis remap='I'>off</emphasis> is the amount of time of
+inactivity in seconds before the third and final level of power savings is
+invoked. A value of zero indicates that this mode has been disabled.
+</para>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>Status <function>DPMSEnable</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>Display <parameter>*display</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<variablelist remap='IP'>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><emphasis remap='I'>display</emphasis></term>
+ <listitem><para>Specifies the connection to the X server.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+</variablelist>
+
+<para>
+The DPMSEnable function enables DPMS on the specified display. When
+enabled, DPMS will use the currently saved timeout values, and will
+invoke the DPMS power mode appropriate for the amount of time that
+the workstation input devices have been idle. If DPMSEnable is invoked
+on a display with DPMS already enabled, no change is made, and no
+error is returned. If DPMSEnable is invoked on a display without
+support for DPMS, no change is made and no error is returned.
+</para>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>Status <function>DPMSDisable</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>Display <parameter>*display</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<variablelist remap='IP'>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><emphasis remap='I'>display</emphasis></term>
+ <listitem><para>Specifies the connection to the X server.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+</variablelist>
+
+<para>
+The DPMSDisable function disables DPMS on the specified display. When
+disabled, DPMS returns the display to DPMSModeOn. If DPMSDisable is
+invoked on a display with DPMS already disabled, no change is made,
+and no error is returned. If DPMSDisable is invoked on a display
+without support for DPMS, no change is made and no error is returned.
+</para>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>Status <function>DPMSForceLevel</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>Display <parameter>*display</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>CARD16 <parameter>level</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<variablelist remap='IP'>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><emphasis remap='I'>display</emphasis></term>
+ <listitem><para>Specifies the connection to the X server.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><emphasis remap='I'>level</emphasis></term>
+ <listitem><para>Specifies the level to force power to.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+</variablelist>
+
+<para>
+The DPMSForceLevel function forces a DPMS capable display into the
+specified power level. The <emphasis remap='I'>level</emphasis> must be one of
+DPMSModeOn, DPMSModeStandby, DPMSModeSuspend, or DPMSModeOff.
+Values other than these will result in a BadValue error. If DPMS
+is disabled on the display, a BadMatch protocol error will result.
+</para>
+
+<para>Status DPMSInfo(<emphasis remap='I'>display, power_level, state</emphasis>)</para>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>Status <function>DPMSInfo</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>Display <parameter>*display</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>CARD16 <parameter>power_level</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>BOOL <parameter>*state</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<variablelist remap='IP'>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><emphasis remap='I'>display</emphasis></term>
+ <listitem><para>Specifies the connection to the X server.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><emphasis remap='I'>power_level</emphasis></term>
+ <listitem><para>Specifies the current power level.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><emphasis remap='I'>state</emphasis></term>
+ <listitem><para>Specifies the current DPMS state.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+</variablelist>
+
+<para>
+The DPMSInfo function returns information about the current DPMS state.
+The <emphasis remap='I'>state</emphasis> return parameter indicates whether
+or not DPMS is enabled (TRUE) or disabled (FALSE). The
+<emphasis remap='I'>power_level</emphasis> return parameter indicates the
+current power level (one of DPMSModeOn, DPMSModeStandby, DPMSModeSuspend,
+or DPMSModeOff.)
+</para>
+
+</chapter>
+</book>
diff --git a/libXext/specs/shapelib.xml b/libXext/specs/shapelib.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a059cf2a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libXext/specs/shapelib.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,581 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd">
+
+<!-- lifted from troff+ms+XMan by doclifter -->
+<book id="shapelib">
+
+<bookinfo>
+ <title>X Nonrectangular Window Shape Extension Library</title>
+ <subtitle>X Consortium Standard</subtitle>
+ <releaseinfo>X Version 11, Release 6.4</releaseinfo>
+ <authorgroup>
+ <author>
+ <firstname>Keith</firstname><surname>Packard</surname>
+ </author>
+ </authorgroup>
+ <corpname>MIT X Consortium</corpname>
+ <copyright><year>1989</year><holder>X Consortium</holder></copyright>
+ <releaseinfo>Version 1.0</releaseinfo>
+ <affiliation><orgname>MIT X Consortium</orgname></affiliation>
+ <productnumber>X Version 11, Release 6.4</productnumber>
+
+<legalnotice>
+
+<para>
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files
+(the &ldquo;Software&rdquo;), to deal in the Software without restriction,
+including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge,
+publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and
+to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+the following conditions:
+</para>
+
+<para>
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED &ldquo;AS IS&rdquo;, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY
+KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES
+OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
+IN NO EVENT SHALL THE X CONSORTIUM BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR
+OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE,
+ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
+OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+Except as contained in this notice, the name of the X Consortium shall not be
+used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other dealings
+in this Software without prior written authorization from the X Consortium.
+</para>
+</legalnotice>
+</bookinfo>
+
+<chapter id='overview'>
+<title>Overview</title>
+
+<para>This extension provides arbitrary window and border shapes within
+the X11 protocol.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+The restriction of rectangular windows within the X protocol is a significant
+limitation in the implementation of many styles of user interface. For
+example, many transient windows would like to display a
+&ldquo;drop shadow&rdquo; to give the illusion of 3 dimensions. As
+another example, some user interface style guides call for buttons with
+rounded corners; the full simulation of a nonrectangular shape,
+particularly with respect to event distribution and cursor shape, is not
+possible within the core X protocol. As a final example, round clocks
+and nonrectangular icons are desirable visual addition to the desktop.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+This extension provides mechanisms for changing the visible shape of a
+window to an arbitrary, possibly disjoint, nonrectangular form. The intent
+of the extension is to supplement the existing semantics, not replace them.
+In particular, it is desirable for clients that are unaware of the
+extension to still be able to cope reasonably with shaped windows. For
+example, window managers should still be able to negotiate screen
+real estate in rectangular pieces. Toward this end, any shape specified for
+a window is clipped by the bounding rectangle for the window as specified by
+the window's geometry in the core protocol. An expected convention would be
+that client programs expand their shape to fill the area offered by the
+window manager.
+</para>
+</chapter>
+
+<chapter id='description'>
+<title>Description</title>
+
+<para>
+Each window (even with no shapes specified) is defined by two regions: the
+<emphasis remap='I'>bounding region</emphasis> and the
+<emphasis remap='I'>clip region</emphasis>. The bounding region is the
+area of the parent window that the window will occupy (including border).
+The clip region is the subset of the bounding region that is available for
+subwindows and graphics. The area between the bounding region and the
+clip region is defined to be the border of the window.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+A nonshaped window will have a bounding region that is a rectangle spanning
+the window, including its border; the clip region will be a rectangle
+filling the inside dimensions (not including the border). In this document,
+these areas are referred to as the
+<emphasis remap='I'>default bounding region</emphasis> and the
+<emphasis remap='I'>default clip region</emphasis>. For a window with
+inside size of <emphasis remap='I'>width</emphasis> by
+<emphasis remap='I'>height</emphasis> and border width
+<emphasis remap='I'>bwidth</emphasis>, the default bounding and clip
+regions are the rectangles (relative to the window origin):
+</para>
+
+<literallayout remap='Ds'>
+bounding.x = -<emphasis remap='I'>bwidth</emphasis>
+bounding.y = -<emphasis remap='I'>bwidth</emphasis>
+bounding.width = <emphasis remap='I'>width</emphasis> + 2 * <emphasis remap='I'>bwidth</emphasis>
+bounding.height = <emphasis remap='I'>height</emphasis> + 2 * <emphasis remap='I'>bwidth</emphasis>
+
+clip.x = 0
+clip.y = 0
+clip.width = <emphasis remap='I'>width</emphasis>
+clip.height = <emphasis remap='I'>height</emphasis>
+</literallayout>
+
+<para>
+This extension allows a client to modify either or both of the bounding or
+clip regions by specifying new regions that combine with the default
+regions. These new regions are called the
+<emphasis remap='I'>client bounding region</emphasis> and the
+<emphasis remap='I'>client clip region</emphasis>. They are specified
+relative to the origin of the window and are always defined by offsets
+relative to the window origin (that is, region adjustments are not
+required when the window is moved). Three mechanisms for specifying
+regions are provided: a list of rectangles, a bitmap, and an existing
+bounding or clip region from a window. This is modeled on the specification
+of regions in graphics contexts in the core protocol and allows a variety
+of different uses of the extension.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+When using an existing window shape as an operand in specifying a new shape,
+the client region is used, unless none has been set, in which case the
+default region is used instead.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+The <emphasis remap='I'>effective bounding region</emphasis> of a window is
+defined to be the intersection of the client bounding region with the default
+bounding region. Any portion of the client bounding region that is not
+included in the default bounding region will not be included in the
+effective bounding region on the screen. This means that window managers
+(or other geometry managers) used to dealing with rectangular client windows
+will be able to constrain the client to a rectangular area of the screen.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+Construction of the effective bounding region is dynamic; the client bounding
+region is not mutated to obtain the effective bounding region. If a client
+bounding region is specified that extends beyond the current default bounding
+region, and the window is later enlarged, the effective bounding region will
+be enlarged to include more of the client bounding region.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+The <emphasis remap='I'>effective clip region</emphasis> of a window is
+defined to be the intersection of the client clip region with both the
+default clip region and the client bounding region. Any portion of the
+client clip region that is not included in both the default clip region
+and the client bounding region will not be included in the effective clip
+region on the screen.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+Construction of the effective clip region is dynamic; the client clip region is
+not mutated to obtain the effective clip region. If a client clip region is
+specified that extends beyond the current default clip region and the
+window or its bounding region is later enlarged, the effective clip region will
+be enlarged to include more of the client clip region if it is included in
+the effective bounding region.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+The border of a window is defined to be the difference between the effective
+bounding region and the effective clip region. If this region is empty, no
+border is displayed. If this region is nonempty, the border is filled
+using the border-tile or border-pixel of the window as specified in the core
+protocol. Note that a window with a nonzero border width will never be able
+to draw beyond the default clip region of the window. Also note that a zero
+border width does not prevent a window from having a border, since the clip
+shape can still be made smaller than the bounding shape.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+All output to the window and visible regions of any subwindows will be
+clipped to the effective clip region. The server must not retain window
+contents beyond the effective bounding region with backing store. The window's
+origin (for graphics operations, background tiling, and subwindow placement)
+is not affected by the existence of a bounding region or clip region.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+Areas that are inside the default bounding region but outside the effective
+bounding region are not part of the window; these areas of the screen will
+be occupied by other windows. Input events that occur within the default
+bounding region but outside the effective bounding region will be delivered as
+if the window was not occluding the event position. Events that occur in
+a nonrectangular border of a window will be delivered to that window, just
+as for events that occur in a normal rectangular border.
+</para>
+
+<para>An
+<function>InputOnly</function>
+window can have its bounding region set, but it is a
+<function>Match</function>
+error to attempt to set a clip region on an
+<function>InputOnly</function>
+window or to specify its clip region as a source to a request
+in this extension.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+The server must accept changes to the clip region of a root window, but
+the server is permitted to ignore requested changes to the bounding region
+of a root window. If the server accepts bounding region changes, the contents
+of the screen outside the bounding region are implementation dependent.
+</para>
+</chapter>
+
+<chapter id='c_language_binding'>
+<title>C Language Binding</title>
+
+<para>
+The C functions provide direct access to the protocol and add no additional
+semantics.
+</para>
+
+<para>The include file for this extension is
+&lt;<symbol role='Pn'>X11/extensions/shape.h</symbol>&gt;.
+The defined shape kinds are
+<function>ShapeBounding</function>
+and
+<function>ShapeClip</function>
+The defined region operations are
+<function>ShapeSet</function>
+<function>ShapeUnion</function>
+<function>ShapeIntersect</function>
+<function>ShapeSubtract</function>
+and
+<function>ShapeInvert</function>.</para>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+<funcdef>Bool<function> XShapeQueryExtension</function></funcdef>
+<paramdef>Display <parameter>*display</parameter></paramdef>
+<paramdef>int <parameter>*event_base</parameter></paramdef>
+<paramdef>int <parameter>*error_base</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<para>
+<function>XShapeQueryExtension</function>
+returns
+<function>True</function>
+if the specified display supports the SHAPE extension else
+<function>False</function>
+If the extension is supported, *event_base is set to the event number for
+<function>ShapeNotify</function>
+events and *error_base would be set to the error number for the first error for
+this extension. Because no errors are defined for this version of
+the extension, the value returned here is not defined (nor useful).
+</para>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+<funcdef>Status<function> XShapeQueryVersion</function></funcdef>
+<paramdef>Display<parameter> *display</parameter></paramdef>
+<paramdef>int<parameter> *major_version</parameter></paramdef>
+<paramdef>int<parameter> *minor_version</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<para>
+If the extension is supported,
+<function>XShapeQueryVersion</function>
+sets the major and minor version numbers of the
+extension supported by the display and returns a nonzero value.
+Otherwise, the arguments are not set and zero is returned.
+</para>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+<funcdef><function>XShapeCombineRegion</function></funcdef>
+<paramdef>Display<parameter> *display</parameter></paramdef>
+<paramdef>Window<parameter> dest</parameter></paramdef>
+<paramdef>int<parameter> dest_kind</parameter></paramdef>
+<paramdef>int<parameter> x_off</parameter></paramdef>
+<paramdef>int<parameter> y_off</parameter></paramdef>
+<paramdef>int<parameter> region</parameter></paramdef>
+<paramdef>int<parameter> op</parameter></paramdef>
+<paramdef>REGION<parameter> *region</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<para>
+<function>XShapeCombineRegion</function>
+converts the specified region into a list of rectangles and calls
+<function>XShapeCombineRectangles</function>
+</para>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+<funcdef><function>XShapeCombineRectangles</function></funcdef>
+<paramdef>Display<parameter> *display</parameter></paramdef>
+<paramdef>Window<parameter> dest</parameter></paramdef>
+<paramdef>int<parameter> dest_kind</parameter></paramdef>
+<paramdef>int<parameter> x_off</parameter></paramdef>
+<paramdef>int<parameter> y_off</parameter></paramdef>
+<paramdef>XRectangle<parameter> *rectangles</parameter></paramdef>
+<paramdef>int<parameter> n_rects</parameter></paramdef>
+<paramdef>int<parameter> op</parameter></paramdef>
+<paramdef>int<parameter> ordering</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<para>
+If the extension is supported,
+<function>XShapeCombineRectangles</function>
+performs a
+<function>ShapeRectangles</function>
+operation; otherwise, the request is ignored.
+</para>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+<funcdef><function>XShapeCombineMask</function></funcdef>
+<paramdef>Display<parameter> *display</parameter></paramdef>
+<paramdef>int<parameter> dest</parameter></paramdef>
+<paramdef>int<parameter> dest_kind</parameter></paramdef>
+<paramdef>int<parameter> x_off</parameter></paramdef>
+<paramdef>int<parameter> y_off</parameter></paramdef>
+<paramdef>Pixmap<parameter> src</parameter></paramdef>
+<paramdef>int<parameter> op</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<para>
+If the extension is supported,
+<function>XShapeCombineMask</function>
+performs a
+<function>ShapeMask</function>
+operation; otherwise, the request is ignored.
+</para>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+<funcdef><function>XShapeCombineShape</function></funcdef>
+<paramdef>Display<parameter> *display</parameter></paramdef>
+<paramdef>Window<parameter> dest</parameter></paramdef>
+<paramdef>int<parameter> dest_kind</parameter></paramdef>
+<paramdef>int<parameter> x_off</parameter></paramdef>
+<paramdef>int<parameter> y_off</parameter></paramdef>
+<paramdef>Window<parameter> src</parameter></paramdef>
+<paramdef>int<parameter> src_kind</parameter></paramdef>
+<paramdef>int<parameter> op</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<para>
+If the extension is supported,
+<function>XShapeCombineShape</function>
+performs a
+<function>ShapeCombine</function>
+operation; otherwise, the request is ignored.
+</para>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+<funcdef><function>XShapeOffsetShape</function></funcdef>
+<paramdef><parameter>display</parameter></paramdef>
+<paramdef><parameter>dest</parameter></paramdef>
+<paramdef><parameter>dest_kind</parameter></paramdef>
+<paramdef><parameter>x_off</parameter></paramdef>
+<paramdef><parameter>y_off</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<para>
+If the extension is supported,
+<function>XShapeOffsetShape</function>
+performs a
+<function>ShapeOffset</function>
+operation; otherwise, the request is ignored.
+</para>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+<funcdef>Status <function>XShapeQueryExtents</function></funcdef>
+<paramdef>Display<parameter> *display</parameter></paramdef>
+<paramdef>Window<parameter> window</parameter></paramdef>
+<paramdef>Bool<parameter> *bounding_shaped</parameter></paramdef>
+<paramdef>int<parameter> *x_bounding</parameter></paramdef>
+<paramdef>int<parameter> *y_bounding</parameter></paramdef>
+<paramdef>unsigned int<parameter> *w_bounding</parameter></paramdef>
+<paramdef>unsigned int<parameter> *h_bounding</parameter></paramdef>
+<paramdef>Bool<parameter> *clip_shaped</parameter></paramdef>
+<paramdef>int<parameter> *x_clip</parameter></paramdef>
+<paramdef>int<parameter> *y_clip</parameter></paramdef>
+<paramdef>unsigned int<parameter> *w_clip</parameter></paramdef>
+<paramdef>unsigned int<parameter> *h_clip</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<para>
+If the extension is supported,
+<function>XShapeQueryExtents</function>
+sets x_bounding, y_bounding, w_bounding, h_bounding to the extents of the
+bounding shape and sets x_clip, y_clip, w_clip, h_clip to the extents of
+the clip shape. For unspecified client regions, the extents of the
+corresponding default region are used.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+If the extension is supported, a nonzero value is returned; otherwise,
+zero is returned.
+</para>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+<funcdef><function>XShapeSelectInput</function></funcdef>
+<paramdef>Display<parameter> *display</parameter></paramdef>
+<paramdef>Window<parameter> window</parameter></paramdef>
+<paramdef>unsigned long<parameter> mask</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<para>
+To make this extension more compatible with other interfaces, although
+only one event type can be selected via the extension,
+<function>XShapeSelectInput</function>
+provides a general mechanism similar to the standard Xlib binding for
+window events. A mask value has been defined,
+<function>ShapeNotifyMask</function>
+that is the only valid bit in mask that may be specified.
+The structure for this event is defined as follows:
+</para>
+
+<literallayout remap='Ds'>
+typedef struct {
+ int type; /* of event */
+ unsigned long serial; /* # of last request processed by server */
+ Bool send_event; /* true if this came frome a SendEvent request */
+ Display *display; /* Display the event was read from */
+ Window window; /* window of event */
+ int kind; /* ShapeBounding or ShapeClip */
+ int x, y; /* extents of new region */
+ unsigned width, height;
+ Time time; /* server timestamp when region changed */
+ Bool shaped; /* true if the region exists */
+} XShapeEvent;
+</literallayout>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+<funcdef>unsigned long <function>XShapeInputSelected</function></funcdef>
+<paramdef>Display<parameter> *display</parameter></paramdef>
+<paramdef>Window<parameter> window</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<para>
+<function>XShapeInputSelected</function>
+returns the current input mask for extension events on the specified
+window; the value returned if
+<function>ShapeNotify</function>
+is selected for is
+<function>ShapeNotifyMask</function>
+otherwise, it returns zero.
+If the extension is not supported, it returns zero.
+</para>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+<funcdef>XRectangle<function> *XShapeGetRectangles</function></funcdef>
+<paramdef>Display<parameter> *display</parameter></paramdef>
+<paramdef>Window<parameter> window</parameter></paramdef>
+<paramdef>int<parameter> kind</parameter></paramdef>
+<paramdef>int<parameter> *count</parameter></paramdef>
+<paramdef>int<parameter> *ordering</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<para>
+If the extension is not supported,
+<function>XShapeGetRectangles</function>
+returns NULL. Otherwise, it returns a list of rectangles that describe the
+region specified by kind.
+</para>
+</chapter>
+
+<glossary id='glossary'>
+
+<glossdiv>
+<title>Glossary</title>
+<glossentry id='bounding_region'>
+ <glossterm>bounding region</glossterm>
+ <glossdef><para>The area of the parent window that this window will occupy.
+This area is divided into two parts: the border and the interior.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id='clip_region'>
+ <glossterm>clip region</glossterm>
+ <glossdef><para>The interior of the window, as a subset of the bounding
+region. This region describes the area that will be painted with the
+window background when the window is cleared, will contain all graphics
+output to the window, and will clip any subwindows.</para></glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id='default_bounding_region'>
+ <glossterm>default bounding region</glossterm>
+ <glossdef><para>The rectangular area, as described by the core protocol
+window size, that covers the interior of the window and its border.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id='default_clip_region'>
+ <glossterm>default clip region</glossterm>
+ <glossdef><para>The rectangular area, as described by the core protocol
+window size, that covers the interior of the window and excludes the border.
+ </para></glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id='client_bounding_region'>
+ <glossterm>client bounding region</glossterm>
+ <glossdef><para>The region associated with a window that is directly
+modified via this extension when specified by
+<function>ShapeBounding</function>
+This region is used in conjunction with the default bounding region
+to produce the effective bounding region.</para></glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id='client_clip_region'>
+ <glossterm>client clip region</glossterm>
+ <glossdef><para>The region associated with a window that is directly
+modified via this extension when specified by
+<function>ShapeClip</function>
+This region is used in conjunction with the default clip region
+and the client bounding region to produce the effective clip region.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id='effective_bounding_region'>
+ <glossterm>effective bounding region</glossterm>
+ <glossdef><para>The actual shape of the window on the screen, including
+border and interior (but excluding the effects of overlapping windows).
+When a window has a client bounding region, the effective bounding region
+is the intersection of the default bounding region and the client bounding
+region. Otherwise, the effective bounding region is the same as the
+default bounding region.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id='effective_clip_region'>
+ <glossterm>effective clip region</glossterm>
+ <glossdef><para>The actual shape of the interior of the window on the
+screen (excluding the effects of overlapping windows). When a window
+has a client clip region or a client bounding region, the effective
+clip region is the intersection of the default clip region, the client
+clip region (if any) and the client bounding region (if any). Otherwise,
+the effective clip region is the same as the default clip region.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+</glossdiv>
+</glossary>
+</book>
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+% $Xorg: synclib.tex,v 1.3 2000/08/17 19:42:37 cpqbld Exp $
+% $XdotOrg: xc/doc/specs/Xext/synclib.tex,v 1.2 2004/04/23 18:42:18 eich Exp $
+%
+% Copyright 1991 by Olivetti Research Limited, Cambridge, England and
+% Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, Massachusetts.
+%
+% All Rights Reserved
+%
+% Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
+% documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted,
+% provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that
+% both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in
+% supporting documentation, and that the names of Digital or Olivetti
+% not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the
+% software without specific, written prior permission.
+%
+% DIGITAL AND OLIVETTI DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE,
+% INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS, IN NO EVENT
+% SHALL THEY BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR
+% ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER
+% IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT
+% OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
+
+%\documentstyle[a4]{article}
+\documentstyle{article}
+
+\setlength{\parindent}{0 pt}
+\setlength{\parskip}{6pt}
+
+% Protocol Section
+% For the DP book, these four should be assigned the font for global symbols.
+
+\newcommand{\request}[1]{{\bf #1}}
+\newcommand{\event}[1]{{\bf #1}}
+\newcommand{\error}[1]{{\bf #1}}
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+
+% The following fonts are not reassigned for the DP book.
+
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+
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+
+% commands for formatting the API
+% For the DP book, these three should be assigned the font for global symbols.
+
+\newcommand{\cfunctionname}[1]{\mbox{\tt#1}}
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+
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+
+% make things easier with all the long names
+\spaceskip .3333em plus 5em
+\tolerance=2000
+
+\begin{document}
+
+\begin{center}
+
+{\large X Synchronization Extension Library}\\[10pt]
+{\large Version 3.0}\\[15pt]
+{\large X Consortium Standard}\\[15pt]
+{\large X Version 11, Release 6.8}\\[15pt]
+{\it Tim Glauert}\\[0pt]
+{\tt thg@cam-orl.co.uk}\\[0pt]
+{\bf Olivetti Research / MultiWorks}\\[5pt]
+{\it Dave Carver}\\[0pt]
+{\tt dcc@athena.mit.edu}\\[0pt]
+{\bf Digital Equipment Corporation,}\\[0pt]
+{\bf MIT / Project Athena}\\[5pt]
+{\it Jim Gettys}\\[0pt]
+{\tt jg@crl.dec.com}\\[0pt]
+{\bf Digital Equipment Corporation,}\\[0pt]
+{\bf Cambridge Research Laboratory}\\[5pt]
+{\it David P. Wiggins}\\[0pt]
+{\tt dpw@x.org}\\[0pt]
+{\bf X Consortium, Inc.}\\[0pt]
+
+\end {center}
+
+Copyright 1991 by Olivetti Research Limited, Cambridge, England and
+Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, Massachusetts.
+
+{\small Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this documentation
+for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
+copyright notice appear in all copies. Olivetti, Digital, MIT, and the
+X Consortium
+make no representations about the suitability for any purpose of the
+information in this document. This documentation is provided as is without
+express or implied warranty.}
+
+Copyright (c) 1991 X Consortium, Inc.
+
+{\small Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the ``Software''), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+X CONSORTIUM BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
+AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
+CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+
+Except as contained in this notice, the name of the X Consortium shall not be
+used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other dealings
+in this Software without prior written authorization from the X Consortium.}
+\eject
+
+\section{Synchronization Protocol}
+
+The core X protocol makes no guarantees about the relative order of execution
+of requests for different clients. This means that any synchronization between
+clients must be done at the client level in an operating system-dependent and
+network-dependent manner. Even if there was an accepted standard for such
+synchronization, the use of a network introduces unpredictable delays between
+the synchronization of the clients and the delivery of the resulting requests
+to the X server.
+
+The core X protocol also makes no guarantees about the time at which requests
+are executed, which means that all clients with real-time constraints must
+implement their timing on the host computer. Any such timings are subject to
+error introduced by delays within the operating system and network and are
+inefficient because of the need for round-trip requests that keep the client and
+server synchronized.
+
+The synchronization extension provides primitives that allow synchronization
+between clients to take place entirely within the X server. This removes any
+error introduced by the network and makes it possible to synchronize clients
+on different hosts running different operating systems. This is important for
+multimedia applications, where audio, video, and graphics data streams are
+being synchronized. The extension also provides internal timers within the X
+server to which client requests can be synchronized. This allows simple
+animation applications to be implemented without any round-trip requests and
+makes best use of buffering within the client, network, and server.
+
+\subsection{Description}
+
+The mechanism used by this extension for synchronization within the X server
+is to block the processing of requests from a client until a specific
+synchronization condition occurs. When the condition occurs, the client is
+released and processing of requests continues. Multiple clients may block on
+the same condition to give inter-client synchronization. Alternatively, a
+single client may block on a condition such as an animation frame marker.
+
+The extension adds \defn{Counter} and \defn{Alarm} to the set of resources
+managed by the server. A counter has a 64-bit integer value that may be
+increased or decreased by client requests or by the server internally. A
+client can block by sending an \request{Await} request that waits until
+one of a set of synchronization conditions, called TRIGGERs, becomes TRUE.
+
+The \request{CreateCounter} request allows a client to create a
+\defn{Counter} that can be changed by explicit \request{SetCounter} and
+\request{ChangeCounter} requests. These can be used to implement
+synchronization between different clients.
+
+There are some counters, called \defn{System Counters}, that are changed by
+the server internally rather than by client requests. The effect of any change
+to a system counter is not visible until the server has finished processing the
+current request. In other words, system counters are apparently updated in the
+gaps between the execution of requests rather than during the actual execution
+of a request. The extension provides a system counter that advances with the
+server time as defined by the core protocol, and it may also provide counters
+that advance with the real-world time or that change each time the CRT
+screen is refreshed. Other extensions may provide their own
+extension-specific system counters.
+
+The extension provides an \defn{Alarm} mechanism that allows clients to
+receive an event on a regular basis when a particular counter is changed.
+
+\section{C Language Binding}
+
+The C routines provide direct access to the protocol and add
+no additional semantics.
+
+The include file for this extension is \verb|<X11/extensions/sync.h>|.
+
+Most of the names in the language binding are derived from the
+protocol names by prepending \cfunctionname{XSync} to the protocol name and changing
+the capitalization.
+
+\subsection{C Functions}
+
+Most of the following functions generate SYNC protocol requests.
+
+% start marker
+\cstartfunction{Status}{XSyncQueryExtension}
+\cargdecl{Display *}{dpy},
+\cargdecl{int *}{event\_base\_return},
+\cargdecl{int *}{error\_base\_return}
+\cendfunctiondecl
+% end marker
+
+If dpy supports the SYNC extension, \cfunctionname{XSyncQueryExtension}
+returns \cconst{True}, sets *event\_base\_return to the event number for the
+first SYNC event, and sets
+*error\_base\_return to the error number for the first SYNC
+error. If dpy does not support the SYNC extension, it
+returns \cconst{False}.
+\cendfuncdescription
+
+
+% start marker
+\cstartfunction{Status}{XSyncInitialize}
+\cargdecl{Display *}{dpy},
+\cargdecl{int *}{major\_version\_return},
+\cargdecl{int *}{minor\_version\_return}
+\cendfunctiondecl
+% end marker
+
+\cfunctionname{XSyncInitialize} sets *major\_version\_return and
+*minor\_version\_return to the major/minor SYNC protocol
+version supported by the server. If the XSync library is compatible
+with the version returned by the server, this function returns \cconst{True}.
+If dpy does not support the SYNC extension, or if there was an error during
+communication with the server, or if the server and library protocol
+versions are incompatible, this function returns \cconst{False}. The only
+XSync function that may be called before this function is
+\cfunctionname{XSyncQueryExtension}. If a client violates this rule,
+the effects of all XSync calls that it makes are undefined.
+\cendfuncdescription
+
+
+% start marker
+\cstartfunction{XSyncSystemCounter *}{XSyncListSystemCounters}
+\cargdecl{Display *}{dpy},
+\cargdecl{int *}{n\_counters\_return}
+\cendfunctiondecl
+% end marker
+
+\cfunctionname{XSyncListSystemCounters} returns a pointer to an
+array of system counters supported by the display and sets
+*n\_counters\_return to the number of
+counters in the array. The array should be freed with
+\cfunctionname{XSyncFreeSystemCounterList}. If dpy does not
+support the SYNC extension,
+or if there was an error during communication with the
+server, or if the server does not support any system counters, this
+function returns NULL.
+
+\ctypename{XSyncSystemCounter} has the following fields:
+
+\begin{tabular}{lll}
+char * & name; & /* null-terminated name of system counter */\\
+XSyncCounter & counter; & /* counter id of this system counter */\\
+XSyncValue & resolution; & /* resolution of this system counter */\\
+\end{tabular}
+\cendfuncdescription
+
+
+% start marker
+\cstartfunction{void}{XSyncFreeSystemCounterList}
+\cargdecl{XSyncSystemCounter *}{list}
+\cendfunctiondecl
+% end marker
+
+\cfunctionname{XSyncFreeSystemCounterList} frees the memory associated
+with the system counter list returned by \cfunctionname{XSyncListSystemCounters}.
+\cendfuncdescription
+
+
+% start marker
+\cstartfunction{XSyncCounter}{XSyncCreateCounter}
+\cargdecl{Display *}{dpy},
+\cargdecl{XSyncValue}{initial\_value}
+\cendfunctiondecl
+% end marker
+
+\cfunctionname{XSyncCreateCounter} creates a counter on the dpy
+with the given initial\_value and returns the counter ID.
+It returns \cconst{None} if dpy does not
+support the SYNC extension.
+\cendfuncdescription
+
+
+% start marker
+\cstartfunction{Status}{XSyncSetCounter}
+\cargdecl{Display *}{dpy},
+\cargdecl{XSyncCounter}{counter},
+\cargdecl{XSyncValue}{value}
+\cendfunctiondecl
+% end marker
+
+\cfunctionname{XSyncSetCounter} sets counter to value.
+It returns \cconst{False} if dpy does not support the SYNC extension;
+otherwise, it returns \cconst{True}.
+\cendfuncdescription
+
+
+% start marker
+\cstartfunction{Status}{XSyncChangeCounter}
+\cargdecl{Display *}{dpy},
+\cargdecl{XSyncCounter}{counter},
+\cargdecl{XSyncValue}{value}
+\cendfunctiondecl
+% end marker
+
+\cfunctionname{XSyncChangeCounter} adds value to counter.
+It returns \cconst{False} if dpy does not support the SYNC extension;
+otherwise, it returns \cconst{True}.
+\cendfuncdescription
+
+
+% start marker
+\cstartfunction{Status}{XSyncDestroyCounter}
+\cargdecl{Display *}{dpy},
+\cargdecl{XSyncCounter}{counter}
+\cendfunctiondecl
+% end marker
+
+\cfunctionname{XSyncDestroyCounter} destroys counter.
+It returns \cconst{False} if dpy does not
+support the SYNC extension; otherwise, it returns \cconst{True}.
+\cendfuncdescription
+
+
+% start marker
+\cstartfunction{Status}{XSyncQueryCounter}
+\cargdecl{Display *}{dpy},
+\cargdecl{XSyncCounter}{counter},
+\cargdecl{XSyncValue *}{value\_return}
+\cendfunctiondecl
+% end marker
+
+\cfunctionname{XSyncQueryCounter} sets *value\_return to the current value of
+counter. It returns \cconst{False} if there was an error during
+communication with the server or if dpy does not support
+the SYNC extension; otherwise, it returns \cconst{True}.
+\cendfuncdescription
+
+
+% start marker
+\cstartfunction{Status}{XSyncAwait}
+\cargdecl{Display *}{dpy},
+\cargdecl{XSyncWaitCondition *}{wait\_list},
+\cargdecl{int}{n\_conditions}
+\cendfunctiondecl
+% end marker
+
+\cfunctionname{XSyncAwait} awaits on the conditions in wait\_list.
+The n\_conditions is the number of wait conditions in
+wait\_list. It returns \cconst{False} if dpy does not
+support the SYNC extension; otherwise, it returns \cconst{True}.
+The await is processed asynchronously by the server;
+this function always returns immediately
+after issuing the request.
+
+\ctypename{XSyncWaitCondition} has the following fields:
+
+\begin{tabular}{lll}
+XSyncCounter & trigger.counter; & /* counter to trigger on */ \\
+XSyncValueType & trigger.value\_type; & /* absolute/relative */ \\
+XSyncValue & trigger.wait\_value; & /* value to compare counter to */ \\
+XSyncTestType & trigger.test\_type; & /* pos/neg comparison/transtion */ \\
+XSyncValue & event\_threshold; & /* send event if past threshold */ \\
+\end{tabular}
+
+\ctypename{XSyncValueType} can be either \cconst{XSyncAbsolute} or \cconst{XSyncRelative}.
+
+\ctypename{XSyncTestType} can be one of \cconst{XSyncPositiveTransition},
+\cconst{XSyncNegativeTransition}, \cconst{XSyncPositiveComparison}, or
+\cconst{XSyncNegativeComparison}.
+\cendfuncdescription
+
+
+% start marker
+\cstartfunction{XSyncAlarm}{XSyncCreateAlarm}
+\cargdecl{Display *}{dpy},
+\cargdecl{unsigned long}{values\_mask},
+\cargdecl{XSyncAlarmAttributes *}{values}
+\cendfunctiondecl
+% end marker
+
+\cfunctionname{XSyncCreateAlarm} creates an alarm and returns the alarm ID.
+It returns \cconst{None} if the display does not support the SYNC extension.
+The values\_mask and values specify the alarm attributes.
+
+\ctypename{XSyncAlarmAttributes} has the following fields. The attribute\_mask
+column specifies the symbol that the caller should OR into
+values\_mask to indicate that the value for the corresponding
+attribute was actually supplied. Default values are used for all
+attributes that do not have their attribute\_mask OR'ed into
+values\_mask.
+See the protocol
+description for \request{CreateAlarm} for the defaults.
+
+\begin{tabular}{lll}
+type & field name & attribute\_mask \\
+XSyncCounter & trigger.counter; & \cconst{XSyncCACounter} \\
+XSyncValueType & trigger.value\_type; & \cconst{XSyncCAValueType} \\
+XSyncValue & trigger.wait\_value; & \cconst{XSyncCAValue} \\
+XSyncTestType & trigger.test\_type; & \cconst{XSyncCATestType} \\
+XSyncValue & delta; & \cconst{XSyncCADelta} \\
+Bool & events; & \cconst{XSyncCAEvents} \\
+XSyncAlarmState & state; & client cannot set this \\
+\end{tabular}
+\cendfuncdescription
+
+
+% start marker
+\cstartfunction{Status}{XSyncDestroyAlarm}
+\cargdecl{Display *}{dpy},
+\cargdecl{XSyncAlarm}{alarm}
+\cendfunctiondecl
+% end marker
+
+\cfunctionname{XSyncDestroyAlarm} destroys alarm.
+It returns \cconst{False} if dpy does not
+support the SYNC extension; otherwise, it returns \cconst{True}.
+\cendfuncdescription
+
+
+% start marker
+\cstartfunction{Status}{XSyncQueryAlarm}
+\cargdecl{Display *}{dpy},
+\cargdecl{XSyncAlarm}{alarm},
+\cargdecl{XSyncAlarmAttributes *}{values\_return}
+\cendfunctiondecl
+% end marker
+
+\cfunctionname{XSyncQueryAlarm} sets *values\_return to the alarm's
+attributes. It returns \cconst{False} if there was an error
+during communication with the server or if dpy does not support
+the SYNC extension; otherwise, it returns \cconst{True}.
+\cendfuncdescription
+
+
+% start marker
+\cstartfunction{Status}{XSyncChangeAlarm}
+\cargdecl{Display *}{dpy},
+\cargdecl{XSyncAlarm}{alarm},
+\cargdecl{unsigned long}{values\_mask},
+\cargdecl{XSyncAlarmAttributes *}{values}
+\cendfunctiondecl
+% end marker
+
+\cfunctionname{XSyncChangeAlarm} changes alarm's attributes.
+The attributes to change are specified as in \cfunctionname{XSyncCreateAlarm}.
+It returns \cconst{False} if dpy does not support the SYNC extension;
+otherwise, it returns \cconst{True}.
+\cendfuncdescription
+
+
+% start marker
+\cstartfunction{Status}{XSyncSetPriority}
+\cargdecl{Display *}{dpy},
+\cargdecl{XID}{client\_resource\_id},
+\cargdecl{int}{priority}
+\cendfunctiondecl
+% end marker
+
+\cfunctionname{XSyncSetPriority} sets the priority of the client owning
+client\_resource\_id to priority.
+If client\_resource\_id is \cconst{None},
+it sets the caller's priority. It returns \cconst{False} if dpy
+does not support the SYNC extension; otherwise, it returns \cconst{True}.
+\cendfuncdescription
+
+
+% start marker
+\cstartfunction{Status}{XSyncGetPriority}
+\cargdecl{Display *}{dpy},
+\cargdecl{XID}{client\_resource\_id},
+\cargdecl{int *}{return\_priority}
+\cendfunctiondecl
+% end marker
+
+\cfunctionname{XSyncGetPriority} sets *return\_priority to the priority
+of the client owning client\_resource\_id.
+If client\_resource\_id is
+\cconst{None}, it sets *return\_priority to the caller's priority.
+It returns \cconst{False} if there was an error
+during communication with the server or if dpy does not
+support the SYNC extension; otherwise, it returns \cconst{True}.
+\cendfuncdescription
+
+\subsection{C Macros/Functions}
+
+The following procedures manipulate 64-bit values. They are defined
+both as macros and as functions. By default, the macro form is used.
+To use the function form, \#undef the macro name to uncover the
+function.
+
+
+% start marker
+\cstartmacro{void}{XSyncIntToValue}
+\cargdecl{XSyncValue}{*pv},
+\cargdecl{int}{i}
+\cendmacrodecl
+% end marker
+
+Converts i to an \ctypename{XSyncValue} and stores it in
+*pv. Performs sign extension (*pv will have the
+same sign as i.)
+\cendmacrodescription
+
+
+% start marker
+\cstartmacro{void}{XSyncIntsToValue}
+\cargdecl{XSyncValue}{*pv},
+\cargdecl{unsigned int}{low},
+\cargdecl{int}{high}
+\cendmacrodecl
+% end marker
+
+Stores low in the low 32 bits of *pv and
+high in the high 32 bits of *pv.
+\cendmacrodescription
+
+
+% start marker
+\cstartmacro{Bool}{XSyncValueGreaterThan}
+\cargdecl{XSyncValue}{a},
+\cargdecl{XSyncValue}{b}
+\cendmacrodecl
+% end marker
+
+Returns \cconst{True} if a is greater than b,
+else returns \cconst{False}.
+\cendmacrodescription
+
+
+% start marker
+\cstartmacro{Bool}{XSyncValueLessThan}
+\cargdecl{XSyncValue}{a},
+\cargdecl{XSyncValue}{b}
+\cendmacrodecl
+% end marker
+
+Returns \cconst{True} if a is less than b,
+else returns \cconst{False}.
+\cendmacrodescription
+
+
+% start marker
+\cstartmacro{Bool}{XSyncValueGreaterOrEqual}
+\cargdecl{XSyncValue}{a},
+\cargdecl{XSyncValue}{b}
+\cendmacrodecl
+% end marker
+
+Returns \cconst{True} if a is greater than or equal to b,
+else returns \cconst{False}.
+\cendmacrodescription
+
+
+% start marker
+\cstartmacro{Bool}{XSyncValueLessOrEqual}
+\cargdecl{XSyncValue}{a},
+\cargdecl{XSyncValue}{b}
+\cendmacrodecl
+% end marker
+
+Returns \cconst{True} if a is less than or equal to b.
+\cendmacrodescription
+
+
+% start marker
+\cstartmacro{Bool}{XSyncValueEqual}
+\cargdecl{XSyncValue}{a},
+\cargdecl{XSyncValue}{b}
+\cendmacrodecl
+% end marker
+
+Returns \cconst{True} if a is equal to b,
+else returns \cconst{False}.
+\cendmacrodescription
+
+
+% start marker
+\cstartmacro{Bool}{XSyncValueIsNegative}
+\cargdecl{XSyncValue}{v}
+\cendmacrodecl
+% end marker
+
+Returns \cconst{True} if v is negative, else returns
+\cconst{False}.
+\cendmacrodescription
+
+
+% start marker
+\cstartmacro{Bool}{XSyncValueIsZero}
+\cargdecl{XSyncValue}{v}
+\cendmacrodecl
+% end marker
+
+Returns \cconst{True} if v is zero,
+else returns \cconst{False}.
+\cendmacrodescription
+
+
+% start marker
+\cstartmacro{Bool}{XSyncValueIsPositive}
+\cargdecl{XSyncValue}{v}
+\cendmacrodecl
+% end marker
+
+Returns \cconst{True} if v is positive, else returns
+\cconst{False}.
+\cendmacrodescription
+
+
+% start marker
+\cstartmacro{unsigned int}{XSyncValueLow32}
+\cargdecl{XSyncValue}{v}
+\cendmacrodecl
+% end marker
+
+Returns the low 32 bits of v.
+\cendmacrodescription
+
+
+% start marker
+\cstartmacro{int}{XSyncValueHigh32}
+\cargdecl{XSyncValue}{v}
+\cendmacrodecl
+% end marker
+
+Returns the high 32 bits of v.
+\cendmacrodescription
+
+
+% start marker
+\cstartmacro{void}{XSyncValueAdd}
+\cargdecl{XSyncValue *}{presult},
+\cargdecl{XSyncValue}{a},
+\cargdecl{XSyncValue}{b},
+\cargdecl{Bool *}{poverflow}
+\cendmacrodecl
+% end marker
+
+Adds a to b and stores the result in *presult.
+If the result could not fit in 64 bits, *poverflow is set to
+\cconst{True}, else it is set to \cconst{False}.
+\cendmacrodescription
+
+
+% start marker
+\cstartmacro{void}{XSyncValueSubtract}
+\cargdecl{XSyncValue *}{presult},
+\cargdecl{XSyncValue}{a},
+\cargdecl{XSyncValue}{b},
+\cargdecl{Bool *}{poverflow}
+\cendmacrodecl
+% end marker
+
+Subtracts b from a and stores the result in
+*presult.
+If the result could not fit in 64 bits, overflow is set to
+\cconst{True}, else it is set to \cconst{False}.
+\cendmacrodescription
+
+
+% start marker
+\cstartmacro{void}{XSyncMaxValue}
+\cargdecl{XSyncValue *}{pv}
+\cendmacrodecl
+% end marker
+
+Sets *pv to the maximum value expressible in 64 bits.
+\cendmacrodescription
+
+
+% start marker
+\cstartmacro{void}{XSyncMinValue}
+\cargdecl{XSyncValue *}{pv}
+\cendmacrodecl
+% end marker
+
+Sets *pv to the minimum value expressible in 64 bits.
+\cendmacrodescription
+
+\subsection{Events}
+
+Let \cargname{event\_base} be the value \cargname{event\_base\_return}
+as defined in the function \cfunctionname{XSyncQueryExtension}.
+
+An \ctypename{XSyncCounterNotifyEvent}'s type field has the value
+\cargname{event\_base} + \cconst{XSyncCounterNotify}. The fields of
+this structure are:
+
+\begin{tabular}{lll}
+int & type; & /* event base + \cconst{XSyncCounterNotify} */ \\
+unsigned long & serial; & /* number of last request processed by server */ \\
+Bool & send\_event;& /* true if this came from a SendEvent request */ \\
+Display * & display; & /* Display the event was read from */\\
+XSyncCounter & counter; & /* counter involved in await */\\
+XSyncValue & wait\_value; & /* value being waited for */\\
+XSyncValue & counter\_value; & /* counter value when this event was sent */\\
+Time & time; & /* milliseconds */\\
+int & count; & /* how many more events to come */\\
+Bool & destroyed; & /* True if counter was destroyed */\\
+\end{tabular}
+
+An \ctypename{XSyncAlarmNotifyEvent}'s type field has the value
+\cargname{event\_base} + \cconst{XSyncAlarmNotify}. The fields of this
+structure are:
+
+\begin{tabular}{lll}
+int & type;& /* event base + \cconst{XSyncAlarmNotify} */\\
+unsigned long & serial;&/* number of last request processed by server */\\
+Bool & send\_event;& /* true if this came from a SendEvent request */\\
+Display * & display;& /* Display the event was read from */\\
+XSyncAlarm & alarm;& /* alarm that triggered */\\
+XSyncValue & counter\_value;&/* value that triggered the alarm */\\
+XSyncValue & alarm\_value;& /* test value of trigger in alarm */\\
+Time & time;& /* milliseconds */\\
+XSyncAlarmState & state;& /* new state of alarm */\\
+\end{tabular}
+
+\subsection{Errors}
+
+Let \cargname{error\_base} be the value \cargname{error\_base\_return}
+as defined in the function \cfunctionname{XSyncQueryExtension}.
+
+An \ctypename{XSyncAlarmError}'s error\_code field has the value
+\cargname{error\_base} + \cconst{XSyncBadAlarm}. The fields of
+this structure are:
+
+\begin{tabular}{lll}
+int & type; \\
+Display * & display;& /* Display the event was read from */\\
+XSyncAlarm & alarm;& /* resource id */\\
+unsigned long & serial;& /* serial number of failed request */\\
+unsigned char & error\_code;&/* error base + XSyncBadAlarm */\\
+unsigned char & request\_code;&/* Major op-code of failed request */\\
+unsigned char & minor\_code;&/* Minor op-code of failed request */\\
+\end{tabular}
+
+An \ctypename{XSyncCounterError}'s error\_code field has the value
+\cargname{error\_base} + \cconst{XSyncBadCounter}. The fields of
+this structure are:
+
+\begin{tabular}{lll}
+int &type;\\
+Display * & display;& /* Display the event was read from */\\
+XSyncCounter & counter;& /* resource id */\\
+unsigned long & serial;& /* serial number of failed request */\\
+unsigned char & error\_code;&/* error base + XSyncBadCounter */\\
+unsigned char & request\_code;&/* Major op-code of failed request */\\
+unsigned char & minor\_code;& /* Minor op-code of failed request */\\
+\end{tabular}
+
+\end{document}
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+<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd">
+
+
+<!-- lifted from troff+ms+XMan by doclifter -->
+<book id="recordlib">
+
+<bookinfo>
+ <title>X Synchronization Extension Library</title>
+ <subtitle>X Consortium Standard</subtitle>
+ <releaseinfo>X Version 11, Release 6.4</releaseinfo>
+ <authorgroup>
+ <author>
+ <firstname>Tim</firstname><surname>Glauert</surname>
+ <affiliation><orgname>Olivetti Research/MultiWorks</orgname></affiliation>
+ </author>
+ <othercredit>
+ <firstname>Dave</firstname>
+ <surname>Carver</surname>
+ <affiliation><orgname>Digital EquipmentCorporation, MIT/Project Athena</orgname></affiliation>
+ </othercredit>
+ <othercredit>
+ <firstname>Jim</firstname>
+ <surname>Gettys</surname>
+ <affiliation><orgname>Digital EquipmentCorporation, Cambridge Research Laboratory</orgname></affiliation>
+ </othercredit>
+ <othercredit>
+ <firstname>David</firstname>
+ <surname>Wiggins</surname>
+ <affiliation><orgname>X Consortium, Inc.</orgname></affiliation>
+ </othercredit>
+ </authorgroup>
+ <copyright><year>1991</year><holder>Olivetti Research Limited, Cambridge England and Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, Massachusetts</holder></copyright>
+ <copyright><year>1991</year><holder>X Consortium</holder></copyright>
+ <releaseinfo>Version 3.0</releaseinfo>
+ <affiliation><orgname>X Consortium</orgname></affiliation>
+ <productnumber>X Version 11, Release 6.4</productnumber>
+<legalnotice>
+
+<para>
+Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this documentation for any
+purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
+copyright notice appear in all copies. Olivetti, Digital, MIT, and the
+X Consortium make no representations about the suitability for any purpose
+of the information in this document. This documentation is provided as
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+
+<para>
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
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+the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished
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+Except as contained in this notice, the name of the X Consortium shall
+not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other
+dealings in this Software without prior written authorization from the
+X Consortium.
+</para>
+
+</legalnotice>
+</bookinfo>
+
+<chapter id="synchronization_protocol">
+<title>Synchronization Protocol</title>
+
+<para>
+The core X protocol makes no guarantees about the relative order of
+execution of requests for different clients. This means that any
+synchronization between clients must be done at the client level in an
+operating system-dependent and network-dependent manner. Even if there
+was an accepted standard for such synchronization, the use of a network
+introduces unpredictable delays between the synchronization of the clients and
+the delivery of the resulting requests to the X server.
+</para>
+<para>
+The core X protocol also makes no guarantees about the time at which
+requests are executed, which means that all clients with real-time constraints
+must implement their timing on the host computer. Any such timings are
+subject to error introduced by delays within the operating system and
+network and are inefficient because of the need for round-trip requests that
+keep the client and server synchronized.
+</para>
+<para>
+The synchronization extension provides primitives that allow synchronization
+between clients to take place entirely within the X server. This removes any
+error introduced by the network and makes it possible to synchronize clients
+on different hosts running different operating systems. This is important for
+multimedia applications, where audio, video, and graphics data streams are
+being synchronized. The extension also provides internal timers within the X
+server to which client requests can be synchronized. This allows simple
+animation applications to be implemented without any round-trip requests
+and makes best use of buffering within the client, network, and server.
+</para>
+
+<sect1 id="description">
+<title>Description</title>
+<para>
+The mechanism used by this extension for synchronization within the X server
+is to block the processing of requests from a client until a specific
+synchronization condition occurs. When the condition occurs, the client is
+released and processing of requests continues. Multiple clients may block on
+the same condition to give inter-client synchronization. Alternatively, a single
+client may block on a condition such as an animation frame marker.
+</para>
+<para>
+The extension adds <function>Counter</function> and
+<function>Alarm</function> to the set of resources managed by
+the server. A counter has a 64-bit integer value that may be increased or
+decreased by client requests or by the server internally. A client can
+block by sending an <function>Await</function> request that waits until
+one of a set of synchronization conditions, called TRIGGERs, becomes TRUE.
+</para>
+<para>
+The <function>CreateCounter</function> request allows a client to create
+a <function>Counter</function> that can be changed by explicit
+<function>SetCounter</function> and <function>ChangeCounter</function>
+requests. These can be used to implement synchronization between
+different clients.
+</para>
+<para>
+There are some counters, called <function>System Counters</function>,
+that are changed by the server internally rather than by client
+requests. The effect of any change to a system counter is not visible
+until the server has finished processing the current request. In other
+words, system counters are apparently updated in the gaps between the
+execution of requests rather than during the actual execution of a
+request. The extension provides a system counter that advances with the
+server time as defined by the core protocol, and it may also provide
+counters that advance with the real-world time or that change each
+time the CRT screen is refreshed. Other extensions may provide their own
+extension-specific system counters.
+</para>
+<para>
+The extension provides an <function>Alarm</function> mechanism that allows clients to receive an
+event on a regular basis when a particular counter is changed.
+</para>
+</sect1>
+</chapter>
+
+<chapter id="c_language_binding">
+<title>C Language Binding</title>
+
+<para>
+The C routines provide direct access to the protocol and add no additional
+semantics.
+</para>
+<para>
+The include file for this extension is &lt;X11/extensions/sync.h&gt;.
+Most of the names in the language binding are derived from the protocol
+names by prepending XSync to the protocol name and changing the
+capitalization.
+</para>
+
+<sect1 id="c_functions">
+<title>C Functions</title>
+
+<para>
+Most of the following functions generate SYNC protocol requests.
+</para>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>Status <function>XSyncQueryExtension</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>Display <parameter> *dpy</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>int <parameter> *event_base_return</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>int <parameter> *error_base_return</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<para>
+If dpy supports the SYNC extension,
+<function>XSyncQueryExtension</function> returns True,
+sets *event_base_return to the event number for the first SYNC event, and
+sets *error_base_return to the error number for the first SYNC error. If dpy
+does not support the SYNC extension, it returns False.
+</para>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>Status <function>XSyncInitialize</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>Display <parameter> *dpy</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>int <parameter> *major_version_return</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>int <parameter> *minor_version_return</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<para>
+<function>XSyncInitialize</function> sets *major_version_return and
+*minor version return to the major/minor SYNC protocol version supported
+by the server. If the XSync library is compatible with the version
+returned by the server, this function returns <function>True</function>.
+If dpy does not support the SYNC extension, or if there was an error
+during communication with the server, or if the server and library protocol
+versions are incompatible, this function returns <function>False</function>.
+The only XSync function that may be called before this function is
+XSyncQueryExtension. If a client violates this rule, the effects of all XSync
+calls that it makes are undefined.
+</para>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>XSyncSystemCounter *<function>XSyncListSystemCounters</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>Display <parameter> *dpy</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>int <parameter> *n_counters_return</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<para>
+<function>XSyncListSystemCounters</function> returns a pointer to an array
+of system counters supported by the display and sets *n_counters_return
+to the number of counters in the array. The array should be freed with
+<function>XSyncFreeSystemCounterList</function>. If dpy does not support
+the SYNC extension, or if there was an error during communication with
+the server, or if the server does not support any system counters,
+this function returns NULL.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+XSyncSystemCounter has the following fields:
+</para>
+
+<literallayout remap='Ds'>
+char * name; /* null-terminated name of system counter */
+XSyncCounter counter; /* counter id of this system counter */
+XSyncValue resolution; /* resolution of this system counter */
+</literallayout>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>void <function>XSyncFreeSystemCounterList</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>XSyncSystemCounter <parameter> *list</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<para>
+<function>XSyncFreeSystemCounterList</function> frees the memory
+associated with the system counter list returned by
+<function>XSyncListSystemCounters</function>.
+</para>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>XSyncCounter <function>XSyncCreateCounter</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>Display<parameter> *dpy</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>XSyncValue<parameter> initial_value</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<para>
+<function>XSyncCreateCounter</function> creates a counter on the dpy
+with the given initial value and returns the counter ID. It returns
+<function>None</function> if dpy does not support the SYNC extension.
+</para>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>Status <function>XSyncSetCounter</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>Display<parameter> *dpy</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>XSyncCounter<parameter> counter</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>XSyncValue<parameter> value</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+
+<para>
+<function>XSyncSetCounter</function> sets counter to value. It returns
+<function>False </function> if dpy does not
+support the SYNC extension; otherwise, it returns <function>True</function>.
+</para>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>Status <function>XSyncChangeCounter</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>Display<parameter> *dpy</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>XSyncCounter<parameter> counter</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>XSyncValue<parameter> value</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<para>
+<function>XSyncChangeCounter</function> adds value to counter. It returns
+<function>False</function> if dpy does not support the SYNC extension;
+otherwise, it returns
+<function>True</function>.
+</para>
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>Status <function>XSyncDestroyCounter</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>Display<parameter> *dpy</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>XSyncCounter<parameter> counter</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<para>
+<function>XSyncDestroyCounter</function> destroys counter. It returns
+<function>False</function> if dpy does not support the SYNC extension;
+otherwise, it returns <function>True</function>.
+</para>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>Status <function>XSyncQueryCounter</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>Display<parameter> *dpy</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>XSyncCounter<parameter> counter</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>XSyncValue<parameter> *value_return</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<para>
+<function>XSyncQueryCounter</function> sets *value_return to the current
+value of counter. It returns <function>False</function> if there was an
+error during communication with the server or if dpy does not support the
+SYNC extension; otherwise, it returns <function>True</function>.
+</para>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>Status <function>XSyncAwait</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>Display<parameter> *dpy</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>XSyncWaitCondition<parameter> *wait_list</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>int<parameter> n_conditions</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<para>
+<function>XSyncAwait</function> awaits on the conditions in wait_list.
+The n_conditions is the number of wait conditions in wait_list. It
+returns <function>False</function> if dpy does not support the SYNC
+extension; otherwise, it returns <function>True</function>. The await is
+processed asynchronously by the server; this function always returns
+immediately after issuing the request.
+</para>
+<para>
+XSyncWaitCondition has the following fields:
+</para>
+
+<literallayout remap='Ds'>
+XSyncCounter trigger.counter; /*counter to trigger on */
+XSyncValueType trigger.value_type; /*absolute/relative */
+XSyncValue trigger.wait_value; /*value to compare counter to */
+XSyncTestType trigger.test_type; /*pos/neg comparison/transtion */
+XSyncValue event_threshold; /*send event if past threshold */
+</literallayout>
+
+<para>
+<function>XSyncValueType</function> can be either
+<function>XSyncAbsolute</function> or <function>XSyncRelative</function>.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+<function>XSyncTestType</function> can be one of
+<function>XSyncPositiveTransition</function>,
+<function>XSyncNegativeTransition</function>,
+<function>XSyncPositiveComparison</function>, or
+<function>XSyncNegativeComparison</function>.
+</para>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>XSyncAlarm <function>XSyncCreateAlarm</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>Display<parameter> *dpy</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>unsigned long<parameter> values_mask</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>XSyncAlarmAttributes<parameter> *values`</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<para>
+<function>XSyncCreateAlarm</function> creates an alarm and returns the
+alarm ID. It returns None if the display does not support the SYNC
+extension. The values_mask and values specify the alarm attributes.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+<function>XSyncAlarmAttributes</function> has the following fields. The
+attribute_mask column specifies the symbol that the caller should OR
+into values_mask to indicate that the value for the corresponding
+attribute was actually supplied. Default values are used for all
+attributes that do not have their attribute_mask OR’ed into values_mask.
+See the protocol description for <function>CreateAlarm</function> for the
+defaults.
+</para>
+
+<literallayout remap='Ds'>
+type field name attribute_mask
+XSyncCounter trigger.counter; XSyncCACounter
+XSyncValueType trigger.value_type; XSyncCAValueType
+XSyncValue trigger.wait_value; XSyncCAValue
+XSyncTestType trigger.test_type; XSyncCATestType
+XSyncValue delta; XSyncCADelta
+Bool events; XSyncCAEvents
+XSyncAlarmState state; client cannot set this
+</literallayout>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>Status <function>XSyncDestroyAlarm</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>Display<parameter> *dpy</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>XSyncAlarm<parameter> alarm</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<para>
+<function>XSyncDestroyAlarm</function> destroys alarm. It returns
+<function>False</function> if dpy does not support
+the SYNC extension; otherwise, it returns <function>True</function>.
+</para>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>Status <function>XSyncQueryAlarm</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>Display<parameter> *dpy</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>XSyncAlarm<parameter> alarm</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>XSyncAlarmAttributes<parameter> *values_return</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+
+<para>
+<function>XSyncQueryAlarm</function> sets *values_return to the alarm’s
+attributes. It returns <function>False</function> if there was an error
+during communication with the server or if dpy does not support the
+SYNC extension; otherwise, it returns <function>True</function>.
+</para>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>Status <function>XSyncChangeAlarm</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>Display<parameter> *dpy</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>XSyncAlarm<parameter> alarm</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>unsigned long<parameter> values_mask</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>XSyncAlarmAttributes<parameter> *values</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<para>
+<function>XSyncChangeAlarm</function> changes alarm’s attributes. The
+attributes to change are specified as in
+<function>XSyncCreateAlarm</function>. It returns
+<function>False</function> if dpy does not support
+the SYNC extension; otherwise, it returns <function>True</function>.
+</para>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>Status <function>XSyncSetPriority</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>Display<parameter> *dpy</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>XID<parameter> client_resource_id</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>int<parameter> priority</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<para>
+<function>XSyncSetPriority</function> sets the priority of the client
+owning client_resource_id to priority. If client_resource_id is None, it
+sets the caller’s priority. It returns
+<function>False</function> if dpy does not support the SYNC extension;
+otherwise, it returns <function>True</function>.
+</para>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>Status <function>XSyncGetPriority</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>Display<parameter> *dpy</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>XID<parameter> client_resource_id</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>int<parameter> *return_priority</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<para>
+<function>XSyncGetPriority</function> sets *return_priority to the
+priority of the client owning client_resource_id. If client_resource_id
+is None, it sets *return_priority to the caller’s priority. It returns
+<function>False</function> if there was an error during communication
+with the server or if dpy does not support the SYNC extension; otherwise, it
+returns <function>True</function>.
+</para>
+
+</sect1>
+
+<sect1 id="c_macros_functions">
+<title>C Macros/Functions</title>
+
+<para>
+The following procedures manipulate 64-bit values. They are defined both as
+macros and as functions. By default, the macro form is used. To use the
+function form, #undef the macro name to uncover the function.
+</para>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>void <function>XSyncIntToValue</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>XSyncValue<parameter> *pv</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>int<parameter> i</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<para>
+Converts i to an <function>XSyncValue</function> and stores it in *pv.
+Performs sign extension (*pv will have the same sign as i.)
+</para>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>void <function>XSyncIntsToValue</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>XSyncValue<parameter> *pv</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>unsigned int<parameter> low</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>int<parameter> high</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<para>
+Stores low in the low 32 bits of *pv and high in the high 32 bits of *pv.
+</para>
+
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>Bool <function>XSyncValueGreaterThan</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>XSyncValue<parameter> a</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>XSyncValue<parameter> b</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<para>
+Returns <function>True</function> if a is greater than b, else returns
+<function>False</function>.
+</para>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>Bool <function>XSyncValueLessThan</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>XSyncValue<parameter> a</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>XSyncValue<parameter> b</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<para>
+Returns <function>True</function> if a is less than b, else returns
+<function>False</function>.
+</para>
+
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>Bool <function>XSyncValueGreaterOrEqual</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>XSyncValue<parameter> a</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>XSyncValue<parameter> b</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<para>
+Returns <function>True</function> if a is greater than or equal to b,
+else returns <function>False</function>.
+</para>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>Bool <function>XSyncValueLessOrEqual</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>XSyncValue<parameter> a</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>XSyncValue<parameter> b</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<para>
+Returns <function>True</function> if a is less than or equal to b,
+else returns <function>False</function>.
+</para>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>Bool <function>XSyncValueEqual</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>XSyncValue<parameter> a</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>XSyncValue<parameter> b</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<para>
+Returns <function>True</function> if a is equal to b,
+else returns <function>False</function>.
+</para>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>Bool <function>XSyncValueIsNegative</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>XSyncValue<parameter> v</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<para>
+Returns <function>True</function> if v is negative,
+else returns <function>False</function>.
+</para>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>Bool <function>XSyncValueIsZero</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>XSyncValue<parameter> v</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<para>
+Returns <function>True</function> if v is zero,
+else returns <function>False</function>.
+</para>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>Bool <function>XSyncValueIsPositive</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>XSyncValue<parameter> v</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<para>
+Returns <function>True</function> if v is positive,
+else returns <function>False</function>.
+</para>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>unsigned int <function>XSyncValueLow32</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>XSyncValue<parameter> v</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<para>
+Returns the low 32 bits of v.
+</para>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>unsigned int <function>XSyncValueHigh32</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>XSyncValue<parameter> v</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<para>
+Returns the high 32 bits of v.
+</para>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>void <function>XSyncValueAdd</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>XSyncValue<parameter> *presult</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>XSyncValue<parameter> a</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>XSyncValue<parameter> b</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>Bool<parameter> *poverflow</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<para>
+Adds a to b and stores the result in *presult. If the result could not
+fit in 64 bits, *poverflow is set to <function>True</function>, else it is
+set to <function>False</function>.
+</para>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>void <function>XSyncValueSubtract</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>XSyncValue<parameter> *presult</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>XSyncValue<parameter> a</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>XSyncValue<parameter> b</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>Bool<parameter> *poverflow</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<para>
+Subtracts b from a and stores the result in *presult. If the result could not
+fit in 64 bits, *poverflow is set to <function>True</function>, else it is
+set to <function>False</function>.
+</para>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>void <function>XSyncMaxValue</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>XSyncValue<parameter> *pv</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<para>
+Sets *pv to the maximum value expressible in 64 bits.
+</para>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>void <function>XSyncMinValue</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>XSyncValue<parameter> *pv</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<para>
+Sets *pv to the minimum value expressible in 64 bits.
+</para>
+
+</sect1>
+
+<sect1 id="events">
+<title>Events</title>
+
+<para>
+Let <emphasis remap='I'>event_base</emphasis> be the value event base return as defined in the function
+<function>XSyncQueryExtension</function>.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+An <function>XSyncCounterNotifyEvent</function>’s type field has the value
+event_base + <function>XSyncCounterNotify</function>. The fields of this
+structure are:
+</para>
+
+<literallayout remap='Ds'>
+int type; /* event base + XSyncCounterNotify */
+unsigned long serial; /* number of last request processed by server */
+Bool send event; /* true if this came from a SendEvent request */
+Display * display; /* Display the event was read from */
+XSyncCounter counter; /* counter involved in await */
+XSyncValue wait_value; /* value being waited for */
+XSyncValue counter_value; /* counter value when this event was sent */
+Time time; /* milliseconds */
+int count; /* how many more events to come */
+Bool destroyed; /* True if counter was destroyed */
+</literallayout>
+
+<para>
+An <function>XSyncAlarmNotifyEvent</function>’s type field has the value
+event_base + <function>XSyncAlarmNotify</function>. The fields of
+this structure are:
+</para>
+
+<literallayout remap='Ds'>
+int type; /* event_base + XSyncAlarmNotify */
+unsigned long serial; /* number of last request processed by server */
+Bool send_event; /* true if this came from a SendEvent request */
+Display * display; /*Display the event was read from */
+XSyncAlarm alarm; /* alarm that triggered */
+XSyncValue counter_value /* value that triggered the alarm */
+XSyncValue alarm_value /* test value of trigger in alarm */
+Time time; /* milliseconds */
+XSyncAlarmState state; /* new state of alarm */
+</literallayout>
+
+</sect1>
+
+<sect1 id="errors">
+<title>Errors</title>
+<para>
+Let <emphasis remap='I'>error_base</emphasis> be the value
+<emphasis remap='I'>error_base_return</emphasis> as defined in the function
+<function>XSyncQueryExtension</function>.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+An <function>XSyncAlarmError</function>’s error_code field has
+<function>XSyncBadAlarm</function>. The fields of this structure are:
+</para>
+
+<literallayout remap='Ds'>
+int type
+Display * display; /* Display the event was read from */
+XSyncCounter counter; /* resource id */
+unsigned long serial; /* serial number of failed request */
+unsigned char error_code; /* error_base + XSyncBadAlarm */
+unsigned char request_code; /* Major op-code of failed request */
+unsigned char minor_code; /* Minor op-code of failed request */
+</literallayout>
+
+<para>
+An <function>XSyncCounterError</function>’s error code field has the value
+error_base + <function>XSyncBadCounter</function>. The fields of this
+structure are:
+</para>
+<literallayout remap='Ds'>
+int type
+Display * display; /* Display the event was read from */
+XSyncCounter counter; /* resource id */
+unsigned long serial; /* serial number of failed request */
+unsigned char error_code; /* error_base + XSyncBadCounter */
+unsigned char request_code; /* Major op-code of failed request */
+unsigned char minor_code; /* Minor op-code of failed request */
+</literallayout>
+
+</sect1>
+</chapter>
+</book>